Annual report 2025-2026 | Data Management
The Data Management Working Group aims to cover aspects ranging from the technical means for exchanging and processing data between interested stakeholders to the establishment of rules for exchange, including security issues and responsibility distribution in data handling. Accordingly, the WG has identified 3 areas of collaboration: Communication Infrastructure, embracing the technical and non-technical aspects of the communication infrastructure needed to exchange data and the related requirements Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, entailing data integrity, customer privacy and protection and general security of energy systems Data Handling, including the framework for data exchange and related roles / responsibilities, together with the technical issues supporting the exchange of data in a secure and interoperable manner, and the data analytics techniques for data processing
Annual report 2025-2026 | Business models
This Annual Activity Report covers the work carried out during the 2025-2026 period across two main areas: the investigation of tools for capturing and building business models (Task 1), and the identification of promising and marketable BRIDGE products and services through a pilot repository (Tasks 2+3, merged for this period).
Annual report 2025-2026 | Regulation
The report shows that innovation in flexibility, energy sharing, sector coupling and network operation is advancing rapidly, but regulatory frameworks are not evolving at the same pace. Across all actions, a common message emerges: Europe now needs a more coherent, interoperable and implementation-oriented regulatory framework to move from pilots to large-scale deployment. The report is structured around four core actions.
Annual report 2025-2026 | Consumer and citizen engagement
Over this last year, the BRIDGE Working Group on Consumer and Citizen Engagement (WG CCE) has worked on expanding knowledge and producing recommendations on how citizens can be better integrated into European energy developments. The work of its three Subgroups Strategies of Engagement, Smart Tools, and Indicators of Engagement provides converging evidence that the energy transition and AI-enabled energy systems are fundamentally socio-technical transformations, where technological progress must be matched by social readiness, trust, governance capacity and inclusive engagement.
Brochure 2026
Cooperation between Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Projects in the fields of smart grid, energy storage, and digitalisation - July 2026
This brochure brings together projects financed under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe that are advancing the energy transition through cooperation on smart grids, energy storage, islands and digitalisation. It highlights how BRIDGE connects these projects and helps turn their results into practical knowledge on interoperability, flexibility, data sharing, market design, user participation, and the conditions needed for innovative solutions to scale.
BRIDGE general assembly 2025 report
Bridging the gap between innovation and the market - January 2026
The BRIDGE initiative plays a fundamental role by bringing together a diverse ecosystem of projects in the fields of Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation, paving the way for a cleaner, more resilient, and more integrated European energy future. The BRIDGE General Assembly 2025 Report offers an in-depth analysis of the current situation of a sample of BRIDGE projects, focusing on the challenges and opportunities in transferring innovations from research to market.
Updated report 2025 (Reference Framework) - Data Management Working Group (November 2025)
This report addresses the area, “Data Handling”, identified by the Working Group. It specifically covers the framework for data exchange and the associated roles and responsibilities, along with the technical aspects that enable secure and interoperable data exchange. In addition, it explores data analytics techniques for data processing and discusses the development of a “Reference Framework” for interoperability.
Interoperability of home appliances - Data Management
Updated report - (October 2025)
This third BRIDGE Report on interoperability of home appliances provides an incremental update on the current state of affairs and activities related to this area within the BRIDGE projects. It also further elaborates on the common view on the issue and presents related external activities.
Annual report 2024-2025 - Business Model
(October 2025)
This report presents the results of the BRIDGE projects’ collaboration within the Working Group (WG) on Business Model (BM) in the 2024 – 2025 period, underscoring the importance of systematic, integrated approaches to business model development, quantification, and data valorisation. The WG remains committed to supporting projects in building robust, impactful, and replicable business models aligned with European strategic objectives.
Data Exchange Reference Architecture (DERA) - Data Management
Updated report - (October 2025)
Action 2 of the BRIDGE Data Working Group focused on deploying the BRIDGE DERA 3.1 reference architecture. Building on last year’s Smart Grid Architecture Model–based report, a new implementation methodology was developed, aligned with ETSI–CEN–CENELEC practices. This step-by-step approach supports defining use cases, identifying key interfaces, mapping data exchange standards, and validating interoperability through tests such as Intnet.
