Innovation
ACCIONA sees innovation not only as a differentiating factor, but also as an intrinsic part of creating sustainable solutions that respond to major global challenges.
We incorporate the latest technological advances into the development of our projects and the generation of new businesses, while bringing technology closer to markets and customers to drive sustainable development together.
In an ongoing exploration for new ideas that improve our processes and help us design a better planet, we combine the most open, disruptive and digital innovation with innovation centres.
We channel the innovation processes through our cutting-edge centres specialising in construction, water technologies and renewable energies, which act as a platform for the development of business activities and new technological solutions.
The open innovation platform I'MNOVATION supports the innovation programs with startups and the Intrapreneurship, and from the Digital Innovation Hub we promote the application in the business of technologies such as:
- Data science
- Internet of Things
- Robotics and artificial intelligence
Blockchain
Virtual, Augmented and mixed reality
3D printing
ACCIONA has partnered with Australian surf brand Bolero Surf to create the first commercially available surfboard fins made from 100% recycled wind turbine blades. These fins show how wind turbine recycling can create high performance products for everyday use.
Deakin University has worked to develop a Virtual Reality tool for ACCIONA that will help members of the public experience new wind farms before they are built. The tool, developed by researchers in the CADET Virtual Reality Lab at Deakin’s School of Engineering, allows people to visualise and interact with different wind turbine configurations and layouts and to listen to any sounds they make. It will help members of the community visualise how wind farms interact with the surrounding landscape. The researchers at Deakin University produced a VR experience for our Mortlake South Wind Farm, which was one of six successful projects announced in September 2018 as part of the Victorian Government’s Renewable Energy Target (VRET) reverse auction. The 35-turbine wind farm will generate enough clean energy to power 115,000 homes a year and is scheduled to commence operation in the middle of 2022. The VR programming will be used in future projects to allow communities to become familiar with the renewable energy projects before they are built. The VR solution provides ACCIONA with a tool to take to schools, community meetings and events and show people first-hand how the project will look and feel.
They harness hydrostatic pressure with a deep-sea reverse osmosis (DSRO) technology to produce drinking water.
This autonomous, electrically powered device marks a breakthrough in making geothermal energy accessible to households.
Cutting-edge technologies—from AI to self-repairing concrete—are making it possible to build infrastructure that withstands natural disasters and other severe challenges.