INGETEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Their core work

Ingeteam Research Institute is the applied R&D arm of the Ingeteam group, a Basque engineering company specialising in power electronics, electric drives, and energy conversion equipment. The institute develops next-generation silicon-based power converters, control systems for electric mobility (including rail traction), and digital platforms for industrial process optimisation. Their work sits at the intersection of hardware engineering and digital intelligence — taking lab-grade power components and control algorithms toward industrial products for grids, factories, and transport. They contribute deep expertise in converter design, drive automation, and the integration of renewable generation and flexibility into electricity markets.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 engagement (OSMOSE, started 2018) was energy-system oriented — flexibility integration and electricity market design. From 2019 onward their involvement broadened sharply toward hardware and digital manufacturing: silicon power semiconductors and electric drives in Power2Power, and IoT-driven cognitive production platforms in COGNIPLANT. The trajectory shows a move from pure grid/market topics toward the industrial edge — where power electronics hardware meets factory-floor digitisation.

They are moving from grid-level energy research toward the hardware–software stack that powers electrified industry and mobility, making them an increasingly relevant partner for Industry 4.0 and e-mobility consortia.

How they like to work

Across the three projects they appear strictly as third-party contributors rather than as coordinators or full beneficiaries, suggesting they are brought in for specialist technical contributions through a parent or linked entity. Despite the narrow participation count, they have been exposed to 110 unique partners across 16 countries — indicating they operate inside very large, pan-European Innovation Action consortia. Working with them likely means engaging a focused technical team that plugs into bigger projects rather than one that drives them.

They have co-participated with 110 distinct organisations across 16 European countries, a broad reach driven by their presence in three large Innovation Action consortia. The network spans energy, semiconductor and process-industry players typical of pan-European IA projects.

What sets them apart

Unlike university research groups in the same space, Ingeteam Research Institute is an industry-embedded R&D centre backed by a real manufacturer of power converters, drives and renewable-energy equipment — so its research path is aligned with commercial product roadmaps. Among Spanish research performers, they stand out for combining hardware-level power electronics know-how with applied digitisation of industry, rather than specialising in only one of the two. Partnering with them gives a consortium a route from research prototype to industrial-grade power and control hardware.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Power2Power
  Strategic ECS Innovation Action on silicon power semiconductors covering their core hardware domain — mobility, industry and grid converters.
• COGNIPLANT
  Positions them in the cognitive/AI-driven process industry space, extending their profile from pure hardware into data-driven plant optimisation.
• OSMOSE
  Large-scale European flexibility project linking their power-electronics expertise to grid and electricity market integration.