ECLIPSE DIGITAL PROJECT –PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR AND EMPOWERMENT OF FINAL CONSUMERS.
The ECLIPSE project will establish guidelines for creating new energy consumer applications and improving existing ones.
These applications will offer users accessible
and practical information about energy savings and associated benefits, such as
reduced carbon emissions and other financial incentives.
The project's main goal is to "facilitate energy consumption reduction through the implementation of an open-source reference framework".
In that sense, R&D Nester will
contribute by participating in the Portuguese Pilot along with E-REDES with the
objective to enable demand-side response mechanisms and promoting the
collaboration between local and wholesale energy markets.
In addition, R&D Nester participates
in other work packages such as Use-cases definition and evaluation, User
engagement, regulatory framework and dissemination, communication and
exploitation activities.
There will be 13 pilot sites across Europe with the participation of 11 grid operators, 2 energy services companies, 2 energy associations and 8 energy R&D entities from 16 EU countries.
To contribute to the coordination of the
activities across these
pilot sites, R&D
Nester took part in the project's General Assembly on March 26-27,
organized in Paris by the project partners Voltalis and Trialog.
R&D Nester delivered a presentation on the current status
of the progress in the Portuguese Pilot, specifically the starting of the
implementation phase of the previously defined Use-Cases and technical
integration among the partners.
The meeting also included a visit to the
control room of Voltalis, an energy service company dedicated to aggregate down
flexibility from end-users that own electric heating at their homes.
By using the services provided by Voltalis, the
user can visualize, control and plan the energy consumption of their heating
according to daily routines and by following the control room signals and
recommendations.
More
information of the project can be found here:
ECLIPSE Project @ R&D Nester
website
