Find out the winners of the 2nd edition of the Energy Challenge UPM-Repsol Foundation 2022
On 28 March, the Final of the 2022 Energy Challenge took place, organised by the Repsol Foundation Energy Transition Education and Research Programme - Sustainable Mobility at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. The competition saw 50 students from the Polytechnic University of Madrid take part, organised into 13 teams, of which seven reached the final.
With the slogan “Sustainable mobility: Towards the optimisation of the use of shared mobility”, this competition seeks new ideas and solutions that generate opportunities in the field of shared mobility. Directly with Wible, Repsol and Kia’s carsharing company, participants had to develop projects that contribute to solving one of the challenges of this mode of transport, in order to increase its impact as a means of mobility of the future and emissions reduction. It is aimed at master’s and final year undergraduate students, organised into teams of between three and four members. There are three prizes of 2000 euros for the winner, 1500 euros for second, and 1000 euros for third, and the possibility of accessing one of the three annual grants of the Repsol Foundation Education and Research Programme.
These are the awardees:
- 1st PRIZE: Carsharing Encouragement. José Azcue Vallejo, Guillermo De la Hoz López, Alberto Rodrigo Sáenz de Santa María.
- 2nd PRIZE: Safe & Connect. Jorge García Samartín, Javier Taínta Becerra, Carlos Pastor Armada.
- 3rd PRIZE: Zero Crash, Zero Emisssions. Luis Ramírez Chamorro, Raúl Calvo Casas, Juan Herrera Villaseñor.
Finalists:
- Bono Wible. Carmen Pascual Fort, Gonzalo Ramírez Arenas, Irene Sanz Carlos.
- Mobilitas. Jacobo Garrido Delgado, Ignacio Felipe Abad Cendán, Carlos Carril Salaverry, Miguel Villar Velasco.
- Wible Student. Eduardo Javier Oliver Martos, Adela Guerra Millán, Ricardo Serrano Soria.
- Carsharing Encouragement. José Azcue Vallejo, Guillermo De la Hoz López, Alberto Rodrigo Sáenz de Santa María.
- Wible Share. Alejandro de Blas de Miguel, Pedro Sánchez López, Alejandro Martín Elvira, Carlos Polvorinos Fernández.
Carsharing Encouragement is a project whose aim is to make the operations of a car sharing company more efficient and sustainable by avoiding ‘empty journeys’. To this end, it proposes a modification of the current fares offered to customers with the aim of encouraging the use of these cars during off-peak hours and that the customers themselves move the fleet from the coldest to the hottest points, thus avoiding operational journeys of no direct benefit to the user.
The Polytechnic University of Madrid, through the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers, and the Repsol Foundation, created the Energy Transition Education and Research Programme with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the energy transition in various areas of society and focuses on three lines of action: carbon footprint in mobility, improvement of air quality, and emerging technologies for mobility.