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Under the coordination of the Fraunhofer Center Digital Energy one of the largest consortiums to date within the Horizon Europe framework – with 75 partners – has launched: the »TwinEU« project kicked off on 15-16 January 2024 to create a concept of the Pan-EU digital twin of the electricity system. The kickoff meeting in Brussels was attended by 80 people in person and 100 people online.

QuGrids will act as an expeditionary project, laying the groundwork for quantum technology in energy grids. Enabling further advancements through analysis of potential use cases, incorporation into a multitude of interdisciplinary activities, and creation of teaching materials and environments.

This report by the »Energy Transition Expertise Centre - EnTEC« examines and formulates a plan for the implementation of a common European Energy Data Space. It includes an inventory of actors and services which may become future users and contributors to the data space, as well as an analysis and categorization of means which provide flexibility.

Federal Minister for Education and Research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, honored, among others, Prof. Antonello Monti with the UNIPRENEURS award yesterday. A total of 20 outstanding professors were recognized out of 700 nominations for their commitment to promoting entrepreneurship in the university and research sector. Prof. Dr. Antonello Monti is the Director of the Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University and heads the field of Energy System Automation at the Fraunhofer Center for Digital Energy.

The safe operation of gas and power grids is ensured through reliable technologies and control center personnel. The increasing technological and systemic complexity of energy systems, as well as the heightened risk of cyber-attacks, lead to a significant increase in the amount of information that must be processed for safe grid management. The aim of the BMBF-funded project "Beautiful" is to optimize the working conditions of control center personnel in critical infrastructures.

The goal of the NFDI4Energy project is to establish an open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) research ecosystem for energy systems.

The partners of the i-STENTORE project are developing technological and digital solutions for the hybrid operation of energy storage systems. Using demonstrators they are also investigating the potential of widespread use of storage solutions in Europe.

The Energy Transition Expertise Centre (EnTEC) was formed as a virtually convening, multidisciplinary initiative in order to address the challenges posed by the clean energy transition and to align with the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal.

On September 27th and 28th, 2022, the Fraunhofer thesis study »Digitalisierung des Energiesystems« was presented during a symposium organized by Fraunhofer ENIQ in Berlin.

int:net will promote the harmonization of interoperability activities in the field of energy services across Europe by establishing an interdisciplinary network of stakeholders who will remain in constant exchange on this topic during and beyond the project duration.