Grid integration of variable renewable energy sources poses major challenges with respect to system stability due to demand-supply imbalances. Energy communities are emerging as a promising element to promote citizen involvement in the energy transition. However, ICT tools are required to extract and optimise the flexibility of residential energy resources to create financially viable operations based on citizen needs.

The Core of the ACCEPT project is the concept of “energy communities” with the collective approach to bring citizens, local businesses and organizations together, to produce and consume locally generated, renewable energy.

The EU-funded project intends to develop and deliver a digital toolbox, that allows such energy communities to offer innovative digital services to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, save energy in the users households and thus be able to reduce their electricity bill without compromising the quality of living, but ideally increasing the comfort in their homes through smart devices. 

In ACCEPT, these developed tools will be demonstrated and validated in four pilot sites in Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland involving more than 3.000 people and 750 residences.

Partners

• HYPERTECH (CHAIPERTEK) ANONYMOS VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI ETAIREIA PLIROFORIKIS KAI NEON TECHNOLOGION
• FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS
• GECO GLOBAL APS
• QUE TECHNOLOGIES KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA
• ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
• WITSIDE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LIMITED
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
• RINA CONSULTING SPA
• MYTILINAIOS ANONIMI ETAIREIA
• BEDRIJFSBUREAU ENERGIE SAMEN BV
• COOPERATIEF ENERGIE DIENSTENBEDRIJF RIVIERENLAND BA
• MY ENERGIA ONER SL
• LA SOLAR ENERGIA SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA
• AZIENDA ELETTRICA DI MASSAGNO (AEM) SA
• VIESGO DISTRIBUCION ELECTRICA SL
• EUROPAISCHES ZENTRUM FUR ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE GUSSING GMBH

Start date: 1 January 2021 - End date: 30 June 2024