Smart Grids Academy
The Smart Grids Academy (SGA) project is based on a power grid training methodology
smart, which combines in-person and online training.
Scholarships and grants for smart grid training.
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Smart Grids Academy
A project focused on training in smart grids
and sponsored by Gaia, Euskadi ICTA Cluster.
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 that has been developed in collaboration with the Bizkaia Provincial Council and Iberdrola's Global Smart Grids Innovation HUB.
The objective of the Smart Grids Academy 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, Smart Grids Academy offers a comprehensive training program that encompasses the knowledge and skills needed to work in the smart grid industry.

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.
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Smart grid training
A pioneering initiative at a global level, the aim of which is to contribute to the training
of qualified professionals to meet the evolving challenges of the sector.
The SGA project's vision is to make Bizkaia a leader in innovation applied to smart grid training and to develop a platform to drive R&D&I and local and international talent, through the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub, as well as 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.

Artificial intelligence
Explore the fundamentals of programming, data analytics and visualization with tools such as Python, Pandas, Matplotlib and Tableau.

Cybersecurity
It develops highly qualified skills in disciplines such as software security, identity management, protection of network infrastructure and cryptography.

Smart Industry
By means of the Smart Industry or Industry 4.0 course, you will develop the roadmap for the digital transformation of your production processes.