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Empowering the Energy Transition: The importance of InterConnect's DSOi Standard Interface
Introduction The decarbonisation of the energy sector comes with a set of challenges to the traditional planning and operational practices used by [...]
March 7, 2024
InterConnect Revolutionizes Smart Energy Management Across Europe: Unveiling Breakthroughs in Digitalization and IoT Integration
In a groundbreaking collaboration, InterConnect has brought together 50 entities from across Europe to pioneer innovative solutions that bridge the ga[...]
February 1, 2024
Interoperable digital solutions for communities, enhancing energy literacy and Demand Response mechanisms – Italian uptake
In June 2023, Planet Idea presented the Italian pilot of the InterConnect project during an event with more than 350 participants from the Italian ene[...]
Planet Smart City
January 9, 2024Energy grid state dependent EV charging
As the world embraces renewable energy sources and electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity, the strain on existing energy grids becomes a [...]
Fraunhofer IEE
August 21, 2023Monitoring of Low-Voltage Using Artificial Neural Networks
Introduction: The growing share of distributed energy resources (DERs) and electric vehicles (EVs) in low-voltage (LV) grids is a challenge for distri[...]
Fraunhofer IEE
August 1, 2023EV charging as a conveniency service at retail stores
Sonae MC established a road map, based in the Science Based Targets initiative, that defines several pathways and measures to achieve carbon neutralit[...]
Sonae MC
January 23, 2023Energy crisis hits climate crisis – a German approach for standardised energy control in the low-voltage grid
Across Europe this winter season has brought to light an issue of unprecedented explosiveness – the fear of power blackouts. Two main reasons for the [...]
EEBUS
January 19, 2023Explainable AI using visual Machine Learning visualisations
InterConnect gathers 50 European entities to develop and demonstrate advanced solutions for connecting and converging digital homes and buildings with[...]
Vrije Univeriteit Amsterdam
January 11, 2023InterConnect’s Interoperable-by-design Prototypes Open Call has launched
The H2020 project InterConnect launches its first Open Call on Interoperable-by-design Prototypes to support ICT/Energy SMEs and Startups to develop a[...]
FundingBox
June 2, 2022Tackling rising electricity bills by empowering consumers and giving them options for action
Energy prices are on the rise amidst an uncertain gas supply. Consumers are left to worry often unaware and without control of their electricity consu[...]
E.DSO / ENEDIS
May 19, 2022Data-driven customer-centric Utilities of the (near) future
InterConnect can assist Utilities in developing, testing, and scaling up to their complete customer base innovative products that increase customers’ engagement through personalised data-driven flexible Demand Side Management services.
HERON
March 10, 2022Interoperability and innovation on food retail decarbonization
Sonae established a road map, based on the Science Based Targets initiative, that defines several pathways and measures to achieve carbon neutrality, many of them well aligned with InterConnect.
SONAE MC
November 30, 2021Smart Grids and Smart Buildings: Open innovation and Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity must be a priority throughout the lifecycle of all products used in smart buildings as it is for Distribution System Operators that connect physical and digital infrastructure.
E.DSO
October 21, 2021Celebrating ESWH: The unsung flexibility champion
The flexibility of household assets can be harnessed to provide additional value for the household owner, the energy supplier, and the grid operator. This will be one of the pillars in the pan-European transition to a CO2 free energy ecosystem. In this transition, the electric storage water heaters (ESWH) are the proverbial uncut diamonds waiting to be cut and polished to their full brilliance.
Aby Chacko, tiko Energy Solutions
August 24, 2021Joining forces to enable digitalisation and interoperability of smart energy systems
The digitalisation of energy systems is an important requirement to enable the energy transition – hosting a high share of renewables energy sources, cooperating across sectors and across borders, developing new usages such as e-mobilty – but also to support new approaches such as local energy communities, microgrids, …
Olivier Genest, Trialog
July 16, 2021The goal of energy management through InterConnect and Smart Buildings
With energy usage rising more than ever, the need for efficient energy management grows accordingly. The unprecedented pandemic of Covid-19 has decelerated worldwide energy consumption, but deeper changes are still needed to achieve 2030, 2040 and 2050 decarbonization goals and drive the development of new levels of interconnection, flexibility and decentralization. That is where InterConnect comes in.
Jonas Lamothe, SENSINOV
May 25, 2021InterConnected users at the heart of the EU energy transition
The EU institutions have put citizens at the heart of the EU energy transition - energy communities and collective actions are gaining both popularity and importance. What are they precisely and will they revolutionise the EU energy market?
Th!nk E
April 8, 2021A DSO map to navigating the data management of a smart electricity system
The work carried out within InterConnect project is therefore central for the development of the Digital Single Market as well as for the energy transition and the effective integration of the consumers.
E.DSO
March 5, 2021Connecting bits instead of stacking bricks
As buildings become more intelligent, it opens the door for external interaction; to the energy grid connection. And that’s where InterConnect comes in.
VolkerWessels
February 5, 2021Monetization on the Markets: Strengthening the business case for flexible energy assets
The battery stores clean energy to be used later, but it can also generate extra income for the community.
Cami Dodge-Lamm
November 26, 2020Achieving decarbonization objectives through flexible energy communities
In the framework of the InterConnect Project, Planet Idea together with RSE and Whirlpool – all members of the Italian Pilot team within the consortium, are experimenting added value digital energy services targeting the flexibility energy market.
Elena Fabris, Marta Scarioni, Stefano Fava (Planet Idea); Valerio Angelucci, Renato Urban (RSE)
October 30, 2020How can users be involved in the development of new smart energy management services?
One of the final objectives of InterConnect project is the participation of consumers in effective energy management.
Jeanne Piedallu
October 27, 2020Human-Centricity is the Key of Smart Homes
The smart home is broken! The connected residential infrastructure is fragmented, where smart appliances and meters from different brands fail to communicate among each other on one hand, and fail to connect to the competing energy providers in the market on another.
Gfi Team
July 20, 2020Smart Building interoperability: what is it and why does it matter
Buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption according to the International Energy agency. But wait, what is precisely a Smart Building, and how can it help?
SENSINOV team
July 16, 2020From Demand Response to Flexibility Trading: how interoperability can turn Smart Buildings into Grid-Interactive Buildings
Besides placing consumers at the center of the energy transition, semantic interoperability will stimulate an open competitive eco-system where service providers can offer competing services that can be easily found, used and integrated.
Chris Caerts
July 1, 2020Knock knock! It’s your electricity distributor. Would you like to decarbonize the economy together?
Distribution system operators are increasingly improving their smart toolbox to further enable the energy transition, but their success and the energy transition as a whole depend not least on the active participation of consumers.
Kirsten Glennung
June 17, 2020Going Beyond Energy Efficiency as a Service with InterConnect Interoperability Toolbox
Concept of interoperability arises as the key enabler for bringing the Energy Efficiency as a Service (EEaaS) to the next level.
Milenko Tošić
May 21, 2020Relying on Design Thinking to foster creativity and innovation in InterConnect
Design Thinking has become – especially in the last decade – a matter of tangible interest for the management and business world.
POLIMI Team
May 4, 2020Why Interoperability can promote the take-off of Smart Homes
The possibility to create an environment at home where different products can be connected to help saving on energy and add functionality could likely overcome the perceived lack of benefits that many consumers still have about connected appliances or devices in general.
Marco Signa
April 2, 2020Interoperability as a requirement
Energy demand and production must be harmonized by use of the devices’ flexibility, automized financial benefits on the demand and production side and grid connectivity.
Ralph-Ino Prümm
March 9, 2020Why architectures and standards matter: towards an Interoperable Smart Home Smart Energy future that will definitely work
Mission: Define an Interoperable Smart Home Smart Energy Reference Architecture that enables a level playing field and open ecosystem for new services.
