The session entitled “Industry 4.0: Novel strategies to develop energy solutions using IoT” took place on October 31st, 2019, in Fira de Barcelona, room 1.1. The event was organized in the framework of the IoT Solutions World Congress 2019.

The session is organized by the the Cluster of Energy of Catalunya (CEEC), RIS3CAT Energy Community and the R+D+i network “Energy for Society” (XRE4S), all being large ecosystems that integrate the knowledge in the energy sector in Catalonia from different angles and diverse stakeholders.

The event showed new energy solutions using IoT from three different angles: research projects, innovative demonstrators and industrial solutions that intensively need IoT solutions to be implemented. The final program can be found here (Program).

Manel Sanmartí (from IREC, coordinador of the RIS3CAT Energy Community and XRE4S) and Joaquim Daura (from CEEC, executive board of CEEC) welcomed all participants of the side event.

Joaquim Daura (CEEC) gave an inspirational talk “The disruptive power of Innovation” (pdf).

The following session was dedicated to research projects in IoT, and the moderator was Joana Tarrés (Promoter of XRE4S). The presentations were:

  • Alex Morata (IREC) “Novel concepts for a sustainable IoT”
  • Víctor Caballero (La Salle) “Social Internet of Energy – A new paradigm for Demand Side Management” (pdf)
  • Cristina Corchero (IREC) “Using machine learning to forecast our client energy flexibility”
  • Jose Luís Domínguez (IREC) “Building a testbed for energy cibersecurity: The EURECAT-IREC platform.


The next session focused on demonstrators in IoT, and the moderator was Angel Fernández (Kromschroder). The presentations were:

  • Roger Marcos (DEXMA) “Using predictive analytics to identify energy saving opportunities”
  • David Bru (Igrid) “Impact of IoT technologies on today’s distribution grids” (pdf)
  • Raúl Aragonés (AEInnova) “The green revolution for the industry 4.0 using AEInnova battteryless NB-IOT device”
  • Ignasi Garcia-Milà (Worldsensing) “IoT ultra-low-power nodes for monitoring safe operations” (pdf)

The next session focused on demonstrators in IoT, and the moderator was Angel Fernández (Kromschroder). The presentations were:

  • Roger Marcos (DEXMA) “Using predictive analytics to identify energy saving opportunities”
  • David Bru (Igrid) “Impact of IoT technologies on today’s distribution grids” (pdf)
  • Raúl Aragonés (AEInnova) “The green revolution for the industry 4.0 using AEInnova battteryless NB-IOT device”
  • Ignasi Garcia-Milà (Worldsensing) “IoT ultra-low-power nodes for monitoring safe operations” (pdf)

After the  break, the last session showed industrial solutions in IoT, and the moderator was Encarna Baras (EURECAT). The presentations were:

  • Jordi Moltó (Schneider) “IoT-Driven Microgrids: Unlocking value from data” (pdf)
  • Nora Etxezarreta (Ibermática) “Fingerprint: an IoT enabled solution for improving Machine Health Status” (pdf)
  • Albert Ginestà (KFeW) “IoT devices to predictive maintenance. Saving production problems” (pdf)
  • Isabel Tejero (Enerbrain) “IoT solutions to provide confort and energy efficiency” 

Manel Sanmartí (IREC) and Joaquim Daura (CEEC) concluded the session with some final remarks.