The EU Energy Projects Podcast

In honour of International Women's Day, the podcast team decided to record a special episode with Aggeliki Aggeli to discuss co-creation and innovation in EU-funded energy projects. Aggeliki Aggeli, Researcher at BUILD, Aalborg University, and member of the DECODIT project’s consortium, is an expert in participatory methodologies. As such, she provided valuable insights into the importance of co-c...

In this episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast Areti Ntaradimou had the opportunity to discuss with Giulia Conforto (Senior Researcher at e-think energy research) and Lorena Skiljan (Founder and CEO at Nobilegroup), key themes regarding Europe's strengths, challenges, and opportunities in shaping its future. This episode covers: Europe's strengths and challenges Competitiveness as a driver of g...

In this episode of the EU Energy Projects podcast, project manager Tasos Tsitsanis discusses Project Synergies, which aims to create a reference energy data space that enables efficient data-driven optimization and coordination among stakeholders in the energy sector. Recorded at Enlit Europe with guest host Ross Hastie, the conversation covers the need for interoperable systems, the role of AI in...

In this episode, Professor Antonello Monti discusses Project Interstore, an EU-funded initiative aimed at integrating distributed energy storage and resources. The project seeks to hybridize and monetize storage flexibility using technology-agnostic middleware to simplify energy storage integration. Key points include addressing vendor lock-in, promoting investment, and leveraging IEEE 2030.5 stan...

We explore Project Cognit, an EU-funded initiative focused on the cognitive cloud edge continuum and its potential to reshape computing. Project Manager Tomasz Korniluk discusses the project's goals, which include introducing a function-as-a-service paradigm for edge applications, creating a framework for managing distributed resources, and optimizing data processing with AI. The conversation cove...

In this episode, the focus is on the digital transformation in Europe's energy sector. Recorded live at Enlit Europe in Milan, the European Commission's Max Lemke - Head of Unit Internet of Things, responsible for the digitalisation of Energy, Mobility, and Agriculture, at Directorate General CONNECT - discusses with Enlit's Brussels Editor Areti Ntaradimou the progress and future trajectory of di...

This special episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast features a conversation between three EU-funded projects grappling with the complexities of data exchange in fragmented, isolated ecosystems. While coming from different domains, they face similar barriers as they aim help end-user citizens to trust, and share data, as they participate in the energy transition. This episode was recorded in the...

This episode features the EU Commission’s Mark van Stiphout, who explores the EU's efforts and strategies in ensuring secure, clean, and affordable energy for all Europeans. Recorded live at Enlit Europe in Milan, Van Stiphout, the Deputy Head of Unit - Research, Innovation, Digitalisation, Competitiveness at DG Energy, at the European Commission, delves into the importance of coordinated infrastr...

This episode features an in-depth conversation with Stratis Kanarachos, the project lead of Project Decodit. The discussion covers the EU-funded project's mission to help European homeowners navigate the complexities of energy renovations with personalised digital tools. Key topics include the gathering and use of data for personalised energy solutions, innovative loan underwriting to assist with...

In this episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast the discussion centers on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a crucial element in reducing European aviation emissions. The podcast highlights the TAKE-OFF project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 program, which focuses on converting CO2 and renewable hydrogen into SAF at lower costs and higher efficiency. Guest host Ross Hastie is joined by projec...

This episode discusses the Resonance Project, which aims to enhance demand side flexibility management through customer energy managers (CEMs) and smart appliances. Coordinators Markus Taumberger and Jussi Kiljander explain the project's efforts to promote active consumer participation, optimize energy use, and ensure security via a plug-and-play software framework. They address interoperability c...

Exploring European Competitiveness and Clean Energy Transition: Insights from the Draghi Report In this episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast, host Areti Ntaradimou discusses Mario Draghi's report on European competitiveness and its implications for the energy sector with Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric, and Patrick Clerens, Secretary General of The European Association for Sto...

SUSTENANCE focuses on the development of smart technological concepts to enable the energy transition. It thus aims to establish sustainable energy systems for achieving novel carbon neutral energy communities, with higher shares of local renewable energy and efficiently integrated energy solutions for the electrical, heat, water, waste and transportation infrastructure. In this episode, our host,...

In the second episode of our two-part podcast series on corporate capture and true democracy in energy communities, guests Jean-Pierre van Linn and Siwart Zomer from Energiesamen, members of REScoop, discuss their organisation’s role and challenges with the topic. Energiesamen is a Dutch federation representing around 700 energy cooperatives. Its primary functions are lobbying on a national level,...

Since the introduction of the EU Clean Energy Package in 2019, citizens have been granted the right to actively participate in the energy transition. This policy framework has led to extraordinary growth in energy communities across EU member states. These communities are designed to be democratic, multi-stakeholder initiatives that involve citizens, municipalities, and small and medium-sized ente...

outPHit is an EU-funded project that is driving future-proof energy renovations across Europe. Currently, 75% of European buildings are inefficient, contributing to 40% of EU energy use and 36% of CO2 emissions. The outPHit project is making deep retrofits faster, cheaper and more reliable by pairing streamlined renovation approaches like Energiesprong with Passive House principles for ambitious e...

The PHOTORAMA project is paving the way for the recycling of millions of tonnes of PV waste. This project is developing a circular model to reuse materials like glass, aluminium, copper, silver and silicon from old solar panels. The growth of solar energy generation is an integral part of the energy transition, but finding sustainable solutions for photovoltaic panels that reach the end of their l...

The RENergetic project was conceived to demonstrate the viability of so-called urban energy islands and aims to empower renewable energy communities to inhabit these energy islands. Energy communities are playing a growing role in Europe's energy transition and in this episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast we explore how the RENergetic project aims to fuel the involvement of local communities...

This episode delves into how the TALOS Project is developing cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence to automate operations and maintenance tasks in photovoltaic plants. The crucial role of solar power in the energy transition requires no introduction, but the ever-increasing scale of solar PV operations has thrown up a range of challenges. These large-scale solar energy installations, o...

In this episode we explore sustainability and ethics in energy with Marine Cornelis.   This conversation is part of a special double episode, the first discussion of which will be published on the EU Energy Projects podcast, and the second on Energ’ethic , Marine’s own podcast that has been running for over three years. We also delve into the opportunities for meaningful change that European Susta...

In this episode we explore the learnings of the EU-funded EV4EU project, diving deep into the challenges and opportunities surrounding EV adoption across Europe. The European transportation sector is facing a massive transformation, and electric vehicles are set to play a crucial role Europe’s race to meet emissions targets. We'll hear about the project's findings on consumer behaviour, infrastruc...

The European Union finds itself at a crossroad, balancing the growth of renewable energy sources against the potential benefits of nuclear power. In this episode, we delve into the intricate dance of progress and safety, exploring cutting-edge advancements and the contrasting views on nuclear energy's role in the EU's energy transition.  In a world where the consequences of climate change are beco...

This Episode of The EU Energy Projects Podcast features insights from data experts Jelle Wilders (CCO Axual) and Laurent Schmitt (Head of Utilities & European Developments at dcbel & President at Digital4Grids), and unveils how the Kafka platfrom is becoming the cornerstone of secure and efficient power data exchange platforms. The team also discusses the examples of  Projects Eddie and On...

Project EDDIE is the first data space to bring real-time consumer data into European energy markets. In this episode of the EU Energy Projects Podcast, Areti is joined by Laurent Schmitt, who represents Project EDDIE, to discuss the importance of robust EU regulations in data protection, cybersecurity, cost efficiency, as well as Europe’s competitiveness in cloud and data spaces compared to China...

The building sector accounts for 36% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions and 42% of the energy consumed. This episode of The EU Energy Projects Podcast explores the concept of green buildings and neighborhoods, with a focus on the EU-funded project PROBONO. Key points: The EU is taking steps to promote green buildings, including mandating all new buildings to be zero-emission by 2030. Green build...