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📢 Exciting Opportunities Await! Are you passionate about the energy industry and eager to contribute to the future of sustainable innovation? Here’s your chance! InnoStation, the podcast powered by InnoEnergy students, is looking for driven and creative individuals to join the team for the upcoming academic year. 🌟 What’s InnoStation About? Our mission is simple but powerful: connect InnoEnergy

What is EIT InnoEnergy CommUnity Hackathon? The EIT InnoEnergy CommUnity Hackathon is an exciting 12-hour event that unites aspiring developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and innovators to collaborate, compete, and bring their groundbreaking ideas to life. Hosted by the Enel Innovation Hub Europe at Espacio Endesa, with challenges sponsored by Project HUB-360 and Bax & Company.  Who can participat

CommUnity InnoStation Podcast Team Call 2023-2024📢 Exciting Opportunities Await! Join the InnoStation Podcast Team as a Communications and Outreach Manager or Editor! 🎙️ Are you passionate about the energy industry and eager to contribute to the future of sustainable energy? Here's an amazing chance for you! InnoStation, the podcast led by EIT InnoEnergy students and alumni, is on the lookout fo

"I have learned you are never too small to make a difference." - Greta ThunbergIn the twentieth century, we have witnessed an increased concern and emotion towards the environment, especially post the COVID-19 pandemic and the global state of affairs. The hype for renewables and energy security, self-sufficiency amongst nations has ramped up. One can say that, without a doubt, Millennials and Gen

CommUnity Team Calls 2023-2024We are the EIT InnoEnergy CommUnity, a community that empowers EIT InnoEnergy students, alumni, and like-minded individuals from more than 90 countries who are passionate about sustainability and innovation in the energy sector. As pioneers of change, we strongly believe that people play a crucial role in driving transformation. By fostering knowledge sharing, idea ex

Mackenzie Banker Co-Founder & CEO at VerdantipsEFSC - 2018 intakeLinkedIn MackenzieLarge-scale changes in how energy is produced will be crucial to a successful energy transition, but lifestyle changes will also be key. In our latest alumni talks, we caught up with Mackenzie Banker, who told us all about her startup and its role in helping people improve their habits.You’re in charge of your own s

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021 SECOND PRIZE :  By - Sankar Pranav Govindaraju, MSc SELECT Y2 (UPC, PoliTo) “I have a dream!” - Martin Luther King Jr. The terms climate change, carbon footprint, ambiguous policies have garnered a lot of attention since the start of the 20th century and especially in the last decade, many countries have come forth and have taken strides in making the whole plane

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021SECOND PRIZE :  By - Pau Plana Ollé, MSc SELECT Y2 student (PoliTo) The energy sector is undergoing a period of transformation. This transformation entails big challenges and therefore big opportunities. Nowadays, within the European Commission documents, there is one concept that is becoming more and more popular “Decentralization”. Why and how should energy gene

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021The energy transition from a social science point of viewSECOND PRIZE :  By - João Figueira, PhD School EIT InnoEnergy (2021) Now more than ever, we are feeling the impact of moving towards a global society. Globalisation comes with several challenges that we weren’t prepared for over our entire existence. Globalisation comes with shared responsibility on threaten

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021FIRST PRIZE :  Shilpa Bindu, Alumna, MSc Energy for Smart Cities (2017) "Fish may die or human beings; drinking water or swimming in rivers or lakes may cause diseases; we may run out of oil; the global temperature may rise or fall; all these effects will not cause any societal effects unless society communicates about it.”- Niklas LuhmannIn 2009, the Third Energy

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021FIRST PRIZE :  By - Maria Isabel Bang Jensen, Y2 MSc Smart Electrical Networks and SystemsHow the decentralisation of energy networks can support a sustainable energy transition.The energy sector is currently going through a major paradigm shift in many countries, transitioning from centralised, fossil fuel generators to distributed, renewable energy sources. This

CU Awards - Essay Competition 2021 FIRST PRIZE :  By - Wadah Rafie (MSc RENE Y1, UPC) IntroductionThe hydrogen hype of recent years has been seen many times before, but this new wave of technological optimism holds unprecedented momentum within the current environmental context. Today, hydrogen is globally recognized as a key pillar to decarbonize our economy, with 17 governments having released h

If you are looking for some casual talks with like-minded people and at the same time deepen your knowledge on energy policy and energy transition related topics, you should definitely give Online Café Series a shot. We are opening our doors on every last Tuesday of each month between 19:00-20:15 CET. The format is the same for all the Online Café Sessions and it is more interactive than a regular

InnMind is launching, together with Hyundai CRADLE and POSCO Capital, the H2 Challenge! The Challenge is an open innovation initiative designed to identify the best entrepreneurial, academic and technological projects developed across the globe in hydrogen-related applications and technologies. Starting from July 5th 2021, H2 Challenge is accepting applications from international startups from Pre

Ana Gabriela Dávila Gavilanes ​​​​​​Head of the Sustainable Mobility Departmentat Automobile Club of EcuadorElectromobility Consultant for Ecuadorat UN Environment ProgrammeSELECT - 2015 intakeLinkedIn AnaTransport is a significant piece of the energy transition puzzle and in our latest catchup with EIT InnoEnergy alumni, we spoke with Ana Gabriela Dávila Gavilanes about her career in sustainable

This article was written by the IP & I Team of EIT InnoEnergyWe all read stories about the innovators of today and how their products or services make a difference. In this series of publications, we shed light on a side that often remains in the dark and unknown to the public: their patented inventions and the impact they have had on other innovators across society. We did the research and summar

Colton ChowEditor in Chief2021 is a hopeful year. Never has a year had such modest, yet vital and universal, propositions: we just want a normal year. Yet as we balance 2020, we see that in the midst of one crisis, there were positive changes too: CO2 emission levels dropped, companies sped their digital transition, and some even announced that greater flexibility to work from home would be here t

Tommaso MuraCOO at SOLCOR PortugalSELECT - 2016 intakeLinkedIn TommasoIn the latest catchup with EIT InnoEnergy alumni, we spoke with Tommaso Mura, whose professional path has taken him into the world of solar photovoltaics. He gives us an insight into the challenges he has faced and what the future holds.What was the main learning you took from your studies?I arrived at EIT InnoEnergy from a bit

This article was written by the IP & I Team of EIT InnoEnergyWe all read stories about the innovators of today and how their products or services make a difference. In this series of publications, we shed light on a side that often remains in the dark and unknown to the public: their patented inventions and the impact they have had on other innovators across society. We did the research and summar