Project description
Maximising the flexibility of distributed energy resources through flexibility markets
The success of energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies hinges on cross-sector partnerships. The EU-funded REEFLEX project will create opportunities for SMEs and start-ups to enter the demand-side flexibility markets. Specifically, the project will develop a central interoperability platform and a catalogue of services with the capability of maximising the flexibility of distributed energy resources while respecting the different end-user profiles. The creation of a common operation market model together with AI services and automation systems (through distributed ledger technologies) will reduce market entry barriers and costs. It is also expected to increase energy consumer participation. The REEFLEX system will be tested in Bulgaria, Greece, Spain and Switzerland and replicated in Turkey, Denmark and Portugal.
Objective
REEFLEX aims to generate niches of opportunities for new cross-sector energy services provided by SMEs and start-ups in demand side flexibility markets and to increase participation of energy consumers in demand side flexibility markets. The project develops a central interoperability platform and a catalogue of services with the capability of maximising distributed energy resources' flexibility while respecting the different end user profiles and needs along with the physical limitations of existing infrastructures. Additionally, the generation of a common operation market model together with AI-driven intelligence services and automation systems, enabled through the utilization of distributed ledger technologies for enhancing transparency and trust, will reduce market entry barriers and costs and achieve a higher participation from energy consumers. They will benefit from new revenues obtained through data and flexibility transactions, while enjoying innovative, personalized, data (intelligence)-driven services for smart, human-centric control of their assets in the frame of demand response or self-consumption.
REEFLEX solutions, they will be demonstrated and cross-tested in 4 main demonstrators (Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria) with different characteristics, allowing evaluation of their impact under alternative scenarios and integrating a variety of sectors, such as residential buildings, mobility, commercial establishments, industrial sites or data centres, among others. In addition, the services catalogue will be further replicated in three additional replicators across Europe to achieve wider coverage (Turkey, Portugal, Denmark) and adaptation, ending-up in a total of 7 countries for the whole project execution. These cross-tested demonstrators and additional replication campaigns are structured around 8 different use cases that cover a comprehensive set of consumer groups to participate in up to 12 demand side flexibility services.
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50018 Zaragoza
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Participants (23)
50004 Zaragoza
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50003 Zaragoza
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28014 Madrid
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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151 24 MAROUSSI
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
63200 NEA MOUDANIA
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
151 24 MAROUSI ATTIKIS
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
3071 Limassol
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1784 Sofia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
9010 Varna
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185 33 PIRAEUS
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3013 Limassol
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
10132 Torino
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
14167 Berlin
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34445 Istanbul
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LT-44403 Kaunas
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16129 Genova
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47151 Boecillo
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1783 Halden
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01323 Adana
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4300 Holbæk
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1249-300 LISBOA
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2685 039 Sacavem E Prior Velho Lisboa
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
6900 Massagno
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
6928 Manno
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
6928 Manno
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