The second period of the SENERGY NETS project, focused on advancing the development and implementation of integrated tools across its demonstrators. A major achievement was the open-source release in 2 steps of the Pandaprosumer tools on GitHub, concluding a comprehensive webinar series on the "Panda" toolset designed for energy optimization.
Technical progress was solidified through the achievement of 3 different Milestones, thanks to the establishment of detailed functional requirements for tools dedicated to the three main demonstrators, to the consolidation of scenario framework as well as economic, environmental and social KPIs for value creation assessment, and the collection of all the available data for performing replicability studies for the three demonstrators and the two cast studies.
In the second period field activities intensified as the Milan demo site neared operational readiness for real-field optimization of district heating models, utilizing advanced forecasting and IT integration. It was possible to apply the developed model, and all the on-field activities have been concluded. Meanwhile in Ljubljana, simulation work progressed with the submission of scenarios for transitioning from existing to future energy networks (D5.1 D5.4) the preparation of the demonstrator is concluded, and the tests will start in the upcoming winter (December 2025 – February 2026). Finally, despite several unexpected events and issues that brought to several uncertainties, the Paris pilot completed the installation of hardware for the Energy Management System (EMS) and new control programs for thermal storage tanks.
Significant progresses were made in value creation analysis with the definition of the scenario frameworks (D7.1). The consortium identified social, environmental, and technical challenges for sector integration across five target EU countries, examining five distinct TSO-DSO interaction schemes.
Regarding the activities focused on transferability and replication through two follow-up case studies, the analysis of flexibility use cases based on the plant in Västerås has been accomplished (D8.2 while for the Spanish case study in Córdoba (Spain), the analysis of flexibility use cases the development of the model has progressed significantly; however, it has reached a standstill due to the lack of data from the analyzed case study, which has prevented the validation of the model itself.
The consortium also emphasized policy and knowledge sharing, organizing workshops on market flexibility and the decarbonization of peak heat loads. Research efforts resulted in innovative modeling of multi-energy systems using timed automata for ancillary services. Finally, the project strengthened its impact by joining the 2Cool2Waste cluster and participating in major industry events like ENLIT 2025.
