Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DIGITISE (Digital Innovative cross-sector services for Greater citizen Integration in a just energy TransItion, and Societal Empowerment)
Período documentado: 2024-06-01 hasta 2025-11-30
Europe’s energy transition increasingly relies on the active participation of consumers and prosumers. However, despite the availability of digital technologies and new market opportunities, many citizens remain passive users of energy systems due to barriers related to complexity, lack of trust, limited digital literacy, and restricted access to energy and flexibility markets.
DIGITISE addresses this challenge by placing citizens at the centre of the energy transition. The project aims to empower consumers and prosumers to actively engage in energy activities and markets through the use of secure, user-centric and interoperable digital solutions. By combining advanced digital technologies—such as data spaces, artificial intelligence, digital twins and innovative marketplaces—with strong citizen engagement actions, DIGITISE seeks to transform energy users from passive consumers into informed and active participants.
The overall objective of DIGITISE is to enable a fair, inclusive and just energy transition by lowering technical, market and behavioural barriers to participation. The project focuses on improving access to energy and flexibility services, enhancing transparency and trust in data use, and supporting new forms of value creation for households, energy communities, aggregators and other market actors.
To achieve impact, DIGITISE follows a pathway that integrates user needs analysis, co-creation with citizens and stakeholders, development of digital tools, and real-world validation in multiple European demonstration sites. Through this approach, the project contributes to European policy priorities on consumer empowerment, digitalisation of energy systems and climate neutrality, while providing scalable solutions that can be replicated across different market and regulatory contexts.
DIGITISE addresses this challenge by placing citizens at the centre of the energy transition. The project aims to empower consumers and prosumers to actively engage in energy activities and markets through the use of secure, user-centric and interoperable digital solutions. By combining advanced digital technologies—such as data spaces, artificial intelligence, digital twins and innovative marketplaces—with strong citizen engagement actions, DIGITISE seeks to transform energy users from passive consumers into informed and active participants.
The overall objective of DIGITISE is to enable a fair, inclusive and just energy transition by lowering technical, market and behavioural barriers to participation. The project focuses on improving access to energy and flexibility services, enhancing transparency and trust in data use, and supporting new forms of value creation for households, energy communities, aggregators and other market actors.
To achieve impact, DIGITISE follows a pathway that integrates user needs analysis, co-creation with citizens and stakeholders, development of digital tools, and real-world validation in multiple European demonstration sites. Through this approach, the project contributes to European policy priorities on consumer empowerment, digitalisation of energy systems and climate neutrality, while providing scalable solutions that can be replicated across different market and regulatory contexts.
During the first phase of the project, DIGITISE carried out a comprehensive set of technical and scientific activities aimed at designing, developing and validating digital solutions that enable active consumer and prosumer participation in energy systems.
The project began with an in-depth analysis of end-user needs, socio-economic conditions and regulatory frameworks across multiple European contexts. This work ensured that the technical developments are firmly grounded in real user expectations and market conditions, and informed the definition of use cases, system requirements and evaluation criteria.
Building on this foundation, DIGITISE designed a secure and interoperable digital architecture capable of supporting cross-sector data sharing and advanced analytics. A key achievement was the development of the project’s data infrastructure, enabling trusted data exchange, privacy-aware processing and the integration of heterogeneous data sources from the energy and non-energy domains.
In parallel, the project developed the first versions of innovative digital tools and services for consumers and prosumers. These include applications for energy performance monitoring, flexibility aggregation, decision support, digital twin–based analysis and behavioural insights. Initial integrations of these tools demonstrate the technical feasibility of combining data-driven intelligence with user-centric functionalities.
The project’s technical solutions were deployed and tested in controlled environments and early-stage validation activities, providing valuable feedback for further refinement. These achievements establish a solid technical and scientific foundation for large-scale validation, optimisation and impact generation in the next phase of the project.
The project began with an in-depth analysis of end-user needs, socio-economic conditions and regulatory frameworks across multiple European contexts. This work ensured that the technical developments are firmly grounded in real user expectations and market conditions, and informed the definition of use cases, system requirements and evaluation criteria.
Building on this foundation, DIGITISE designed a secure and interoperable digital architecture capable of supporting cross-sector data sharing and advanced analytics. A key achievement was the development of the project’s data infrastructure, enabling trusted data exchange, privacy-aware processing and the integration of heterogeneous data sources from the energy and non-energy domains.
In parallel, the project developed the first versions of innovative digital tools and services for consumers and prosumers. These include applications for energy performance monitoring, flexibility aggregation, decision support, digital twin–based analysis and behavioural insights. Initial integrations of these tools demonstrate the technical feasibility of combining data-driven intelligence with user-centric functionalities.
The project’s technical solutions were deployed and tested in controlled environments and early-stage validation activities, providing valuable feedback for further refinement. These achievements establish a solid technical and scientific foundation for large-scale validation, optimisation and impact generation in the next phase of the project.
DIGITISE advances beyond the state of the art by delivering a consumer-centric and integrated approach to digital energy solutions. While existing initiatives often focus on isolated technical functions, DIGITISE combines secure data sharing, advanced analytics, digital twins and flexibility market participation within a single interoperable framework.
A key innovation lies in the use of trusted data spaces and cross-sector data integration, enabling the combination of energy data with information from other domains to support personalised services, improved decision-making and new flexibility offerings, while ensuring transparency and privacy.
The project further advances the state of the art by embedding flexibility aggregation and market participation concepts directly into user-oriented digital tools. This approach lowers entry barriers for consumers and prosumers, enabling small-scale flexibility to be aggregated and considered for participation in energy and flexibility services.
Beyond technical innovation, DIGITISE generates novel insights into consumer-oriented engagement and market participation schemes through real-world validation and stakeholder feedback. To ensure further uptake, continued large-scale validation, engagement with market actors and alignment with regulatory and standardisation frameworks will be essential.
A key innovation lies in the use of trusted data spaces and cross-sector data integration, enabling the combination of energy data with information from other domains to support personalised services, improved decision-making and new flexibility offerings, while ensuring transparency and privacy.
The project further advances the state of the art by embedding flexibility aggregation and market participation concepts directly into user-oriented digital tools. This approach lowers entry barriers for consumers and prosumers, enabling small-scale flexibility to be aggregated and considered for participation in energy and flexibility services.
Beyond technical innovation, DIGITISE generates novel insights into consumer-oriented engagement and market participation schemes through real-world validation and stakeholder feedback. To ensure further uptake, continued large-scale validation, engagement with market actors and alignment with regulatory and standardisation frameworks will be essential.