Salzburg AG Innovation Challenge #3

Consumer, prosumer, business
Salzburg AG has realised that energy transition and digitalisation brings a lot of opportunities to its business ecosystem. Its customer base has become part of a digital society that needs to be engaged in a different way than in past decades.

We are looking for:

• hardware and software solutions related to smart-meters (to be installed in 80% of all households in Austria by 2020)
• innovative customer solutions in photovoltaics, for end-consumers in single- and multi-family houses (e.g. Mieterstrommodell)
• digital customer care solutions that improve the customer satisfaction on conventional channels and social media
• adjacent services and products such as insurances or security
• for all topics, we are aiming to create measurable value for our end-customers both financially and in terms of usability and experience

Salzburg AG endeavors to achieve operational excellence in its highly diverse portfolio of assets, ranging from power plants to various types of network infrastructure. The impact of digitalization on the operation and maintenance of all Salzburg AG assets is of particular interest.

Our major interests include:

• the use of various types of sensors and sensor networks in the operation of energy assets
• solutions based on GIS-locked information
• smart detection (and prediction) of failure incidences e.g. in the energy grid
• holistic plant management approaches (process control, planning, forecasting, simulation) are all target areas.

As consequence of the digitalisation of society, an increasing amount of data is at the company’s disposal. This includes data from internal sources (customer information and operational data of power grids and plants). Moreover, data from external sources e.g. related to energy trading or increasingly precise weather forecasts are of core interest to Salzburg AG.

Salzburg AG is looking for ideas and concepts for:

• fast compilation of energy data on a global scale
• energy trading
• consumption and production forecast
• smart-meter data
• usage of weather data

Salzburg AG is the public energy and infrastructure service provider, responsible for serving approximately 431.000 customers in urban and rural areas. In the open call, Salzburg AG is looking for innovative concepts for the urban area to improve everyday life for its citizens.

Our major interests are:

• first and last-miles passenger transport & logistic
• use of advertising space
• safety and health for silver-agers
• insurance services
• solutions for commuters and tourism
• mobility: on demand/pooling