E.ON Group Innovation

It's winter in Europe and staying warm is a top priority! 🥶🌡️ One way to do it has a lot of innovative potential and at the same time it's as old-school as you can get.🫂 When it comes to energy, few sources are as reliable as our own bodies. Since the beginning of times, we’ve huddled and cuddled not only for comfort and safety but often simply to keep warm. And yet, besides using our breath to thaw our cold hands in winter, there doesn’t seem to be many obvious applications out there which use excess body warmth. But are there ways to harvest and productively use the #bodyheat we all radiate? #heating https://lnkd.in/ekjHJ9wS

Cultural Principles: Defining the Heart of E.ON Group Innovation   As CEO, one question is constantly on my mind: What kind of company do I want to work for? Remarkably, the answer didn't come from me – it came out of our incredible team.   At E.ON Group Innovation, we wanted to articulate the essence of who we are and how we work. Because we truly believe that culture is the key to our business success. So starting last year, we embarked on a journey to uncover our cultural DNA – a process from which I deliberately stepped back to ensure it was designed by the team, for the team.   Under the dedicated initiative of Dr. Lioudmila Simon and Stefanie Eller, we appointed cultural ambassadors from within the organization and established a framework to shape our vision, mission, and culture. This process led to the creation of our “Cultural Principles”, which serve as a guiding foundation for innovation, collaboration, and growth.   When I first saw the result, I was blown away. These eight principles reflect the very soul of EGI. My special thanks to Lioudmila and Stefanie for their strategic vision & tireless dedication - they've given us a roadmap and definition of the company we all want to be part of.   Over the coming weeks, I'm excited to share these eight principles with you and introduce you to the amazing teams who live and breathe these values every day, bringing them to life through their work.   Stay tuned for inspiring stories, incredible people and a closer look at the culture that makes E.ON Group Innovation unique.   #Culture #CulturePrinciples #Leadership #Innovation #Teamwork

You want to be the next ‘Startup of the Year’ and a winner of the Free Electrons Program? Only two days left to apply! The team E.ON Group Innovation is awaiting your applications and the chance to work with you! This year, we focus on the #decarbonisation of #heating, #electrification and #microflexibility (B2C). Proposed solutions in these areas should help to further increase #customer loyalty and satisfaction. Also interesting for us are approaches for modular building retrofit, as well as next generation #heatpumps, #PV and #heatexchangers. For our customers in #energy-intensive industries, we need solutions for green #data centers, #green steel and concrete, the food and beverage sector and to exploit even further the potential of absorbing heat. We are also continuing to work on #innovations in the areas of #emobility and #energycommunities. #future solutions for energy houses are of particular interest - they make our customers' lives easier, cheaper and more sustainable! We are also addressing the #circulareconomy through #districtheating and our #distributionnetworks. With these efforts, we aim for further expansion, automation and smartification. Lots of opportunities for creative and innovative startups to get into busines! #ApplyNow for the global Free Electrons Program that we lead together with our six global utility partners! Applications are open until Friday, 24th January 2025! #startuppartnerships #energyinnovation

📣 Attention, energy #innovators and #startups! Just a few days left to join the Free Electrons Program 2025! Apply now and don´t miss this chance to collaborate and scale your solution with 7 leading global utilities! This year, our team at E.ON Group Innovation is particularly interested in applications in the following areas: - Green data centers - Decarbonization of energy-intensive industries, green steel & concrete - District heating and technologies to exploit absorb heat potentials - Energy communities - Modular retrofit for buildings - Alternative heating and hot water solutions - Next generation PV, heat pumps and heat exchangers - Intelligent solutions for fleets and depots optimizing the energy usage - Energy transparency, customer experience & gamification for future energy home and e-mobility - Microflexibility (B2C) - Grid expansion (SW&HW) and smartification & automation - Resilience against extreme weather, cyber or physical attacks With over 220 pilot projects between startups and utilities and $67M+ invested in commercial deployment in the past 8 years, the program has an outstanding track record. So don’t wait - applications close on 24th January 2025! 👉 Link in the comment section

🌍 Unlocking the Power of Behind-The-Meter (BTM) Flexibility ⚡ In the evolving energy landscape, "Behind-The-Meter" (BTM) flexibility is becoming a game-changer. Both at E.ON One and E.ON Group Innovation this topic is one of our key focus areas to drive the #energytransition. By leveraging energy resources on the consumer side of the meter, businesses and individuals can save costs, stabilize the grid, and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Ever wondered what this really means and how it acutally works? 🔄 Demand Shifting Optimize energy use by shifting consumption to off-peak times with lower prices. Think smart scheduling of equipment or adjusting production cycles to save on costs. 🔋 Energy Storage Batteries enable peak shaving, cost savings, and energy resilience. Store solar power during the day and use it when you need it most. ☀️ Self-Consumption Optimization Maximize the value of your rooftop solar or other distributed energy resources by matching consumption with generation in real-time. ⚡ Market Participation Through aggregators, BTM flexibility can support grid stability by offering services like frequency regulation or demand response. 📡 Smart Tech and IoT AI-driven systems and IoT-enabled devices automate energy optimization, seamlessly shifting loads or activating appliances at the right time. 🚗 Electromobility & V2G Electric vehicles are more than just transport—they’re mobile energy assets. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology allows EVs to support energy needs at home or even feed power back to the grid. 💡 Latest Trends Driving BTM Flexibility 📊 Virtual Power Plants (VPPs): Aggregating decentralized energy resources like solar panels and batteries enables consumers to actively participate in energy markets and enhance grid stability. ⚙️ Advanced Energy Management Systems (EMS): Prosumers are leveraging sophisticated EMS to optimize energy consumption, ensuring economic benefits and grid reliability. 📈 Smart Metering & Regulation: Governments are pushing for widespread adoption of smart meters, enabling dynamic tariffs and transparent energy management. 🌱 Clean Flexibility: With more renewables on the grid, clean flexibility—using storage solutions to manage variable wind and solar power—is critical to ensuring system stability. 🔌 Demand-Side Flexibility Programs: Utilities are scaling programs that incentivize consumers to adjust usage during peak times, promoting a more resilient and efficient energy ecosystem. BTM flexibility is unlocking cost savings, grid stability, and decarbonization. With the right technologies and market mechanisms, we can turn challenges into opportunities and power the future sustainably. What are your thoughts on how we can scale BTM solutions? Let’s discuss! 💬

Why 2025 will be the year of the #SmartMeter in Germany: Smart meters are more than useful devices—they’re the key to unlocking the energy transition. They enable consumers to benefit from innovative tariff models like dynamic or flexible pricing, optimize energy feed-in from sources like rooftop solar panels, and seamlessly integrate devices such as heat pumps, EV chargers, and battery storage into a smarter energy system. The big picture? Smart meters are the foundation for a future of smarter, greener, and more efficient energy use in our homes. Yet, while countries like Sweden, Denmark, and Italy have achieved near-universal adoption, Germany has been playing catch-up. That’s about to change. Starting January 2025, the rollout of smart meters in Germany will shift into high gear thanks to a groundbreaking law passed in May 2023. This law marks a fresh push toward the digitalization of the energy transition, with ambitious goals: ✅ Mandatory installation for:  Households consuming over 6,000 kWh/year.  Energy producers with an installed capacity of 7 kW or more.  Controllable devices like heat pumps. ✅ Voluntary options for households and producers below these thresholds. Operators must install smart meters within 4 months upon request. ✅ Large consumers (over 100,000 kWh/year) and large producers (over 100 kW) will also be included, starting in 2028. The goal? By 2030, 95% of eligible users will be connected, setting the stage for a smarter energy landscape in Germany. Now, over to you:  💡 Do you already have a smart meter at home?  🤔 Do you think this regulation will help Germany catch up in the energy transition?    Share your thoughts in the comments— we’d love to hear your perspective!

Only one week left! The application phase for Free Electrons Program 2025 is coming to an end.     Our team at E.ON Group Innovation is looking forward to welcoming your applications and potential collaboration for the implementation of the energy transition.     E.ON's path to the future of #energy is clearly defined. With our #innovation ambitions, we focus this year even more on the #decarbonisation of #heating, #electrification and #microflexibility (B2C). Solutions in these areas should help to further increase #customer loyalty and satisfaction. Also interesting for us are approaches for modular building retrofit as well as next generation #heat pumps, #PV and #heat exchangers.      For our customers in #energy-intensive industries, we need solutions for green #data centers, #green steel and concrete, the food and beverage sector and to exploit even further the potential of absorbing heat.     Additionally, we further work on #innovations in #emobility and #energy communities, including #future energy home solutions that all make the life of our customers easier, cheaper and more sustainable.     One more look goes also into the area of #circular economy, district heating and our distributions grids, with the aim for further expansion, automation and smartification     #startups #energyinnovation

Is Venture Clienting just a buzzword – or does it really make a difference?    We’ve been working with many startups over the past eight years. Innovation is a team sport. Which is why, last year, we’ve launched the GenAI Open Innovation Call. Here’s what we’ve learned:    🏃 Our startup ecosystem is a great innovation source to rapidly explore new technologies like generative AI and make them accessible for the E.ON Group – at speed.    🔌Collaboration is key. Instead of solely purchasing a new technology, we’re focused on working together with our startup and business partners to ensure that business needs are met.    🔋 Make it a win-win for everyone. Providing valuable insights and feedback helps both startup and corporate to make the most of the collaboration.    Interested in how different parties experience such a win-win collaboration? ⬇️ Watch the video below.    #GenerativeAI #StartupPartnerships #VentureClienting

What started as an idea has grown into an independent subsidiary that is now in demand around the world: Evailable.     This is one of the projects that makes me so proud to work for E.ON Group Innovation. Over the years, our team has worked tirelessly on this initiative, in the face of significant obstacles and situations that almost made us give up. But we kept pushing forward because we believed in the immense value it would bring to #eMobility and the charging industry.    Today, #Evailable is not only an important milestone for E.ON Group Innovation, but also a compelling proof point for the innovative power within our company. From internal project to global product: Evailable is a big leap for the management and analysis of charging infrastructure, supporting operators to run their charging points more efficiently and reliably – an essential building block for the success of the #mobilitytransition.   Those familiar with corporate ventures know the challenges of bringing such complex projects to life. I see three reasons why we have succeeded with Evailable despite all the difficulties:    👉 The belief in the feasibility and the knowledge of the global demand for this solution that we identified at the beginning of the project.   👉 Our Cultural Principles – the cultural DNA of EGI, which we see as a driving force for innovation and a foundation for collaboration, growth and our collective success, which I would like to sharing more with you in the future.  👉 And most importantly, the people: The relentless perseverance and the ambition of everyone involved and the resilience of our team in the face of setbacks.    We have succeeded in developing an innovation as a product from within the company and bringing it to market. A big thank you to everyone who accompanied us on this journey and made it possible, especially Stefan Herr, Dr. Lioudmila Simon Tim van Amstel Alexander Miropolski Yasmin Peperkorn, Arne Bollens, Marco Rummer, Thomas Birr This is how our vision for sustainable energy becomes a reality.  #Innovation #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #ChargingStations

They grow up so fast, don't they?😉 What started as an out-of-the-box idea is now a successful business venture: The Evailable AI tool, formerly known as " Project Evercharge", was developed within E.ON Group Innovation to help charging station operators and manufacturers improve the availability of their charging points, reduce operating costs and secure sales. This innovation success story is now opening a new chapter. As of now, Evailable will be handed over to E.ON One to guarantee this success story can be taken even further in service of our customers and the whole charging industry. What is #Evailable? It's the powerful AI-tool for charging infrastructure operations, helping network operators and manufacturers to improve the availability of their charging stations, reduce costs and secure revenue streams. Evercharge optimizes the uptime and performance of charging networks, making it easier for operators to manage infrastructure and for users to access reliable charging. It's AI enables pattern recognition, correlation evaluation, failure prediction and predictive maintenance. The solution is compatible with almost every charging station manufacturer or managing software platform in the industry. As part of the acquisition, Evailable will remain an independent company, continuing its current business and working with E.ON One and its portfolio companies within the ecosystem. Congratulations and gratitude to our whole innovation team and our colleagues at E.ON One for making sure that E.ON is now able to address the dynamic and future-oriented market for charging infrastructure in an even more targeted manner! Find out more below ⬇️ #charging #chargingmaintenance #charginginfrastructure #charginginnovation #mobilityinnovation #InnovationAtEON #itsonus