The SIG Energy is motivated by the fact that data on energy consumption and production on a European level is key to the urgently required energy transition. This will enable future applications for energy communities across countries, peer-to-peer trading, and demand side flexibility when energy consumers also become producers through the installation of renewable energy sources (e.g., PV panels, batteries, heat pumps).

The more energy data become available, the more we need AI and ML-based applications to understand and work with large amounts of data on energy production and consumption on a local, regional, national, and international level. Key in this regard – at least on a European level – is a common European energy data space that enables access to energy production and consumption data and allows strictly consent-based data sharing with eligible parties.

Two large European projects contribute significantly to the vision of the SIG Energy:

1. The Horizon Europe project EDDIE, which stands for European Distributed Data Infrastructure for Energy, is working on such a European energy data space. The project is funded with 8 million Euro and is implemented from 2023 to 2026 with the support of 16 partners across Europe.

2. The project INSIEME - Together towards the Common European Energy Data Space - funded by the Digital Europe Programme. The INSIEME consortium consists of more than 50 partners from 16 EU member states ranging from large and impactful key European companies and research institutions to young and innovative SMEs and organisations. The project has a budget of more than 16 Mio. Euro and is implemented from 2025 to 2028.

Links

EDDIE project website: www.eddie.energy
EDDIE for business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eddie-energy
EDDIE on tour: instagram.com/eddie.energy
INSIEME project website: www.insieme.energy
INSIEME for business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-insieme

Contact

Prof. Dr. Oliver Hödl, oliver.hoedl@eddie.energy
Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Department for Smart and Interconnected Living
Privatdozent at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Computer Science, Cooperative Systems Reseearch Group
Project Coordinator of EDDIE
Project Coordinator of INSIEME