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Smart Grids Academy
A comprehensive training program that encompasses the knowledge and skills needed
to work in the smart grid industry.
GAIA, Euskadi ICTA Cluster, promotes Smart Grids Academy (SGA), a training project for smart grids that is part of the “Bizkaia with the talent” initiative and has been developed in collaboration with the Bizkaia Provincial Council and Iberdrola's Global Smart Grids Innovation HUB.
SGA's objective is to address the urgent need for specific talent for the energy transformation towards smart grids, and its requirements for technological and digital skills.
The availability of qualified professional talent is essential to the development of smart grids and the transition to a more sustainable and efficient energy model.
To this end, SGA offers a comprehensive training program that encompasses the knowledge and skills needed to work in the smart grid industry.
Innovation
SGA is an innovative technological solution that stimulates the proliferation of professional profiles through artificial intelligence technologies, virtualized training environments, and continuous evaluation of data and results.
Training
SGA offers a comprehensive training program that encompasses the knowledge and skills needed to work in the smart grid industry.
Awareness
SGA seeks to commit stakeholders to the importance of smart grids for the energy transition to a more sustainable and efficient model.
Employability
SGA seeks to encourage career plans in professionals who are already working and to improve the employability of participants, facilitating the insertion into the labor market of the youngest.
Motivation
SGA seeks to motivate participants to specialize in the smart grid sector and become involved in its development and progress.
Sustainability
SGA contributes to the advancement of a more sustainable and efficient smart grid model.
Methodology
In-person and online
Facilities
Leading edge spaces
Partners
An open ecosystem
Financing
Scholarships and grants
Mission, vision and values
The spirit of collaboration towards a green transition
In addition to these values, the SGA project seeks to encourage collaboration between various stakeholders within the smart grid ecosystem, such as operators, suppliers, universities and startups. This collaboration is critical for driving the energy transformation and electrification value chain. The values of the SGA project are aligned with Iberdrola's objectives towards a green transition.
Mission
The mission of the Smart Grids Academy (SGA) project is to become a Hub of knowledge and know-how, a trainer of qualified professional profiles in the field of smart power grids and related emerging technologies, in order to promote an energy and green transformation.
Vision
The SGA project's vision is to make Bizkaia a leader in innovation applied to smart grids and to develop a platform to drive R&D&I and local and international talent, through the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub, and collaboration between the various stakeholders in the smart grid ecosystem.
This vision is possible thanks to the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub, an innovation center dedicated to smart grids that Iberdrola set up in collaboration with the Bizkaia Provincial Council.
Talent and innovation
Project architects and promoters... A great team focused on
attracting and promoting talent and skills.
Tomás Iriondo
Gaia General Manager
Smart Grids Academy is shaping a new approach to the sharing of knowledge and training practices in the most innovative and needed digital competencies.
Joseba Mariezkurrena
General Director of Entrepreneurship and Business Competitiveness in the Bizkaia Provincial Council
The SGA represents a unique opportunity for Bizkaia to become the world hub for training in smart grids, promoting existing talent in the sector and attracting new profiles.
Judit Iriondo
Digital Transformation and Technological Training Specialist at Gaia
The Smart Grids Academy Community is an online and in-person collaborative space that promotes networking and the generation of synergies related to smart grids.
Noemí Alonso
Smart Grids Innovation HUB Manager
The GSGI Hub serves as the main physical headquarters of the Smart Grids Academy project and assists in defining the contents that ensure the training that is required for smart grids.
Daniel Lestón
Senior Data Scientist, i-DE / Data Analytics Unit
AI is transforming the smart power grid business. SGA trains professionals in advanced data analytics, a key factor in leading innovation in the sector.