The project focuses on enhancing energy autonomy and efficiency in urban areas through the establishment of energy islands empowered by citizen communities. Key objectives include maximizing renewable energy integration, fostering community engagement, and enhancing economic viability. Measurable outcomes include increased energy autonomy levels, community participation rates, economic attractiveness of renewable systems, and replicability potential across Europe.

The main objective of RESCHOOL is to catalyse the creation, growth and management of energy communities by leveraging the engagement of participants, facilitating the cooperation in collaborative initiatives within communities, and co-producing tools for the efficient management of energy and trading at individual and aggregated levels.

The RESONANCE project is developing a software framework for plug-and-play solutions to manage demand-side flexibility for distributed and small-scale assets. Its goal is to simplify the customisation of Customer Energy Manager (CEM) solutions for consumers and prosumers across various sectors. Additionally, it aims to make harnessing flexibility from distributed and small-scale assets in homes, buildings, and spaces cost-efficient.

The ROBINSON project focuses on decarbonising industrialised islands by integrating renewable energy sources, storage technologies, and innovative energy management systems. Key objectives include developing a flexible Energy Management System (EMS), optimising renewable energy integration, biomass and wastewater valorisation, and validating innovative technologies. Measurable outcomes include reduced CO2 emissions, improved energy reliability, and new business opportunities. Research areas encompass energy system optimisation, renewable integration, and hydrogen technology advancement, aligning with European sustainability and decarbonisation goals.

Superconducting medium-voltage cables, utilizing HTS and MgB2 materials, offer a promising solution for transmitting renewable energy to the grid. Onshore HTS cables offer a compact design, preserving the environment and minimizing land use. Offshore HTS cables reduce costs and eliminate the need for large converter stations. MgB2 cables, paired with liquid hydrogen transport, introduce a dual-energy approach. Both HTS and MgB2 MVDC cables will be developed and tested, along with fault current limiters, aiming to reduce LCOE for offshore windfarms by 30%, lower total costs by 15%, enable simultaneous transfer of 0.5 GW H2 and 1 GW electric energy with cables of 90 GW transmission capacity.

SCO2OP-TES project aims to develop and validate up to TRL5 in UNIGE-TP lab the next generation of Power-to-heat-to-power (P2H2P) energy storage able to guarantee long duration and large scale energy storage to facilitate bulky RES integration in EU energy systems as well as to enhance fossil based power plants flexibilization and facilitate grid integration of EU industries. SCO2OP-TES promotes indeed a new paradigm where industrial WH (even at low temperature like 150-200°C) can be used not only to produce power via ORC or sCO2 Cycles, but to operate P2H2P storage systems more efficiently and grid flexibly.