TranSensus LCA aims to harmonise a single LCA approach for zero-emission road transport in Europe. Objectives include developing a real-data LCA approach, harmonising methodologies, and managing LCI data. Implementation involves conceptualising a consensus LCA, conducting tests, and seeking stakeholder consensus. Expected impacts include transparency, informed consumer choices, contribution to SDGs, market transformation, and informing policies for reduced environmental impact.

The SYNERGIES project aims to create a reference Energy Data Space Implementation to facilitate data-driven innovation and sharing across the energy value chain. It focuses on leveraging data from diverse energy actors and sectors to improve efficiency and inclusiveness. The project will involve activities such as diagnostics, technology configuration, deployment, and business innovation planning. Measurable outcomes include increased revenues from data-driven services, consumer empowerment in energy transactions, CO2 emissions reduction, and the creation of a new market for data-driven services.

SUREWAVE will develop and test an innovative concept of Floating Photo-Voltaic (FPV) system consisting of an external floating breakwater structure acting as a protection against severe wave-wind-current loads on the FPV modules, allowing increased operational availability and energy output, thus unlocking the massive deployment of Offshore FPV.

The ambition of the STREAM project (STREAM) is the creation of an innovative and robust flexibility ecosystem on the low voltage (LV) grid side of existing power markets. The success of the STREAM ecosystem relies on the benefit realized through the new business models developed in project, built upon local LV flexibility markets and novel barter-like mechanism. STREAM will connect data, technologies, stakeholders and markets on the one hand, and will facilitate the flexibility provision through open data sharing to enable other citizen services designed through a User-centric Approach to improve their acceptance and uptake, providing a variety of energy services supporting power markets.

SiC4GRID is a 42-month innovation action project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme. The project aims to optimise silicon carbide (SiC)-based technology for converter applications by driving threefold innovations across hardware, software, and IoT. Its objectives include reducing costs and size, as well as lowering CO2 emissions. Ultimately, SiC4GRID seeks to position Europe as a global leader in converter technology, facilitating the integration of renewable energy into the power grid.

The SERENE project aims to develop and demonstrate sustainable, integrated, and cost-effective energy solutions tailored for local communities. It focuses on integrating various energy carriers and renewable generation technologies based on the communities' current social and technical conditions to meet future energy needs. Active user involvement is central, ensuring they are informed about technical options and business models to support decision-making. Depending on the location, the project incorporates energy storage, demand response systems, electric transportation (e.g., EVs and buses), heat pumps, and photovoltaic energy sources to enhance flexibility and sustainability.

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.

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 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.

REEFLEX is focused on delivering higher participation of energy consumers in demand side flexibility markets and demonstrating niches of opportunities for new services provided by SMEs and start-ups, seeing a growing number of distributed energy resources (DERs) connected to the network. DERs come from an ample variety of energy carriers and sectors, accompanied by the introduction of new digitalized assets.