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<p>The exponential growth of the population and of resources used, the technological evolution of infrastructure and services, and the importance of environmental issues in the urban environment are signs of this epochal turning point. This profound change has origins far back and has become faster and more radical in the last decade, giving cities a new, key role: urban centers can be a starting point for the <b>transition to a new paradigm of sustainable development for the entire planet</b>. The current Covid-19 Health Emergency underlined also the need to address a <b>digital &amp; sustainable transformation of public services and infrastructures in order to increase city resiliency with a citizen-centric approach</b>.</p><p>To address these challenges and promising business prospects under the agreement with the <b>Enel Group</b>, <b>ESA in cooperation with ENEL X</b> plans to issue an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for feasibility studies to promote the <b>development of space-applications supporting sustainable innovation for circular economy</b>. The AO will primarily address infrastructure efficiency and optimisation of mobility towards environmental sustainability in cities.</p><p>The high-level objectives of the AO are to assess the technical and business feasibility of using space assets to advance business innovation in circular cities, addressing one of the following two domains:</p><ul><li><b>“<u>Domain 1</u>: Public transport transition towards zero carbon emissions &amp; service optimization”</b></li><li><b>“<u>Domain 2</u>: Dynamic mapping system of infrastructures to address predictive maintenance”</b></li></ul><p>and propose a roadmap for potential pilots that would start in 2021.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This Challenge provides contribution to the following <b>SDGs</b>:</p><ul><li><b>SDG 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE - Invest in infrastructures that promote sustainability.</b></li><li><b>SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.</b></li></ul>

<p>Enel “Global Infrastructure and Networks s.r.l.” is looking for a <b>new MV joint design in order to improve electrical and mechanical properties of the actual one</b>.</p><p><br></p><p>During the last 10 years, several investigations on network failures have been conducted, which brought to the conclusion that the grid failure rate is too high in MV underground line, it is due to the joints, generally seen as a weak point in the network.</p><p><br></p><p>This challenge provides contribution to the following SDGs:</p><ul><li><b>SDG 9: Industries, innovation and infrastructure. Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation</b></li></ul>

<p>The Call aims to select, reward and accelerate business projects focused on developing innovative technologies, solutions and services with a low environmental and social impact in 5 Key Focus Areas of the Circular Economy: <b>Circular Bioeconomy; Circular Water Economy; Circular Energy Economy; New Circular Life Cycles; Circular City &amp; Land.</b></p><p>The initiative supports the national and EU post-Covid recovery policies promoting the transition process towards a more environmentally and socially sustainable economy.</p><p><br></p><p>Through openinnovability.com, Enel is supporting the project born as a joint initiative between <b>Marzotto Venture Accelerator (MVA) </b>and <b>Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome</b>.</p><p><br></p><p>For any further info about the call, please write to <a href="mailto: circular4recovery@marzottoventure.com" target="_blank">circular4recovery@marzottoventure.com</a></p>

<p>The global consulting firm Opinno has partnered up with health and insurance industry leaders Novartis and Grupo Catalana Occidente in the search for technological projects to help with the fight against COVID-19.</p><p><br></p><p>In order to generate value for healthcare professionals and patients in light of the COVID-19 crisis, Opinno has developed the <b>Beat The Vid challenge</b> which aims at improving the prevention, detection, treatment, monitoring and logistics of the virus, as well as helping the recovery and normalization of the healthcare system.</p><p><br></p><p>Through openinnovability.com, Enel is supporting the project born as an initiative of Opinno.</p><p><br></p><p>To apply, you will be redirected to the <a href="https://opinno.io/beatthevid/?lang=en" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Beat The Vid platform</b></a>.</p>

<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 32 countries and with 73 million customers around the world.</p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enel X</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> we aim at driving the evolution of the energy sector. We look at technology and innovation to create opportunities for our customers, so that they can benefit and thrive progress, across the world. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And new and innovative opportunities often come from joining forces.</span></p><p><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is why we want to hear from you.</b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We want to hear how your solution can help businesses, cities and people to create new value, and how it can unleash the power that will support the creation of a new energy future.</span></p><p><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let us know what is the Enel X challenge that you think you can contribute to solve or just let us know what is your idea of cooperating together!</b></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.

Improvement of existing technologies, integration of renewable power in anthropized environments and use of new renewable resources.