During the first 18 months of project implementation, seven milestones and seven deliverables were successfully submitted as planned. Three consortium meetings were organised during this period: the project kick-off meeting (March 2023), the second consortium meeting (September 2024), and the third consortium meeting (April 2025). Each meeting had a distinct focus, ranging from project initiation and coordination to technical progress review and training activities. While some meetings involved external experts from Accelerator Science, Building Management, and Sustainability to provide insight into the project’s broader impact, others were dedicated to internal discussions on work package and task implementation, and the first training of Research Infrastructure (RI) staff to strengthen internal capacities and ensure the adoption of new methodologies.
Significant technical progress was achieved across all technical work packages.
• WP3 developed a digital modelling tool to be built in Jupyter Notebook to simulate the performance of PV installations at any location, integrating meteorological databases (PVGIS and Open-Meteo), and financial and environmental estimations (LCOE, carbon payback time, and CO2 emissions). In parallel, a comprehensive study on solar-thermal and hybrid panel technologies was done, while site-specific wind turbine performance assessments were performed on-site at ESS.
• WP4 conducted detailed power data analyses and risk assessments, optimising key parameters and the successful installation of a CHP system at ELI, improving grid stability and energy efficiency. Three national markets (France, Sweden, and the Netherlands) were integrated into the proprietary simulation tool, JOSE, to enable initial multi-market simulations.
• WP5 demonstrated the technical feasibility of heat recovery from research infrastructures, achieving Milestone 5 ”Production of waste water at 50°C by high field magnets” and advancing towards prototype implementation for integrating a heat exchanger or/and associated piloted valves to connect the high field facility to heating networks..
• WP6 successfully deployed an open-access version of the OMEGAlpes modelling platform, developed multi-energy models for all partner sites, and performed combined remote and on-site flexibility audits. A case study at LNCMI Grenoble quantified a potential 27 % reduction in GHG emissions through optimised rescheduling and waste heat recovery management, forming the basis of a scientific publication.
• WP7 progressed in the areas of digital twin development, creation of a tool for program block. Additional studies that considered all the planetary boundaries linked to 2 liquefaction cycles of distribution were completed in collaboration with Transylience.
