A Gaming and Social Network Platform for Evolving Energy Markets’ Operation and Educating Virtual Energy Communities

Project Information

SOCIALENERGY

Grant agreement ID: 731767

DOI 10.3030/731767

Project closed

EC signature date 10 October 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 30 June 2019

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost € 1 218 125,00

EU contribution € 998 000,00

Coordinated by

EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON
Greece

Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

Initial version of SOCIALENERGY's virtual world functionalities

This deliverable includes the first version of SOCIALENERGYs virtual world functionalities which will be demonstrated during the Period 1 review

Initial version of GSRN platform functionalities

This deliverable includes the first version of GSRN platform functionalities, which will be demonstrated during the Period 1 review.

SOCIALENERGY's Game Design Document

This is the output of Task 41 activities It includes the design of the applied energy efficiency game and the technical specifications of the respective software modules

SOCIALENERGY use cases and requirements’ analysis

This is the output of Tasks 2123 It includes the SOCIALENERGY use cases system operation scenarios and technology transfer assets It also includes the requirements analysis of the entire SOCIALENERGY system

Intermediate version of business modeling, dissemination and exploitation of results

This deliverable includes an updated version of SOCIALENERGY's business models and innovative value propositions based on the market analysis described in D6.1. It also includes an updated version of the so far dissemination and exploitation-related achievements of the consortium.

Final version of SOCIALENERGY's virtual world functionalities

It includes the final version of SOCIALENERGY's virtual world functionalities. It serves as an accompanying report describing the operation of the corresponding game software prototype.

The overall SOCIALENERGY architecture design and system specifications

This is the output of the Task 24 It includes the design of the overall SOCIALENERGY architecture and the technical specifications

Final version of business modeling, dissemination and exploitation of results

This deliverable includes the final proposed SOCIALENERGY business model and value propositions towards commercialization. An updated list of dissemination and exploitation achievements is also incorporated. A clear roadmap towards H2020 objectives and beyond accompanied with SOCIALENERGY's lessons learned are also incuded.

Final report of project management activities

This is the final report of project management activities to be used for the Period 2 review (M30).

Final version of GSRN platform functionalities

It includes the final version of GSRN platform functionalities. It serves as an accompanying report describing the operation of the corresponding GSRN software prototype.

Pilot testing results and project assessment

This deliverable is the output of the Task 5.3 activities. It includes the results of the real-life small-scale experiments and an assessment of the project's conclusions.

Pilot setup and small-scale experimentation plan

This is the output of Task 5.1 activities. It includes a thorough description of the pilot tests and a specific experimentation/validation plan.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

First integration and validation activities of SOCIALENERGY system

This prototype deliverable includes the first version of the software integration and validation results of the SOCIALENERGY platform.

Final integration and validation activities of SOCIALENERGY system

This prototype deliverable includes the final version of the software integration and validation results of the SOCIALENERGY platform.

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan, dissemination and exploitation plans

This deliverable includes an updated version of the initial SOCIALENERGY Data Management Plan It also includes the dissemination communication and exploitation plans of the consortium

Publications

Conference proceedings (5)

Renewable energy prosumers clustering towards target aggregated prosumption profiles based on recursive predictions

Author(s): Ioannis Mamounakis, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos, Nikolaos D. Doulamis
Published in: 2017 IEEE Manchester PowerTech, 2017, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5090-4237-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2017.7981174

Communication costs versus smart grid system performance for energy prosumers' participation in liberalized electricity markets: A trade-off analysis

Author(s): Ioannis Mamounakis, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Prodromes Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: 2017 XXXIInd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), 2017, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-90-825987-0-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/URSIGASS.2017.8104964

Development of real time energy pricing schemes that incentivize behavioral changes

Author(s): Konstantinos Steriotis, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), 2018, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5386-3669-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/energycon.2018.8398840

SOCIALENERGY: A gaming and social network platform for evolving energy markets' operation and educating virtual energy communities

Author(s): Prodromos Makris, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Emmanouel Varvarigos, Vassilis Nikolopoulos, John Papagiannis, Andrew Pomazanskyi, Boris Irmscher, Krassen Stefanov, Katina Pancheva, Atanas Georgiev
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), 2018, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5386-3669-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/energycon.2018.8398797

A novel pricing scheme for virtual communities towards energy Efficiency

Author(s): Ioannis Mamounakis, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: 2018 IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), 2018, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-5386-3669-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/energycon.2018.8398843

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Electricity market policies for penalizing volatility and scheduling strategies: The value of aggregation, flexibility, and correlation

Author(s): Georgios Tsaousoglou, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Issue 12, 2017, Page(s) 57-68, ISSN 2352-4677
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2017.09.004

Virtual Associations of Prosumers for Smart Ener-gy Networks under a Renewable Split Market

Author(s): Nikolaos Doulamis, Anastasios Doulamis, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2017, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 1949-3053
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2017.2703399

A novel behavioral real time pricing scheme for the active energy consumers’ participation in emerging flexibility markets

Author(s): Konstantinos Steriotis, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel (Manos) Varvarigos
Published in: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Issue 16, 2018, Page(s) 14-27, ISSN 2352-4677
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2018.05.002

Digitization Era for Electric Utilities: A Novel Business Model Through an Inter-Disciplinary S/W Platform and Open Research Challenges

Author(s): Prodromos Makris, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Vassilis Nikolopoulos, Andrew Pomazanskyi, Boris Irmscher, Krassen Stefanov, Katina Pancheva, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 6, 2018, Page(s) 22452-22463, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2828323

Personalized real time pricing for efficient and fair demand response in energy cooperatives and highly competitive flexibility markets

Author(s): Georgios Tsaousoglou, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Prodrommos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, Issue 7/1, 2019, Page(s) 151-162, ISSN 2196-5625
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40565-018-0426-0

Real-time pricing in environments with shared energy storage systems

Author(s): Konstantinos Steriotis, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: Energy Efficiency, 2018, ISSN 1570-646X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-018-9723-8

A novel pricing scheme for managing virtual energy communities and promoting behavioral change towards energy efficiency

Author(s): Ioannis Mamounakis, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Prodromos Makris, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Emmanouel (Manos) Varvarigos
Published in: Electric Power Systems Research, Issue 167, 2019, Page(s) 130-137, ISSN 0378-7796
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2018.10.028

A pricing scheme for electric utility's participation in day-ahead and real-time flexibility energy markets

Author(s): Ioannis Mamounakis, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Georgios Tsaousoglou, Prodromos Makris, Emmanouel Manos Varvarigos
Published in: Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2019, ISSN 2196-5625
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40565-019-0537-2

Near-optimal demand side management for retail electricity markets with strategic users and coupling constraints

Author(s): Georgios Tsaousoglou, Konstantinos Steriotis, Nikolaos Efthymiopoulos, Konstantinos Smpoukis, Emmanouel Varvarigos
Published in: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Issue 19, 2019, Page(s) 100236, ISSN 2352-4677
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.segan.2019.100236