Innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities
The Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-20 aims to develop innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities. Projects should integrate smart home and building assets using IoT standards, enable local energy trading and peer-to-peer transactions, and improve participation in energy markets. Expected outcomes include enhancing renewable energy integration, ensuring secure data exchange, and fostering cross-sectoral synergies (electricity, heating, mobility). Solutions must be tested in at least three diverse energy communities across Europe, with active participation of citizens, local governments, DSOs, aggregators, and manufacturers. The call emphasizes open-source tools, AI-based forecasting, and platforms for cooperation, aligned with EU policy goals and SSH (social sciences and humanities) involvement. Opening date: 16 September 2025; deadline: 17 February 2026.
Due to the incresing interest in this type of competitive call, we higly recommend that. if interested, please contact Joaquín Martín de Saavedra Rojas (joaquin.martin@fundecyt-pctex.es) as soon as possible.
