U2Demo
Creation of a standardised and open-source peer-to-peer energy sharing platform architecture for the energy sector.
- Develop an independent, EU-validated flexibility and peer-to-peer trading solution for consumers willing to engage in such operations, to the benefit of the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles, but also demand-response and flexible heat pumps and heaters considered as a resource) within the electricity network.
- Such an alternative should be open source, freely accessible, free of IPR, easy to maintain, and ensure that the final ownership of the tools can remain in community hands, and that these tools are available for reuse.
- Increase consumer engagement and tool’s acceptability.
- Illustrate the relevant services that are supported by this peer-to-peer trading platform (flexibility services for TSO, DSO, self-consumption).
- Ensure policies of operations, integration and usage of blockchain technologies and underlying data for all stakeholders.
Ensure interoperability and contribute to standardisation of blockchain energy applications.
The U2Demo project aims to create innovative, consumer-centred management strategies that facilitate a widespread participation in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) trading and energy sharing. Launched in September 2024, the project will promote equitable and democratic access to sustainable energy resources.
The project will develop strategies that will be seamlessly integrated into open-source, non-proprietary tools and platforms. These solutions align with principles of openness, technology neutrality, interoperability, scalability, replicability, reliability, security, and trustworthiness.
These strategies will undergo testing in 4 pilots within at least four diverse Energy Communities, located in Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal and each with unique attributes and governance models. The overarching objective is to assess advanced P2P trading and Energy-sharing tools, determine optimal implementation conditions, and consolidate the most promising solutions and associated business models.
Hard Facts
Objectives
- Reduce the barriers to use (open-source) tools developed for active consumers and ECs.
- Improve the engagement of the active consumers and citizens in P2P trading energy sharing and ECs.
- Empower the EC members in their decision process, improving their remuneration opportunities.
- Create tools contributing to the reduction of energy poverty and increase the fairness in the energy access.
- Reduce administrative barriers in P2P trading, energy sharing, and ECs.
- Propose a clear definition of the role of each stakeholder.
- Contribute to the increase of interoperability between systems (ECs, TSOs, DSOs, aggregators).
- Provide a reliable, secure, and trustable blockchain-enabled platform.
- Robust, scalable, and interoperable P2P and Energy Sharing tools.
- Improve the integration of ECs in the global power systems.
E.DSO and DSOs
More information
Contact: projects@edsoforsmartgrids.eu
