electricity-transmission
(3)
AXIA Energia: The power to start again
The former Eletrobras is learning to sell a different promise: renewable power, commercial choice, and a grid that can get back on its feet.
Ivan Monteiro and the long business of changing the sign
He began as a Banco do Brasil clerk and went on to lead Petrobras and AXIA Energia. His career offers a lesson in how long institutional change takes, even after the new name is on the door.
Continuum Industries
Continuum Industries is an infrastructure-technology company behind Optioneer, an AI-powered platform that helps utilities, developers and engineers plan large linear infrastructure - power lines, cables, water networks and pipelines. Optioneer analyses geospatial data and tests millions of routing alternatives against environmental, social, cost and technical criteria, producing a shortlist of viable options in hours rather than months. Founded in 2018 and headquartered across Edinburgh, London and New York, the company raised a $10M Series A in 2023 to accelerate the build-out of grid and water infrastructure needed for the energy transition.