Objective
The ELECTRA Integrated Research Programme on Smart Grids (ELECTRA) brings together the partners of the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Grids (JP SG) to reinforce and accelerate Europe’s medium to long term research cooperation in this area and to drive a closer integration of the research programmes of the participating organisations and of the related national programmes. ELECTRA’s joint research activity and collaborative support actions build on an established track record of collaboration and engagement. Together, the JP SG and ELECTRA will establish significant coherence across national research efforts critical to the stable operation of the EU power system of 2020+. The EU energy strategy sets ambitious goals for the energy systems of the future that foresees a substantial increase in the share of renewable electricity production. The whole-sale deployment of RES connected to the network at all voltage levels will require radically new approaches for real time control that can accommodate the coordinated operation of millions of devices, of various technologies, at many different scales and voltage levels, dispersed across EU grid. ELECTRA addresses this challenge, and will establish and validate proofs of concept that utilise flexibility from across traditional boundaries in a holistic fashion. In addition to the joint R&D activities, coordination work packages in ELECTRA build on existing efforts established through EERA and will significantly escalate these through the coordination and collaboration amongst EU leading research infrastructures, researcher exchange across EU and internationally, and actions on international cooperation. The support received at proposal stage from 16 national funding agencies, ENTSOE, EDSO4SG, ETP SG, as well as from a number of international organisations will be developed to leverage the research effort in ELECTRA and to strengthen its exploitation potential.
Call for proposal
FP7-ENERGY-2013-IRP
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Coordinator
20134 Milano
Italy
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Participants (21)
1210 Wien
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2400 Mol
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1630 Linkebeek
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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Participation ended
02044 VTT ESPOO
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02150 Espoo
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75015 PARIS 15
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80686 Munchen
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19009 Pikermi
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00196 Roma
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1006 Riga
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7465 Trondheim
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01 330 Warszawa
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4200 465 Porto
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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2595 DA Den Haag
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06100 Ankara
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G1 1XQ Glasgow
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34117 Kassel
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26121 Oldenburg
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