Smart Renewable Energy Manager for the Industrial Prosumer Market

Informazioni relative al progetto

SREM

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 809475

DOI

10.3030/809475

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 31 Gennaio 2018

Data di avvio 1 Febbraio 2018

Data di completamento 31 Maggio 2018

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

EFFINNOVA MANAGEMENT SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SREM (Smart Renewable Energy Manager for the Industrial Prosumer Market)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2018-02-01 al 2018-05-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The reduction in price of renewable energy and energy storage is revolutionizing the energy sector by turning the traditional centralized power system into a new decentralized one. Commercial and industrial (CI) consumers are increasingly implementing distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar photovoltaic (PV), local batteries and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in their facilities to lower their energy cost, increase security of supply and decarbonize the economy. By implementing an increasing number of DERs, CI consumers become prosumers (producers and consumers). There is an urgent need to develop energy management tools (EMS) able to cost-effectively integrate and operate generation, storage and loads. SREM is an innovative Smart EMS specifically designed to fill the need to automate the management of loads and the increasing number of DERs in the CI market achieving the highest financial return. After several test in a pilot plant, SREM needs to be technologically upgraded with a renewed set of energy services and re-define EFFINOVA stakeholders for the international expansion of SREM.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

The focus of our Feasibility Study has been directed on the identification of target markets and technical challenges, confirming the technical and financial viability of SREM. Technically, we defined the roadmap forour product optimization to increasing its technical capacity. Budget, schedule, resources and tasks were set. A commercial expansion plan has been proposed with a defined role of stakeholders at each level of the business plan. Risks were identified and mitigation/contingency actions proposed. The market trends showed a large demand of solutions for energy management system in upcoming years and they represent the fastest technology choice for a rapid energy transition. Our indicators established our target countries in Germany, France, UK and Italy in addition of Spain, our homebased market. We prepared a realistic business case. The financial estimations brought back attractive returns on investment, even in a conservative scenario. Therefore, we decide to go ahead with the SREM project.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

We expect accumulated revenues of SREM project at fifth year after commercial launch (2025) of 4,97 million€ and 10 jobs created. In this way, considering the future investment (72000€ for Phase 1 and about 1.3 million€ for Phase 2), the calculated return on investment (ROI) is 7,04 after five years of commercialization.

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