Annual Report 2023 Consumer and Citizen Engagement

This report, written by the Consumer and Citizen Engagement Working Group (November 2024), provides an overview of the collaborative efforts of the BRIDGE Consumer and Citizen’s Engagement Working Group (CCE WG) during the 2023/24 period. It focuses on the dual roles of individuals as consumers and citizens in the energy transition within European research and innovation (Research and Innocvation) projects.

Annual report 2023 Regulation

This report, written by the Regulation Working Group (October 2024), captures the work of the BRIDGE Regulation Working Group (WG), created to support knowledge exchange among H2020 energy projects on regulatory issues. With projects joining as they evolve, the WG remains dynamic, addressing emerging regulatory challenges, sharing best practices, and making recommendations for policymakers. Collaborative efforts within BRIDGE and with external networks like ISGAN and ETIP SNET are also highlighted, along with thematic sessions that showcase successful practices from nearly completed projects.

Annual Report 2023 Business Models

BRIDGE working group business model annual report 2023-2024 (October 2024)

This annual report summarises the initial findings of the BRIDGE project's Business Model Working Group (2023–2024). Key conclusions include the widespread use of the Business Model Canvas (BMC) across projects, despite its limitations, which require complementary tools such as the Value Proposition Canvas. There is a lack of standardised business modeling processes and quantification methods, such as cost-benefit analysis. Additionally, data is not being effectively treated as a Key Exploitable Result (KER) and there is a need to valorise data through business modelling. The work highlights that projects require ongoing support from BRIDGE in refining their business models at various stages.

Reference framework

Reference framework updated report 2024 - Data management working group (October 2024)

The topic of “Interoperability of flexibility assets” was discussed and its scope defined during the BRIDGE General Assembly held on 11-12 March 2020 in Brussels. A first report on this topic was published in April 2021. It included a Reference Framework made of 3 Generic Business Processes (GBPs) and performed an interoperability analysis over 10 use cases from 4 projects. Since then, the Reference Framework has been extended to add 2 new GBPs and proposes a first version of the settlement subprocess. This second version of the Reference Framework was detailed in the “Interoperability of flexibility assets” report version 2.0 completed in June 2022, together with an interoperability analysis based on 36 use cases from 14 projects.

Interoperability of home appliances

Interoperability of home appliances Report 2023, 2024 - Data management working group (October 2024)

This report refines the common ground on the interoperability of home appliances and provides insights from the BRIDGE projects on their approaches, challenges and solutions/products related to this topic. In this second report the potential new activities for the Action #5 Interoperability of home appliances are investigated and proposed.

European (energy) data exchange reference architecture 3.1

European (energy) data exchange reference architecture 3.1 - Data management working group (October 2024)

This report is the version 3.1 of Data Exchange Reference Architecture – DERA 3.1. The BRIDGE report on energy data exchange reference architecture aims at contributing to the discussion about and the practical steps towards truly interoperable and business process agnostic data exchange arrangements on European scale both inside energy domain and across different domains.

Standards User Group

BRIDGE Standards User Group (BSUG) - Data Management Working Group (October 2024)

This report focuses on the exploitation of the collected inputs and some additional project analysis, which has enabled the creation of a webinar playlist and a repository of code components, which have been initiated to disseminate the results of projects. They should improve the understanding of the standards ecosystems and facilitate the implementation of standards.

Data exchange reference architecture 3.0

European (energy) data exchange reference architecture 3.0 - Data Management Working Group (July 2023)

This is the third version of the Data Exchange Reference Architecture (DERA 3.0). The BRIDGE report on energy data exchange reference architecture aims to contribute to the discussion and practical steps toward achieving truly interoperable and business-process-agnostic data exchange arrangements on a European scale, both within the energy domain and across different domains.

Reference framework

Reference Framework 1.0 - Data Management Working Group (June 2023)

This report presents an update of the Reference Framework, now describing 7 Generic Business Processes and also detailing the Settlement subprocess. It also highlights 3 main findings and recommendations: Consistency with existing standards and on-going initiatives: activities similar to the Reference Framework are performed in parallel to BRIDGE activities, in particular in IEC with 62913 series and in SGTF EG1 with a set of Implementing Acts for the Electricity Directive Article 24.

Interoperability of home appliances

Interoperability of home appliances Report 2022-2023 - Data Management Working Group (May 2023)

This report aims to provide a common view on the issue as well as to show the first results from investigating the current state of affairs on this aspect within the BRIDGE projects. In the area of energy flexibility in residential buildings the home appliances constitute to the lowest, but probably one of the most important layers of the system. These appliances are indeed providing the flexibility.