HEDGE-IoT

HEDGE-IoT (Holistic Approach towards Empowerment of the DiGitalization of the Energy Ecosystem through adoption of IoT solutions) proposes a novel Digital Framework which aims to deploy IoT assets at different levels of the energy system (from behind-the-meter, up to the TSO level), to add intelligence to the edge and cloud layers through advanced AI/ML tools and to bridge the cloud/edge continuum introducing federated applications governed by advanced computational orchestration solutions. The HEDGE-IoT Framework will upgrade the RES-hosting capacity of the energy systems and will unleash a previously untapped flexibility potential. It will increase the resilience of the grid, create new market opportunities and promote advances in IoT standardization, by introducing and managing a plethora of diversified, interoperable energy services over scalable and highly distributed data platforms and infrastructure. The multi-dimensional framework of HEDGE-IoT comprises the following pillars: (a) the Technology Facilitator Pillar will exploit the computational sharing by offloading applications on the grid edge, towards providing a set AI/ML federated learning and swarm computing applications; (b) the Interoperability Pillar, which leverages on leading-edge interoperable architectures, such as the Data Space architectures; (c) the Standardisation Pillar will enable all involved platforms, systems, tools and actors to seamlessly communicate and exchange data in standardized formats using widely used standards, such as SAREF, etc.; (d) the Digital Energy Ecosystem Enabling Pillar will ensure the creation of an ecosystem facilitating the increased integration of RES and characterised by resilience. Liaisons with EU initiatives for IoT and digitalisation will be established (e.g., the AIOTI) and the engagement of stakeholders will be ensured by addressing IoT ethics and cultivating trust among end-users, thus promoting inclusivity. Scalability and replicability studies will be performed and connections with innovators and SMEs will be established through the Open Call mechanism of the project.
Key Exploitable Results
1. A set of IoT solutions deployed across the energy system offering intelligence at the edge level.
2. A service orchestrator to facilitate computational sharing between the cloud and edge levels
3. A set of AI/ML tools for edge and cloud levels towards optimised planning, operation, resilience of interconnected assets
4. A set of scalable data-driven energy and non-energy services for end-users (e.g., consumers, building occupants, SOs)
5. An open App Repository to populate edge/cloud and fog level AI/ML tools for energy stakeholders and SOs
6. An IDS-based data connector to facilitate interconnectivity among distributed systems
7. Interoperable IDS-compliant Data Governance Middleware with a data-service catalogue for service interoperability at edge-fog-cloud layers
8. An Interoperable RA enabling digitilization of the energy system through the unleash of IoT devices
9. Technological implementation of the RA
10. Best practices from demonstration of innovative solutions for the digitalization of the energy system
11. A set of recommendations for extended IoT-enabled grid resilience and flexibility and the extension of standards across grid levels
12. A set of semantic and ontology standards, for IoT-enabled grid digitalization
13. A roadmap towards the market uptake of HEDGE-IoT
14. A campaign to attract SMEs and innovators to participate in the Open Calls of HEDGE-IoT
15. A set of up to 30 Open Call projects offering new datadriven services and functionalities complementing the HEDGE-IoT Framework
16. A concrete dissemination and communication plan including clustering activities and synergies with relevant European initiatives and projects
Project partners
• EUROPEAN DYNAMICS LUXEMBOURG SA (ED)
• RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (RWTH)
• EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON (ICCS)
• INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA (INESC)
• NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK (TNO)
• TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR (TAU)
• TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (VTT)
• TRIALOG (TRIALOG)
• CYBERETHICS LAB SRLS (CEL)
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACAO EM ENERGIA REN - STATE GRID SA (NESTER)
• INTERNATIONAL DATA SPACES EV (IDSA)
• ELIA TRANSMISSION BELGIUM (ELIA)
• HRVATSKI OPERATOR PRIJENOSNOG SUSTAVA D.D (HOPS)
• UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA (TUC)
• CLUSTER VIOOIKONOMIAS KAI PERIVALLONTOS DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS (CLUBE)
• F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED (F6S)
• SOCIAL OPEN AND INCLUSIVE INNOVATION ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA (INCL)
• ABB OY (ABB)
• ENERVA OY (ENERV)
• JARVI-SUOMEN ENERGIA OY (JSE)
• DIMOSIA EPICHEIRISI ILEKTRISMOU ANONYMI ETAIREIA (PPC)
• DIACHEIRISTIS ELLINIKOU DIKTYOU DIANOMIS ELEKTRIKIS ENERGEIAS AE (HEDNO)
• INDEPENDENT POWER TRANSMISSION OPERATOR SA (IPTO)
• ELLINIKO HRIMATISTIRIO ENERGEIAS (HENEX)
• HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EPE (HSE)
• QUE TECHNOLOGIES KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA (QUE)
• ARETI S.P.A (ARETI)
• APIO S.R.L (APIO)
• ACEA ENERGIA SPA (AE)
• ARNHEMS BUITEN BV (AB)
• STICHTING VU (VU)
• COOPERATIVE ELECTRICA DO VALE DESTE CRL (CEVE)
• REN - REDE ELECTRICA NACIONAL SA (REN)
• MC SHARED SERVICES SA (SONAE)
• ELES DOO OPERATER KOMBINIRANEGA PRENOSNEGA IN DISTRIBUCIJSKEGA ELEKTROENERGETSKEGA OMREZJA (ELES)
• ELEKTRO GORENJSKA PODJETJE ZA DISTRIBUCIJO ELEKTRICNE ENERGIJE DD (EG)
• OPERATO DOO (OPR)
• SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE I RACUNARSTVA (UNIZG)
• INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN (JSI)
• KONCAR - DIGITAL DOO ZA DIGITALNE USLUGE (KONC)
• DS TECH SRL (DST)

Project duration: 1/2024 - 6/2027

Scope: Horizon-EU
Project Focus Energy Data Spaces

IOP-Focus: technical semantical

Area of activity: Green Transition, Digitalization, IoT, Edge/Cloud, Flexibility, Grid Resilience

Technical Readiness Level (TRL):

6


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