- Posted 08-Feb-2021
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS: NEW RESEARCH PROJECT ENEURON “OPTIMISING THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LOCAL ENERGY COMMUNITIES”
A new collaboration between eight European countries brings together organisations from Italy, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Norway, Germany, Ireland and Portugal to implement the research project under the acronym "eNeuron" entitled "Sustainable energy hubs for energy communities".
The Technical Coordinator of the project is the research team of the laboratory of photovoltaic technology and the research unit FOSS and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Cyprus.
A new collaboration between eight European countries brings together organisations from Italy, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Norway, Germany, Ireland and Portugal to implement the research project under the acronym "eNeuron" entitled "Sustainable energy hubs for energy communities". The project has been selected for funding by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), under the European programme Horizon 2020.The project is jointly coordinated by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) and the Laboratory of Photovoltaic Technology of Research Unit (FOSS) of the University of Cyprus. The total funding of the project amounts to € 5,731,117.50 and the funding for the University of Cyprus amounts to at € 464,125.00.
The project team consists of technology service providers, research centres, Universities, public authorities and industry companies. The other members of the consortium are the Institute of Power Engineers (IEn) of Poland, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) of Spain, the Institute of SINTEF Energi AS in Norway, the Research & Innovation Center of Technalia eV (DERlab) in Germany, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Ireland, the Marche Polytechnic University (UnivPM) in Italy, the Distribution System Operator (ENEA) in Poland, the Distribution System Operator (Skagerak Nett) in Norway, the EDP Group (EDP LABELEC) in Portugal, the non-profit organisation Fondazione the ICONens in Italy, SA in Portugal, the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) and the city of Bydgoszcz (CoB) in Poland.
The main purpose of the eNeuron project is to develop a practical and documented framework for optimising the design and operation of local energy communities (LECs) that act as energy hubs. The main goal of the eNeuron project is to develop innovative tools for the optimal design and operation of local energy communities that integrate distributed energy resources and multiple energy carriers at different scales. This goal will be achieved by taking into account all potential benefits that can be achieved for the various stakeholders and by promoting the idea of energy nodes as a conceptual model for controlling and managing multi-energy and integrated energy systems in order to optimise their design and function. As local energy communities grow, citizens will enjoy cheaper energy thanks to the optimal use of local energy sources. Carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced as a result of better integration of renewable energy sources and emerging technologies into local energy systems. In addition, electricity networks will be more resilient and sustainable, through the integrated approach of the energy systems of various carriers.
The official starting date of the research project was November 1st, 2020 and the project is scheduled for a period of 48 months. The inaugural meeting of the partners of the project’s consortium was successfully held online on the 17th and 18th of November 2020. For more information, you can visit the project’s website: www.eneuron.eu (under construction).
Source: University of Cyprus (https://bit.ly/3oYCKlz)