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InterConnect’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[...]
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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, 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, 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, 2021Smart 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, 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, 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.