Energy security, affordability and sustainability, along with climate change and global warming, are today’s key challenges. Microgrids with renewable energy have been recognized as a key route for households to meet their energy needs while addressing the global challenges. DEMFLEX project aims to demonstrate smart microgrid and AI-enhanced community energy management to optimise energy flexibility for connected smart homes.
The project will develop community energy management systems (EMS) based on Entrust Smart Cloud EMS and Cleanwatts Renewable Energy Community Management Platform, which provide ideal platforms for community EMS development, in real-life implementations in the UK and Portugal. The project will develop, demonstrate and examine AI algorithms integration in the community EMS platforms and in optimising energy flexibility and energy sharing services provided by connected smart homes. The pilot cases include Corby, Northamptonshire new-built community of 21 homes in the UK, and Cleanwatts Living Lab with 40 residential homes in Portugal.
The participation of ISEP is led by the SoftCPS laboratory, focusing on the architectural design, the development of AI algorithms for energy flexibility scheduling, optimization, and aggregation, and also on its implementation and integration on the CleanWatts Living Lab pilot demonstration case in Portugal, as well as on the pilot demonstration case in Corby new-built residential community.
The operation DEMFLEX – Demonstration of AI-Enhanced Energy Flexibility for Microgrids with Connected Smart Homes (COMPETE2030-FEDER-01657200 – 19215) was supported by the Innovation and Digital Transition Programme (COMPETE 2030), by Portugal 2030, and by the European Union.
Website: https://eurogia.eu/running-projects/
Budget: 1.4 M€ (Total), 246 K€ (ISEP)
Period: May 2025 to April 2027
SoftCPS Responsible: Luis Lino Ferreira