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BCAM will collaborate with Iberdrola on the Innovation Data Space project

Monday, 29 Jan 2024

This project is part of the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub (GSGIH), a collaborative working environment in which BCAM has been involved since 2021.
Among the areas of collaboration within the GSGIH is the Innovation Data Space ("i-DS") project, which aims to streamline and enhance the extraction of value from data to improve the service of distribution networks through Artificial Intelligence.
BCAM will participate in the development of the use cases outlined in the i-DS. Specifically, BCAM's role in this project will focus on demand forecasting in the Low Voltage (LV) network.

BCAM will collaborate with Iberdrola on the Innovation Data Space (i-DS) project. This collaboration has been formalized through the signing of an agreement within the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub (GSGIH). GSGIH is a collaborative working environment in which BCAM has been involved since 2021 alongside other providers, companies, technological centers, and universities, with the aim of using innovation as a lever to improve the distribution network service and the capacity and efficiency of the grid for greater integration of renewable energies and the electrification of the economy.

Among the areas of collaboration within the GSGIH is the Innovation Data Space (i-DS) project, in which, through Artificial Intelligence, the aim is to streamline and enhance the extraction of value from data to improve the service of distribution networks. BCAM will participate in the development of the use cases outlined in the i-DS.

Specifically, BCAM's work in this project will focus on demand forecasting in the LV (Low Voltage) network through management improvement actions based on generating future consumption and generation scenarios to prioritize actions in the demand forecasting process linked to LV network planning and investment prioritization.

This is not the first time that both entities have worked together. For instance, BCAM participates in the IA4TES project - Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Energy Transition, led by Iberdrola, which is part of the framework of the R&D Missions Program in Artificial Intelligence, under the Digital Spain 2025 Agenda and the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. The project started in 2022, was one of the five awarded in Spain, and has a total grant of over 12.5 million euros.

The main objective is to research the solutions that different Artificial Intelligence technologies can bring to the electricity sector, considering the new paradigm of the electric system.

From BCAM, the researchers leading the work are Ramón y Cajal researcher at BCAM and Ikerbasque Santiago Mazuelas, and Vincenzo Nava, Senior Researcher at BCAM and Tecnalia Research & Innovation.