FEVER aims at implementing and demonstrating solutions and services that leverage flexibility towards offering electricity grid services that address problems of the distribution grid, thus enabling it to function in a secure and resilient manner. The project encompasses technologies and techniques for extraction of energy flexibility from virtual and physical energy storage assets (batteries, V2G) and demand response. 

The project demonstrates cutting-edge technologies and innovative flexible markets enabled by advanced cross-platforms for local energy exchanges and providing flexibility to distribution system operators in order to ensure secure, stable and affordable operations of electrical distribution grids for decarbonising energy systems with high shares of renewables.

FLEXIGRID improves the distribution grid operation making it more flexible, reliable and cost-efficient through the development of 8 solutions interoperable with the IT systems used by the energy stakeholders. The main goal of FLEXIGRID is to allow the distribution grid to operate in a secure and stable manner when a large share of variable generation electricity sources is connected to low and medium voltage grids.

The project aims to increase the integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into the network while connecting Local Energy Communities to medium-voltage (MV) and low-voltage (LV) networks. It focuses on building flexible and smart micro-grids to enhance grid resilience and ensure security of supply. Additionally, the project seeks to improve consumer engagement, particularly by empowering prosumers, and to develop innovative, sustainable technical solutions and business models.

The project proposes effective energy management using a resilient and practical ecosystem that is user-centric and market-driven. The project involves a range of specialised stakeholders, including advanced technology actors, manufacturers, providers and energy users. Via seven pilots, they will showcase an effective digital market for ensuring energy-efficiency at reduced costs that is beneficial to end-users.

The project aimed to develop Local Flexibility Markets & Smart Energy Grids through peer-to-peer and decentralized intelligence in a human-centric manner. PARITY addressed the “structural inertia” of DGs by delivering a transactive flexibility framework that will increase durability and efficiency of the electrical grid, while simultaneously enabling the adoption of more RES through enhanced real-time control of DER Flexibility combined with novel Active Network Management functionalities.

PLATOON develops a COSMAG Compliant reference Platform with flexible capabilities in interoperability, to deal with a wide spectrum and heterogenous data sources, formats, interfaces and enable data exchange between platforms; data governance & security to answer multiple data owners and providers, digital sovereignty challenges; and data analytics toolbox and edge computing for data processing and analysis in batch and real time.

RENAISSANCE aims at demonstrating highly replicable design and management approaches for integrated local energy systems, that achieve high participation of local consumers (15-20%), exceed at local level EU targets for renewable energy sources (37-80%) while decreasing the energy price for community members (10-15% below current market prices). The methodology and each pilot will cover key energy vectors (electricity, heat, transport), involve different actors (households, SMEs, institutions), and valorise flexibility services within and between communities, and with DSOs.

SYNERGY introduces a novel framework and reference big data architecture that leverages data, primary or secondarily related to the electricity domain. The framework references significant data architecture that leverages data, primary or secondarily related to the electricity domain, coming from diverse sources.

TDX-ASSIST will develop three novel aspects of ICT tools and techniques: scalability – ability to deal with new users and increasingly larger volumes of information and data; security – protection against external threats and attacks; and interoperability –information exchange and communications based on existing and emerging international smart grid ICT standards.