About us

Ignitis Group is an international energy company and one of the largest energy groups in the Baltic region, operating in the Baltic States and Poland. The group’s activities span the energy value chain, ranging from power generation, trade and supply, to the management of electricity and gas distribution systems, ESCOs and more.

Here at Ignitis Group, we consider ourselves a key player in the EnergyTech ecosystem and we actively promote open and collaborative innovation. Innovation is all about speed and flexibility. That’s why we aim to create the most agile EnergyTech ecosystem possible based on principles of open innovation. Ignitis Group has introduced multiple ways for collaborating with external partners, as detailed below. That includes partnering with startups, other utility companies, science centers, universities and other companies that are active in developing new technologies. The four pillars of our open-innovation ecosystem are:

Open Funding

Open Funding

Ignitis Group has launched the first corporate venture capital fund in the Baltics – the “Smart Energy Fund powered by Ignitis Group”. The fund, along with an energy startup accelerator, is run by our partner, Contrarian Ventures, and promotes EnergyTech innovation. The fund invests in early-stage energy start-ups. It seeks to leverage company’s people, know-how and infrastructure to support innovation and early-adoption of products developed by ambitious technology companies.

Open Infrastructure

Open Infrastructure

Our unique sandbox program gives external companies access to the Ignitis Group infrastructure and data free of charge in order to test innovative solutions. Utilizing the existing infrastructure, equipment can be tested under real-life conditions. This is ideal for companies looking to do a proof of concept or showcase their technology to our energy community. Ignitis Group own experts advise participants and assist them with installing equipment.

Open Partnership

Open Partnership

Ignitis Group is pursuing partnerships with other utility companies and with R&D institutions (universities, research centres, consulting companies and so on). In terms of utility partnerships, Ignitis Group aims to share know-how with other willing utilities on aspects of innovation like piloting, R&D results, lessons learned and so on. In terms of R&D, Ignitis Group is seeking collaborative project opportunities.

Open Culture

Open Culture

Organizations are all about people. Through our Open Culture approach, we seek to put our employees in direct contact with all those who have passion and ideas for advances in the area of energy technology. We believe that bringing Ignitis Group community’s technical and business knowledge together with new ideas from outside is a perfect recipe for innovation. Open Culture initiatives take the form of open hackathons and other ideation events that all are welcome to join.

Open Data

Open Data

Ignitis Group gives you access to open data. All the data you can find via this catalogue are free to use and reuse for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

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