DigiRES
An AI-powered Internet-of-Energy platform for Flexibility-as-a-Service in regional energy systems. A CETPartnership project led by TU Eindhoven.
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Shared flexibility
partners in NL, SE, BE
Flexibility from homes, campuses and industry, pooled and offered to energy markets. Coordinated by TU Eindhoven, with 10 partners in the Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium.
Six work packages
From business models to forecasting, the IoE platform and real-life demos in three countries.
Lead TU/e · M1–M36
Runs the consortium: coordination, quality, data management, ethics, dissemination and exploitation.
- 1.1Project coordination
- 1.2Data management and open research data
- 1.3Ethics and gender equality analysis
- 1.4Dissemination and communication
- 1.5Exploitation and IP management
Lead Innova · M1–M36
Business models that let flexibility assets of any size earn in regional markets, tested with stakeholders and citizens.
- 2.1Monetisation models per regional market
- 2.2Financing models and an investment toolbox
- 2.3Stakeholder and citizen engagement
- 2.4Implementation guidance for operation
Lead Chalmers · M1–M24
Estimates, forecasts and optimises the flexibility of local multi-energy resources across carriers and markets.
- 3.1Flexibility market analysis and product design
- 3.2Multi-energy forecasting with federated learning
- 3.3AI-based multi-energy management system
- 3.4Layered market structure for flexibility
Lead TU/e · M1–M24
Builds the secure Internet-of-Energy platform, its shared data models, and the link to every demo site.
- 4.1IoE platform architecture
- 4.2Interoperability framework and data models
- 4.3Service integration
- 4.4Communication protocol to the sites
Lead Chalmers · M1–M36
Prepares the demo sites, connects them to the platform, runs the demonstrations and measures the results.
- 5.1Requirements, test cases and KPIs
- 5.2Site preparation
- 5.3Demonstrations at the sites
- 5.4Impact, replicability and scalability assessment
Lead TU/e · M1–M36
Reports to CETPartnership and shares results with its Knowledge Community.
- 6.1Annual and final reporting
- 6.2Formative evaluation
- 6.3Knowledge Community activities
Where it runs
DigiRES validates its tools in four real-life demonstrations, each connected to the IoE platform.
- demonstrations
- 4
- demonstrations
- sites
- 6
- sites
- countries
- 3
- countries
Den Haag · Almelo, Netherlands
Office, factory and homes
A commercial office, an industrial factory and three households.
- rooftop solar, office
- 61 kWp
- rooftop solar, office
- EV chargers, office
- 10 × 22 kW
- EV chargers, office
- rooftop solar, factory
- 168 kWp
- rooftop solar, factory
Office, factory and household assets are pooled and run remotely for grid services. The factory sits in a congested grid area and may not feed power back.
- Solar PV
- Batteries
- EV chargers
- Heat pumps
With Innova Energie and Befo Almelo
Sites and figures as set out in the DigiRES project proposal. Map data: Natural Earth.
Consortium
10 research and industry partners in the Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium.
