<p>Enel is seeking creative ideas or approaches to provide <b>customized electricity and gas products and/or services</b> and to satisfy individual customer’s needs in order to provide a unique value with respect to <b>diversity </b>and <b>inclusion</b>. Desirable approaches can, but are not limited to, leverage on digital disruptions or new technologies (e.g. smart meters), automate Enel processes, enhance flexibility of current commercial portfolio, etc. Any solution with a compelling business justification will be considered.</p><p> </p><p><i>This is an Ideation Challenge with a guaranteed award for at least one submitted solution.</i></p><p> </p><p><b>OVERVIEW</b></p><p>The <b>Energy market</b>, similarly to other industries, is experiencing a change whereby value propositions place customers in the centre of every product or service. Further to that, diversity and inclusion regardless of age, disability, nationality or any other socio-cultural aspect, are at the centre of preoccupations in industry, and more specifically to Enel.</p><p><br></p><p><b>Mass Customization</b> is a concept that Enel wants to leverage in order to succeed in this change. This concept is defined as the process of delivering wide-market products and services which are personalized to satisfy the needs of specific customer segments.</p><p> </p><p>Hence, in this Challenge, Enel is seeking creative ideas or approaches to provide customized electricity and gas products and/or services to satisfy individual customer’s needs whilst:</p><ol><li>Guaranteeing and enhancing inclusion of all customers by taking into account their diversity (e.g. gender, age, disability, nationality and other types of personal, social and cultural diversity),</li><li>Improving the digitalization, automatization and flexibility of Enel processes and commercial portfolio</li></ol><p><br></p><p>This Challenge provides contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals:</p><ul><li><b>SDG 7</b> - Affordable and clean energy</li><li><b>SDG 10</b> - Reduce inequalities</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Submissions will include a detailed description of the proposed solution and any supporting information with regards to its feasibility and economics.</p><p><br></p><p><b><i>- Register now to start solving this Challenge! The full description challenge will be available to logged in users only. -</i></b></p><p><br></p><p>For questions about the challenge and your proposal you can contact <a href="mailto:EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 95, 178);">EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com</a></p>

We are looking for new <b>technologies</b>, <b>architectures</b> and <b>control strategies</b> to lower energy storage costs and to improve the way our Energy Storage assets are built, operated and maintained, in order to maximize their profitability.

<p>We want to become the leading energy innovation ecosystem with the ability to connect talented people, ideas, expertise, technologies and resources to create the energy of the future. We want to help guide the transformation of the energy sector to make it smarter, more efficient and more reliable, developing new products and services for our clients in the process. </p><p>This is why we want to hear from you!</p><p>We want to work with the best startups worldwide, offering our expertise, opening the doors of our laboratories and guaranteeing the resources required to develop better solutions in a fast way.</p><p>Our Innovation Hub is the point of contact between Enel and the ecosystem, able to connect the brightest minds to the opportunities of a Group present in 35 countries and with 73 million customers around the world.</p><p><br></p><p>We want to hear how your solution can help our business: join us the 7th of May for the launch event of our Boston Innovation Hub let us know what your idea of cooperating together is!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/enel-boston-innovation-hub-launch-celebration-tickets-59339052704" target="_blank"><b>REGISTER HERE</b></a></p>