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. 

SEASTAR aims to deliver a 4MW array of 16 tidal stream turbines at the Fall of Warness tidal site in Orkney. This tidal farm will showcase industrial-scale manufacturing, operation, and maintenance techniques throughout the entire lifecycle: design, production, shipping, deployment, and operation to decommissioning. The project will address critical environmental evidence gaps and develop cost-effective, reliable, monitoring solutions to accelerate permitting and remove barriers for future large tidal farms. It will also reinforce the collaborative partnership between the UK and EU, create high-quality green jobs, and enhance Europe’s position as a global frontrunner in the marine energy supply chain.

SEHRENE’s new electrothermal energy storage (ETES) concept is designed to store renewable electricity (RE) and heat and to restitute it as needed. The project aims to revolutionise energy storage by developing cutting-edge technologies for efficient heat and electricity management. The objectives focus on optimised cost-effective Electro-Thermal Energy System (ETES); scalability and applicability; lifetime extended and reliability; and to ensure market entry by 2030.

The project aims to develop next-generation energy service applications for demand response, home automation, and convenience. It focuses on creating innovative demand response mechanisms, improving consumption forecasting through advanced models, leveraging digital twins for flexibility, and designing profit-sharing business models. It also seeks to support a regulatory framework to accelerate pattern-based demand response adoption.

SENERGY NETS aims at demonstrating the technical and economic capability of existing multi-energy systems to decarbonise the heating and cooling, electricity and gas sectors. These multi-energy systems will integrate as much as possible renewable energy sources produced locally and will be structured according to a sector integration approach, focusing also on promising infrastructure and business models.