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    Portugal leads EUR 36M European project for the digitalisation of the power system

    15th May 2019

    So far, this is the biggest European collaborative project that is coordinated by a Portuguese entity

    InterConnect, the project under Portuguese leadership, has just been approved by the European Commission, under the Horizon 2020 programme, to develop and demonstrate advanced solutions for the digitalisation of the electricity sector. The Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) will be responsible for the coordination of this project, which will have a funding of EUR 36 million. INESC TEC is an Interface Centre (CIT) that is recognised by the Ministry of Economy and supported by the Portuguese National Innovation Agency (ANI).

    This way, InterConnect is, so far, the biggest European collaborative project coordinated by a Portuguese entity under the research and innovation framework programmes

    The solutions developed within the scope of InterConnect will allow a digitalisation of the power system based on an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture which, by including digital technologies (artificial intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud and Big Data), ensures the interoperability between equipment, systems and privacy/cybersecurity of user data. The energy users in buildings, whether residential or of services, the operators of the distribution grid and the energy distributors will have the opportunity to take advantage of these solutions.

    The competition launched by the European Commission, entitled "Digitising and transforming European industry and services (DT)" in the topic "Interoperable and smart homes and grids", mobilised 140 European entities, which were divided by three consortia. After analysing the three submitted applications, a panel of international experts gave the best score (14 out of 15) to the proposal led by INESC TEC.

    InterConnect, which includes the participation of 56 entities from 11 European countries, will run for four years. Besides INESC TEC, the national participants are EDP Distribuição, SONAE, Domótica SGTA, and Schneider Electric Portugal, which together received EUR 3.6 million of community funding.

     

    About INESC TEC: INESC TEC has more than 30 years of experience in R&D and technology transfer. With 300 doctorates among 700 researchers, INESC TEC aggregates 13 centres with complementary competences that are focused on the international market. At INESC TEC, the knowledge and the results created in the fundamental research are usually applied to technology transfer projects, ensuring added and immediate social relevance. More information on: http://www.inesctec.pt/

     

    About ANI: The Portuguese National Innovation Agency (ANI) aims at developing actions oriented to support the technological and entrepreneurial innovation in Portugal, thus contributing to the consolidation of the National Innovation System (SNI) and to the strengthening of the competitiveness of the national economy in global markets. ANI’s vision is “to contribute to the positioning of Portugal in the group of highly innovative countries of the European Union by the end of the next decade”. More information on: www.ani.pt