Synergy

RURALITIES is a first-of-its kind pan-African setting in the Horizon Europe Programme, interlinking the rural spheres of Africa and the European Union (EU). The project develops on the specific contribution of 18 fellow partners from Africa, e.g., Burkina Faso Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia. RURALITIES aims at playing a structural role in contributing to the current Africa-EU partnership, which is designed to build on this historical relationship, and to create a framework for deeper dialogues between the two regions in a vast panoply of fields, such as rural development. RURALITIES enables the EU and Africa engage in regular developments with a focus on the project’s capacity building programme, embodied by ‘RURALITIES Commons 2050 Learning Framework’ (RURCOM), a solution-oriented programme to guide rural community-led empowerment along all the steps of the innovation process, also considering existing initiatives that struggle with problems or simply need revitalization.

PLANET will facilitate and ease the deployment of coordinated energy transition actions by the public sector. The project will use the most innovative tools in artificial intelligence and big data together with an innovative clustering governance to boost Energy Transition Plans at the municipal level. Besides, it will foster the digitalisation of energy data available in dispersed data sources, of the energy transition measures and of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), enabling an ecosystem of data and tools to support decision-making on energy transition.

STREAM project aims to create an innovative and robust flexibility ecosystem (“STREAM Ecosystem”) on the low voltage (LV) grid side of existing power markets connecting data, technologies, stakeholders and markets, thus facilitating the flexibility provision.

OPENTUNITY project aims to support energy actors, such as grid operators, prosumers, market players, among others by using innovative methodologies backed by advanced and interoperable software modules to provide them with new features and services. This includes technologies to increase flexibility in prosumer environments and technologies to help grid operators better manage grid operations.

ODEON's mission is to revolutionise the Digital Energy transition by providing federated data and intelligence orchestration. ODEON demonstrates and integrates innovative solutions to create an inclusive ecosystem of stakeholders characterized by the integration of a mesh of Data, Intelligence, Service and Market flows in the energy system. ODEON enables the resilient operation of the energy system considering the increased RES integration, and the effective orchestration of the flexibility from assets residing at the edges of the system.

nZEBRA aims to develop a robust, blended course on climate-neutral buildings, based on micro-credentials. ‍ This comprehensive programme will cover various topics, including nZEB (nearly Zero Energy Buildings), climate change, environmental and social governance strategies. Through our interdisciplinary approach, we aim to equip both current and aspiring professionals with the skills needed to implement sustainable building solutions in alignment with global and EU standards.

SHERLOCK aims to align the identified skills mismatch in the field of energy efficiency evaluation by designing, creating, and piloting a micro-programme based on micro-credentials. The general objective of SHERLOCK is to develop a set of green and digital skills for financial institutions and technical companies engaged in energy efficiency investments.

AT LAST is a LIFE Programme project that supports European cities in realising their climate ambitions. The project aims to help smaller cities in Europe put into action Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP).

Due to the current energy crisis, the EU is reaching a critical point in the energy transition with the Clean Energy Package. Residential demand response (DR) is a promising approach that can significantly contribute to such a transition, but its potential is yet untapped. DR is the adaptation of the final energy demand in reaction to signals from the energy markets in order to increase the stability of the energy system. In this framework, DR-RISE’s main objective is to demonstrate the benefits of DR in the residential sector, not only for the end-consumers but for the overall energy system and the actors involved and promote it. Accordingly, DR-RISE will further develop a holistic set of tools and services with a twofold objective: increasing energy efficiency via optimal management and demonstrating DR schemes’ benefits (not only economic).