Increasing energy system flexibility based on sector-integration services to consumers (that benefits system management by DSOs and TSOs)

The projects will test and develop further already demonstrated solutions for data-driven energy services for consumers, in cooperation with various actors in the energy system (such as prosumers, aggregators, TSOs, DSOs, owners of assets that can provide flexibility like batteries, heating/cooling systems, charging point operators, gas systems):

• Replicate them in as many different geographies as possible having different system needs, consumer needs, economic conditions or different climates. They will be adapted to the local energy requirements and they will aim at increasing consumer acceptance and participation. Focus is expected to be in the facilitation of different services.
• Integrate energy services with other services for citizens and/or consumers (e.g. health, safety, mobility):
  • focus on business models that combine energy services with other services, such as health, security, home automation or mobility services taking into account experiences and practice from social science and humanities;
  • focus on business models for households that combine energy services focused on flexibility with investments in assets at consumer level that contribute to long-term changes in electricity production or consumption, such as RES generation, energy storage, deep renovations, new, more efficient and intelligent appliances that form a major part of household energy consumption (e.g. heating).

The development and testing of business models will contribute to a better understanding of the ways to promote such models and to address their impact in the design, modelling and planning of energy markets at all-time horizons and at all geographical scales, from the pan-European cross-border wholesale electricity and gas markets, products, services and businesses, down to local level. In the latter, without precluding other options, we are considering neighbourhood, aggregated, retail, centralized local flexibility markets or peer-to-peer market of energy products and services (flexibility, ancillary services, electricity, gas and heating/cooling).

The solutions are expected to be aligned with already existing markets. The projects will therefore be asked to cooperate to jointly provide detailed analyses and studies that address possible regulatory measures related to the implementation of the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package.

Specific demonstrators will make use of operational end-to-end architectures, digital platforms and other data exchange infrastructure being developed under ongoing Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe as well as under other EU programs such as the Digital Europe Program.

The selected projects are expected to contribute to relevant BRIDGE[[https://www.h2020-bridge.eu/]] activities.