WiseGRID: Wide scale demonstration of Integrated Solutions and business models for European smartGRID.

Period: 01/11/2016 – 31/04/2020

Project coordinator: ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DEASARROLLO SA (Ισπανία)

Project website: http://www.wisegrid.eu/ 
 
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731205.

Partners

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA (Spain) – project coordinator
BOUYGUES ENERGIES & SERVICES (France),
ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA (Italy),
CENTRUL ROMAN AL ENERGIEI (Romania),
ASM TERNI SPA (Italy),
ECOPOWER (Belgium),
COOPERATIVA ELECTRICA BENEFICA SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS COOP.V. (Spain),
HYPERTECH (CHAIPERTEK) ANONYMOS VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI ETAIREIA PLIROFORIKIS KAI NEON TECHNOLOGION (Greece)
AMPERE POWER ENERGY SL (Spain)
ASOCIACION INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE LA ENERGIA (Spain),
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS (Greece),
DIACHEIRISTIS ELLINIKOU DIKTUOU DIANOMIS ELEKTRIKIS ENERGEIAS AE (Greece),
ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS – RESEARCH CENTER (Greece),
RESCOOP EU ASBL (Belgium),
VARTA STORAGE GMBH (Germany),
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (UK)
EMOTION SRL (Italy)
PARTAGO CVBA (Belgium),
ENERGEIAKO GRAFEIO IOU AIGAIOU ASTIKI ETAIRIA (Greece),
ETERIA PAROCHIS AERIOU ATTIKIS. (Greece),
ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DE NORMALIZACION Y CERTIFICACION (Spain)

WisGRID integrates, demonstrates and validates advanced ICT services and systems in the energy distribution grid in order to provide secure, sustainable and flexible smart grids and give more power to the European energy consumer.

Main Objective

WiseGRID's main objective is to provide a set of solutions and technologies to increase the smartness, stability and security of an open, consumer-centric European energy grid. The project will combine an enhanced use of storage technologies, a highly increased share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and the integration of charging infrastructure to favour the large-scale deployment of electric vehicles. It will place citizens at the center of the transformation of the grid.
The project goes beyond empowering prosumers. On top of having a consumer-centric approach, it will make a difference in the market by delivering tools that facilitate the creation of a healthy, open market where not only ‘traditional’ utilities but also players such as electric cooperatives and small and medium-sized enterprises can play an active role, contributing therefore effectively to the transition to energy democracy.

Model

WiseGRID follows European Commission's ambition to put the consumer back at the center of the energy system, to promote and support sustainable energy communities.

Project

WiseGRID integrated solution will be demonstrated and evaluated under real life conditions in 4 large scale demonstrators - in Belgium, Italy, Spain and Greece - under different technical, climatological, regulatory, legislative and social conditions.
Demonstration sites will involve more than 1700 users, 60 batteries -totalling more than 300KWh of installed capacity-, 50 heat pumps, 180 EV, 40 charging stations and RES – PV, Wind Turbines and Hydro-.

WiseGRID Brochure

This project has received funding from the European 
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation 
programme under the grant agreement No 731205