E.ON Group Innovation

Youth Empowerment at EIS: Fueling the Future of Energy 🌍 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of connecting with talented students at our E.ON x RWTH Aachen University- Explore your career opportunities at E.ON event, where we shared how young professionals are not just welcomed at our business but essential to our mission of transforming energy for a sustainable future.   🍃 Various business units – from E.ON Energy Networks, us, E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions to E.ON Group Innovation and Westenergie – each delivered engaging pitches showcasing the innovative projects that are moving the needle on energy transformation. The excitement continued as our Trainee Program team presented exclusive pathways for young talents eager to make a real impact. Highlights of the day included: - 🌐 Networking and Skill-O-Mat: We loved meeting students face-to-face over lunch, where the Skill-O-Mat tool helped match participants’ unique skills to open positions – from internships to career-entry roles. - 💬 Empowering Stories from our E.ON International Graduate Programme Participants: Hearing from our current graduates about their experiences was inspiring. They shared insights into the supportive culture at E.ON, the professional growth they’ve experienced, and the exciting challenges they've tackled along the way. – Big thanks to Daniel Oberheide and Leander Kolb for sharing your personal view.💪 At EIS, we believe in the power of young minds to shape the future of energy. Applications for the E.ON International Graduate Programme will open from November 13, 2024, and we’re excited to welcome the next generation of innovators to our team! 😊      #EONCareers #YouthEmpowerment #FutureOfEnergy #Innovation #RWTH 

Working with Free Electrons Program allows Kestrix and QEA Tech to test their solutions at a lower level with E.ON and the other utilities in our vast energy markets. Both solutions will be welcomed by E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions and E.ON Next to identify inefficiencies in buildings and homes, reducing the carbon footprint and energy costs for E.ON customers. We are excited to see that our collaborative approach is once again proving to be a success factor and opening up new opportunities! Watch Lucy Lyons, Peyvand Melati, Daniel Joisten, Christof Kortz and Samuel Gerlach explain how it works 👀👇

Driving change and scaling impact with Free Electrons!   This month we've wrapped up an incredible finale to this year's Free Electrons Program, hosted by E.ON in #Hamburg, where the energy sector’s most innovative #startups showcased their solutions.   With this year’s edition of #FreeElectrons behind us, I want to highlight that at E.ON we are focused on innovation with a purpose. Our goal is to identify real-world solutions that address the most pressing challenges. The true value of innovation lies in its impact: only when it reaches our operations, our networks and our customers can we say we've succeeded. In today's connected world, collaboration with partners that share the same mission is essential to a successful energy transition. #FreeElectrons is an important starting point for forging strong, long-term partnerships with start-ups whose solutions bring real value to our customers and align with our mission to drive the energy transition.   A big thank you to the Free Electrons community, the entire E.ON Group Innovation team and all the amazing startups who participated. And last but not least, congrats to this year's Startup of the Year: reLi Energy.   Watch the video below with Thomas Birr, Christof Kortz & me to learn more about how Free Electrons fuels our innovation journey and E.ON's unique role in this collaborative ecosystem! 👇   #Innovation #CleanEnergy #EON #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #Collaboration  

📢 Calling students from RWTH Aachen University! Are you about to complete your studies and eager to explore exciting career opportunities in a rapidly evolving field? Look no further! Join us at the E.ON career event this Wednesday, October 30th, at E.ON Energy Research Center Get to know different E.ON units, like E.ON Group Innovation, Westenergie and E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions among others, find out what we do and what you could do by joining the team! Discover the diverse career paths that await you at E.ON and explore positions that align with your unique skills and interests. 💡 📅 When? October 30th, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 📍 Location: E.ON Energy Research Center @ RWTH Aachen, Mathieustr. 10, 52074 Aachen Our colleagues Katharina Tünnerhoff from #EONGroupInnovation, Nicola Schippers, Leander Kolb, Daniel Oberheide from #EONSE, Dr. Lukas Spitalny from #EONEnergyNetworksGermany and Maike Seelhöfer and Sina Erben from #Westenergie are looking forward to meeting you in #Aachen! #EON #CareerOpportunities #EnergyIndustry #RWTHAachen #EONResearchCenter

Every year the E.ON Strategy Summit brings together E.ON's strategy community from across Europe. After Essen and Malmö, this year’s edition took place in #Munich at the #Werkviertel. Have a look at the video to catch up on all the highlights of this year's summit! Thank you to all the participants, speakers Thomas Birr, Mark Ritzmann, Dr. Egon Leo Westphal, Max Zeumer, Nadja Bodziony, all breakout session holders & everyone who worked behind the scenes - see you at #EONStrategySummit 2025!

Free Electrons 2024 was an incredible journey of innovation, collaboration, and business transformation. Here is a recap of how startups, utilities, and experts from more than 15 countries worked together to explore groundbreaking solutions pushing the boundaries of clean energy, sustainability, and technology. Thanks to all participants for setting a new standard in the industry and paving the way for a greener tomorrow! Apply Now for the 9th edition: https://lnkd.in/grGa-zz4 CLP, EDP, E.ON, ESB, Hydro Québec, JERA Co., Inc., Origin Energy Advanced Infrastructure, Allye, Axle Energy, Energy Robotics, enjoyelec, GridWrap, Inc., Kestrix, Mixergy Ltd, MOOST, Over Easy Solar, Pix Force, QEA Tech, REBLADE, reLi Energy, tepeo #FreeElectrons #GrandFinale #EnergyTransition

Milestone in the field of bidirectional charging: On Wednesday, we presented the German Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck with proposals for regulatory adjustments that we developed together with 150 industrial companies from 9 countries. Part of this Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz funded "Coalition of the Willing" were companies along the entire value chain of #bidirectionalcharging, including BMW Group Mercedes-Benz USA KOSTAL Group The Mobility House and TenneT. We are all united by one goal: we want to use the millions of electric cars to store green energy in their large batteries and release it again as required. This will enable us to compensate for fluctuations in energy consumption and the volatile electricity feed-in from solar systems, for example. An important step on the way to the energy transition. Our Head of eMobility Dr. Lioudmila Simon led the ‘Energy/Grids’ working group, which aimed to identify specific barriers and develop solutions from the perspective of the energy market and grids. A particular success: we agreed on the data list, which is shared openly and without discrimination by the players along the entire value chain through standardised communication in order to enable the scaling of the technology in a technology-open manner. A special thanks to Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz for the initiative and to Leo Birnbaum for his support. At E.ON, we continue to work in the Coalition of the Willing to accompany the implementation of the measures. #energytransition #mobilitytransition #itsonus

Seit letztem Dezember haben wir intensiv gearbeitet – gestern durfte ich das Ergebnis dieser Arbeit an Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck überreichen: Hier sind unsere Vorschläge für den regulatorischen Rahmen beim direktionalen Laden in Deutschland und in Europa. Das Papier, das ich zusammen mit vielen anderen unterzeichnenden Unternehmen überreicht habe, kann die Energiewende entscheidend vorantreiben. Unsere Chance: Wenn wir es schaffen, dass Millionen von E-Autos grüne Energie in ihren großen Batterien speichern und je nach Bedarf wieder abgeben, können wir Schwankungen im Energieverbrauch und die volatile Stromeinspeisung, etwa durch Solaranlagen, ausgleichen. Auch dem Kunden bringt bidirektionales Laden viele Vorteile.   Wir haben uns bei E.ON deshalb gerne in die vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz ins Leben gerufene „Coalition of the Willing bidirektionales Laden“ aktiv eingebracht, in der 150 europäische Industrieunternehmen aus neun Ländern beteiligt waren. Für E.ON Group Innovation durfte ich als eine der drei Co-Chairs die Arbeitsgruppe „Energy/Grids“ leiten, die das Ziel hatte, aus der Perspektive Energiemarkt und Netze konkrete Barrieren zu identifizieren und Lösungen zu entwickeln.   Unsere Vorschläge, etwa die Befreiung von Steuern, Abgaben und Umlagen bei zwischengespeichertem Strom um die Wirtschaftlichkeit des bidirektionalen Ladens zu ermöglichen, Standardisierung der Technik und branchenübergreifender Datenaustausch sowie Gewährleistung der Netzdienlichkeit. Umso mehr würden wir uns wünschen, dass konkrete Umsetzungsschritte noch in dieser Legislaturperiode vorangebracht werden.   Herzlichen Dank an all unsere Partner in der Coalition of the Willing, insbesondere an Alexander Gaytandjiev, Christian Adelhardt, Christoffer Enggaard, Wolfgang Duschl, Dr. Egon Leo Westphal, Nolting, Lea von Guttenberg, Alexander Funke, Serge Subiron, Eric Scheuerle, Joe Matta, Claas Bracklo, Marcus Fendt, Frank Spennemann, Thomas Moskal und besonders Michael Blohm, Birgit Hofmann und Doris Johnsen.   Wir werden unsere Arbeit in der Coalition fortsetzen, um die Implementierung der Vorschläge zu begleiten. 

🔌 Embracing the Future of Energy Reporting 🔌 The EU's new #CSRD Directive is changing the game for how companies report their electricity consumption. Beyond the traditional "green electricity" method (market-based), businesses now need to account for the actual energy mix at each location (location-based). This shift brings new challenges—but also exciting opportunities for innovation. For a recent episode of #Birchtalks, our Senior Innovation Manager 💡 Torsten Dahmen joined the conversation to dive into the game-changing CSRD Directive, its impact on energy reporting and how E.ON is tackling and overcoming it. Join Torsten, Stephan Noller, CEO of UBIRCH GmbH and Dr. Mathias Schindl as they explore how businesses can adapt to the new dual-reporting requirements and what it means for sustainability. 💡🌱   Watch the full conversation now 🎥👇 #EnergyInnovation #Sustainability #GreenEnergy #DigitalTransformation https://lnkd.in/g3kfU4xU

With the Open Day last Thursday, we concluded the 8th edition of the Free Electrons Program. I truly enjoyed the spirit of #collaboration, meeting so many of our partners and friends, and celebrating the successes of the program. E.ON alone has already signed deals with seven startups from this year´s program. In total, with our Free Electrons partners, we have reached around 40 signed POC agreements in 2024. This is an outstanding result! Now, I would like to take a moment to express my appreciation 🙏 1. To all the startups from this year’s program: Thank you for your passion, great ideas, and persistence. 2. To our Free Electrons Partners (Hydro Québec, EDP, JERA Co., Inc., ESB, CLP, Origin Energy): Thank you for the great collaboration, your open minds, and for being our allies in the energy transition. 3. To the Beta-i • collaborative innovation team: Thank you for your support throughout the year and for taking care of the many details in the background. 4. To the team of inspiranten GbR: Thank you for organizing an amazing Grand Finale and Open Day. 5. To all speakers and panelists from the Grand Finale and Open Day: Thank you for sharing your views and for inspiring us. 6. And last, but not least, to the entire E.ON Group Innovation team and all E.ON colleagues & business units: Thank you for jointly exploring new solutions, opportunities and POC projects and your support during the whole program. Your work and collaborative spirit help driving the #energytransition forward. I am excited to continue our journey and look forward to the Free Electrons Program in 2025. #Applications are already open! 👉 Check the link in the comments.