The INDEPENDENT consortium is a strong multi-disciplinary team of stakeholders and experts within ICT, energy engineering, social sciences and economics. In total, 14 partners from five European countries form the project, including aggregators, energy management service companies, and two major home appliance manufacturers.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd – Project Coordinator
VTT is a non-profit organisation specialised in producing advanced technological innovations through research.
Project role
Apart from managing the project, VTT leads the overall design of the platform and contributes to most of the R&D tasks. Additionally, VTT supports the Finnish pilot.
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Institut “Jožef Stefan” JSI
JSI is the largest research institute in Slovenia.
Project role
Institut “Jožef Stefan” leads the work on the Customer Energy Management Systems Package (WP3) and the tasks on security & privacy design of the INDEPENDENT platform. JSI also participates in the application development in the Slovenian pilot.
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Consolinno Energy GmbH
Consolinno is a highly innovative start-up that offers hardware technology, energy management systems and various software solutions for the energy & real estate industry.
Project role
Consolinno manages the German pilot, operating its building systems. Consolinno also participates in the R&D of the Customer and Aggregator solutions, leading the use case and requirements task.
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Smart Com d.o.o.
Smart Com is a high-tech SME and a leading ICT partner of DSO/TSO operators in Slovenia with more than 20 years of experience with ICT projects for electric grid operators.
Project role
Smart Com leads the work on piloting and validation activities (WP6), contributing also to the R&D and business tasks.
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In-JeT ApS
In-JeT is a Danish research and consultancy company providing internet-based, people-targeted services, particularly within energy, healthcare and citizen engagement. In-JeT’s expertise lies in the cross-field of technology and social sciences, developing technology concepts with a profound knowledge of the socio-economic context.
Project role
In-JeT leads the impact creation work package (WP7) and the task on communication and dissemination from strategy, execution to measurement of impact. In-JeT also manages ethics related to the involvement of pilot participants and contributes to stakeholder involvement and business aspects.
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Caverion Suomi Oy
Caverion Corporation is a Finnish company that designs, builds, operates and maintains intelligent and energy-efficient solutions for buildings, industries and infrastructures in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
Project role
Caverion leads the task on user interfaces to the Customer Energy Management Systems and is responsible for the Finnish pilot with buildings being managed by Caverion.
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CheckWatt AB
CheckWatt is developing and marketing solutions that help Swedish households and companies become smarter and more sustainable in their energy usage and enables a 100% renewable energy system through measurements, analysis, visualisation and control of energy assets.
Project role
CheckWatt leads the work on the Aggregator Energy Management Systems Package (WP4) as well as tasks on qualification of the platform-based demand-side flexibility systems and their large-scale market uptake. Additionally, CheckWatt participates in the general R&D work and manages the Swedish pilot.
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Elektro Celje d.d.
Elektro Celje is one of five Distribution System Operators in Slovenia, ensuring reliable supply of electric power in its area of coverage. Elektro Celje is active in several initiatives to drive the technological and regulatory developments in the area of Smart Grids.
Project role
Elektro Celje leads the task on market adaptation and TSO and DSO cooperation and has a major role in the Slovenian pilot, supporting the development of the platform and integration into the distribution network.
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ECE d.o.o.
ECE is one of the largest suppliers of electricity, natural gas and biomass in Slovenia. It supplies households, small and large businesses. It also provides energy solutions in the fields of photovoltaics and energy efficiency.
Project role
ECE is responsible for the Slovenian pilot, being the connecting link to the industrial and household customers participating in INDEPENDENT and supporting the development, integration, marketing and replication of the platform.
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fortiss GmbH
fortiss is the research and transfer institute of the Free State of Bavaria for software-intensive systems, including robust AI and intelligent infrastructures.
Project role
fortiss leads the work on scalable deployment and sustainable market adoption support (WP5), contributing also to the R&D work. Additionally, fortiss manages the development of the applications in the German pilot.
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reduxi by Amibit, energetski sistemi, d.o.o.
Amibit is a high technology and R&D-oriented company that addresses the growing trend of digital transformation in the energy sector and in the urban environment by offering innovative solutions for monitoring and management of connected devices in real time.
Project role
Amibit leads the task on validation framework and is involved in the general R&D, validation and business work. Amibit also contributes to the platform deployment in the Slovenian pilot.
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Volue Oy
Volue is a technology supplier offering solutions to optimise energy production, trading, distribution and consumption, as well as infrastructure and construction projects.
Project role
Volue leads the task on exploitation and innovation management and is involved in the demonstration and qualification of the platform-based demand-side flexibility management systems, especially in terms of interoperability with aggregator management systems.
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NIBE AB
NIBE provides a wide range of smart home appliances and connected devices for a sustainable future, such as heat pumps and solar panels.
Project role
NIBE is leading the task on semantic adapters for Energy Management Systems and smart appliances for enhanced interoperability. Additionally, NIBE is contributing to the development, testing, validation and marketing of the developed solutions, supporting especially the Swedish pilot.
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ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services, operating in Energy and Building Technology, Mobility, Industrial Technology and Consumer Goods.
Project role
BOSCH is leading the tasks on the Resource Manager module and the business models and is contributing to the development, testing, validation and marketing of the developed solutions.
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