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EUropean energy communities empowered for grid-integrated, cross-sectoral and co-owned ENERgy future

Objective

EU4ENER delivers a beyond-State-of-the-Art (SoA) ecosystem designed to manage and empower Energy Communities (REC/CECs), driving a just digital and green transformation toward smart grid-ready local systems. The project transitions from isolated Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) to a holistic, federated Community Energy Management System (CEMS). This architecture unlocks localized flexibility for cooperative Demand Response (DR), significantly enhancing power grid robustness while maximizing community self-sufficiency and energy efficiency.
EU4ENER solves systemic challenges through a dual-pillar approach:
1.- *User Empowerment*: Equipping citizens with automated control over flexible assets and a blockchain-based P2P marketplace for energy trading.
2.- *System Operator Support*: Providing DSOs with AI-driven digital tools for grid diagnostics and power flow optimization at the secondary substation level.
Technical innovation is centered on a multi-layered System of Systems (SoS) utilizing the Energy Hub concept for sector coupling (electricity, mobility, heating). Key outputs include: AI-driven predictive analytics (NILM/forecasting), Edge-level Model Predictive Control (MPC) for real-world asset orchestration, and SGAM-compliant semantic interoperability (IEC CIM). To ensure long-term sustainability, EU4ENER integrates Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) via a co-design framework and social practice-based interventions to turn passive consumers into active energy managers.
Validated at TRL 7-8 across 6 large-scale European Living Labs, EU4ENER targets quantified impacts: a 30% reduction in energy costs, unlocking 30% of untapped demand flexibility, and supporting a 45% local RES hosting capacity. By project end, EU4ENER will deliver replication blueprints and contribute to the BRIDGE initiative, ensuring a scalable, socially inclusive, and technically superior path to European energy decentralization.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2026-02

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Coordinator

SAMPOL INGENIERIA Y OBRAS SA
Net EU contribution
€ 705 687,50
Address
CAMI DELS REIS 308 PLANTA 1 EDIFICIO MAPFRE
07011 PALMA DE MALLORCA
Spain
Region
Este Illes Balears Mallorca
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 1 008 125,00

Participants (31)