Project description Smart Energy Grids Show the project objective Hide the project objective The Smart_Rural_Grid project is aimed at developing an innovative smart grid approach targeted to the particular conditions of rural electricity distribution networks. The project will devote particular attention to highlight the differentiated specificities of rural electricity distribution and will target the need of gaining substantial improvements in terms of efficiency, quality and network resilience, favouring the introduction of new innovative business models in support of rural DSO's operations and of their future economic and industrial sustainability.By exploring the convergence between electricity and telecom networks, the project is focused on the needs and visions for the future of DSOs' with rural networks, and intends to face a systemic development of rural smart grids aimed at allowing DSOs to operate more efficiently, integrate local renewable electricity sources, interconnect prosumers and increase and guarantee the quality of electricity supply by allowing forming resilient and manageable electricity islands. The project will pave the way for new industrial opportunities for the production and deployment of new industrial products (systems and devices) as well as services for electricity distribution and network management and control, framed by a novel improved electricity distribution network management architecture.The project key impacts are directly related with the delivery of significant cost and investment savings in rural electricity distribution (by overall reducing the percentage of electricity lost during electricity distribution and the gap between electricity generated and electricity consumed) also allowing for an increase potential to inherently accommodate the integration and distribution of renewable electricity sources and Combined Heat and Power (CHP), particularly of those connected to the distribution grid and of locally co-generated electricity (including prosumers) generated in vast rural territories. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and powersocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.6.1 - Smart Energy Grids Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-11 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator ESTABANELL Y PAHISA ENERGIA SA EU contribution € 875 070,00 Address CALLE PONENT 7 08401 Granollers Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Santi Martinez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KISTERS AG Germany EU contribution € 226 482,00 Address CHARLOTTENBURGER ALLEE 5 52068 AACHEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Volker Bühner (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STADTWERKE ROSENHEIM NETZE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 142 443,00 Address BAYERSTRASSE 5 83022 ROSENHEIM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Simon Ramsauer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data XARXA OBERTA, DE COMUNICACIO I TECNOLOGIA DE CATALUNYA SA Spain EU contribution € 98 885,00 Address AVINGUDA DIAGONAL 177 PL 2 EDIFICI IMAGINA 08018 BARCELONA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jordi Soler (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ZIV COMMUNICATIONS SA Spain EU contribution € 326 600,00 Address CALLE ANTONIO MACHADO 78 EDIFICIO AUSTRALIA 08840 VILADECANS BARCELONA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alejandro Maeso (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Spain EU contribution € 836 532,00 Address CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mercè Torrellas Font (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CG POWER SYSTEMS IRELAND LTD Ireland EU contribution € 157 626,00 Address DUBLIN ROAD Cavan CAVAN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ferguson Shane (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SMART INNOVATION NORWAY AS Norway EU contribution € 337 821,00 Address HAKON MELBERGS VEI 16 1783 Halden See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Dieter Hirdes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data EUS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 100 440,00 Address Rhenus-Platz 2 59439 Holzwickede See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Volker Buehner (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data CG AUTOMATION SYSTEMS UK LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 137 640,00 Address NETWORK BUSINESS CENTRE UNIT F NE31 1SF JARROW TYNE AND WEAR See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Shane Ferguson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data