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Digitally-enabled FLEXible Industries for reliable energy grids under high penetration of Variable Renewable Energy Sources (VRES)

Project description

Fostering flexible energy solutions for industries

The EU-funded FLEXIndustries project takes a holistic approach to design and deploy energy efficiency and flexibility, aiming to integrate energy-intensive industries such as automotive, biofuels, polymers, steel, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals into future grids with high variable renewable energy sources. To achieve this, it will develop and demonstrate a dynamic energy and process management platform to monitor, analyse and optimise the most energy-intensive industrial processes. Other key objectives include integrating innovative energy generation, storage and conversion assets; leveraging smart digital tools to streamline operation and control, and using innovative business models and market mechanisms to improve flexibility. Essentially, FLEXIndustries seeks to transform industries into active, flexible grid participants while reducing energy costs and CO2 emissions.

Objective

FLEXIndustries builds upon a holistic multi-disciplinary (device, process and value-chain) and multi-scale (operating, tactical and strategic) approach fostering its 6 multi-sector (automotive, biofuels, polymers, steel, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals) energy intensive industries design and deploy the most suitable Energy Efficiency Measures and Process Flexibility Methods for their industrial environments along with a positive impact onto their interconnection with the electrical & heating networks. FLEXIndustries develops and demonstrates a Dynamic Energy & Process Management Platform to monitor, analyse and optimize the most energy-intensive industrial processes, by managing properly emerging demand response mechanisms and providing plant and process flexibility as well as offering grid services. The unique premise of FLEXIndustries, is the optimal integration of i) innovative energy generation, storage and conversion assets (e.g. BESS and waste heat recovery solutions based on novel HPs, ORC and heat exchangers systems), ii) smart and digital tools for optimised operation and control, all supported by iii) novel business models and market mechanisms for enhanced industrial flexibility. Overall, FLEXIndustries has the potential to save: a) ≥ 159 GWh/ y of Primary Energy in total, b) ≥ 6.0 M€/y Life Cycle Costs on demo scale and c) ≥ 33,111 CO2-eq/y emissions at project level. Demonstration will take place in 6 industrial facilities in 5 reference countries (Turkey, Greece, Poland,
Bulgaria, and Italy) and will feature: a) energy efficiency and operational flexibility along with process redesign/modification, b) increased levels of electrification, digitalisation and automation, c) enhanced user satisfaction and grid flexibility services, and d) decreased environmental footprint. A highly competent team of 16 Large Enterprises, 6 Research Institutes, 8 SMEs, 2 Universities and 3 Non-profit Organizations are assembled to ensure FLEXIndustries success

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01

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Coordinator

RINA CONSULTING SPA
Net EU contribution
€ 509 250,00
Address
VIA CECCHI 6
16129 GENOVA
Italy
Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 848 750,00

Participants (34)

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