Enzen India, a global energy and water specialist, has opened an Energy Research Centre (ERC) at its Bengaluru corporate office in Karnataka which is its second research centre to be opened up.

The centre spans 7,500 sq ft of land and will have 75-80 researchers drawn from a multidisciplinary talent pool. It will also serve as an incubation hub for start-ups. The multi-million research facility will develop niche technologies and solutions for electric vehicles, energy storage and affordable water treatment technologies.

The centre will serve as a collaboration hub and develop cutting-edge technology and solutions, with the aim of future-proofing the energy and water space.

For this, Enzen India will collaborate with start-ups, academia, research institutes, think tanks and other stakeholders from across the globe to co-create solutions.

The centre will develop products and solutions within the areas of electric vehicles, energy storage, and water resource management, leveraging the potential offered by the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and mixed realities.

In addition, it will incubate dedicated centres of excellence (CoEs) for artificial intelligence, mixed realities, and storage solutions for sub-500 kW applications.