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NORCE is an independent research institute that conducts research for both public and private sectors, to facilitate informed and sustainable choices for the future. NORCE is Norway’s leading research institute with a presence along the entire Norwegian coast. Maintaining a strong local presence facilitates close collaboration with unique specialist communities, centres of expertise, the business community and government authorities.

NORCE has a yearly turnover of 950 NOK mill., 750 employees from 50 nationalities with 75% doctoral degrees.

Our goal is to assist in solving major challenges for society, such as climate change, energy transition, the aging population, social inequality and youth exclusion. To facilitate the creation of clear strategies for specific challenges, we have organised our interdisciplinary expertise into four areas of priority: Safe Communities, Sustainable Energy Productions, Climate Challenges, and Sustainable Oceans and Coasts

NORCE builds its own facilities and has access to a variety of infrastructure, including various labs and test facilities. This infrastructure is important for developing new knowledge that meets society’s needs and contributes to a sustainable energy transition.

EDP Labelec is a wholly owned subsidiary of the EDP Group and is the Group’s Technical Excellence Centre. It has state-of-the-art testing / laboratorial facilities and is the lead technical advisor of the EDP Group. EDP Labelec’s suite of highly specialized asset management services cover electrical, chemical and environmental areas for the entire EDP group. The company performs laboratorial and consulting services in the field of electricity (from production to consumption, energy transport, energy distribution, energy efficiency, renewable energies, etc.) and has extensive experience in grid studies, metering / smart metering testing and validation and electrochemical analysis. Asset inspection is also a major activity at EDP Labelec, performed via both manned and unmanned flights over overhead lines, substations, RES Plants (PV and wind) and benefiting from advanced automatic data processing. It combines all these different “know-hows” with a very strong background in energy systems, namely understanding in detail grids’ physical constraints and operational / commercial issues.

Moreover, through its dedicated R&D department focused on the development of innovation projects, EDP Labelec has carried out work in several EU H2020 projects in all the energy value chain (namely focusing on the areas of Renewable Energy Sources Technologies, Flexibility and integration of renewables) adopting an integrated and sustainable approach towards disruptive solutions that empower its partners and bring value to the shareholders. EDP Labelec has proven competencies in cross cutting topics, such as project management, use cases writing, architecture design, scalability and replicability analysis, analysis and development of new business models, validation of technologies in laboratorial environment and demonstration in real conditions.

DTU Compute is Denmark's largest environment for mathematics and computer science, an internationally unique academic environment spanning the scientific disciplines mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering. The interdisciplinary research areas are big data and data science, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), smart and secure societies, smart manufacturing and life sciences. DTU Compute also embraces both the deep theory and the practical applications and enables researchers to pass on new ideas to innovative products for the benefit of business and public institutions. All DTU engineering students must go through the department as part of their education. At the same time, many engineers are trained to later become specialists in the department specific areas.

“VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) is among the leading research institutions in Europe, focusing on applied research and technology. VTT develops solutions in three focus areas: carbon neutrality, sustainable products and materials, as well as digital technologies. VTT’s core competences in relation to ELEXIA’s goals include sustainable energy supply, flexibility, industrial solutions and digitalization. The project team in VTT has a long experience on energy system analysis, especially development of energy system optimization tools. The research focus is in addressing the modelling challenges posed of the energy transition, like integration of energy sectors, decision-making under uncertainty, and operation of flexibility resources.”

TECNALIA is the largest center of applied research and technological development in Spain, a benchmark in Europe and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance. We collaborate with companies and institutions to improve their competitiveness, people’s quality of life and achieve sustainable growth.

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Center Denmark is a non-profit and independent company that provides digital infrastructure that supports players in the energy sector to develop new data-driven solutions that take advantage of opportunities in sector coupling and accelerate the green transition.

The company has established the incubator (an innovative office community) Digital Energy Hub to stimulate companies and organizations in the ecosystem across energy supply types to develop new data-driven business models and products.

The Digital Energy Hub ensures that the results of new research are made available and brought into play in the energy industry through the digital infrastructure.

Electricity Maps provide companies with actionable real-time electricity data. That data quantifies the origin of electricity, as well as its carbon content. It is available across 50+ countries and more than 160 regions, historically, in real-time, or as a forecast for the next 24 hours, all through a unified API.

We source grid data from various public data sources and use our proprietary computation and machine learning models to provide the most accurate electricity and CO2 data.

The data we offer helps companies power more of their operations with carbon-free electricity, and thus decrease their overall carbon footprint. It, for example, enables companies to reduce the carbon footprint of their data-centers, schedule heavy software updates, make EV charging carbon aware and empower users of smart home solutions.

BIR is one of Norway's largest waste disposal companies, and is responsible for the waste management of over 365,200 inhabitants. BIR ensures the collection, transport and treatment of household waste, commercial and hazardous waste in several municipalities in Norway. At BIR, we work purposefully to improve our environmental performance in waste management, energy use, purchasing, transport and the working environment through innovation both inside and outside our own value chain. Through the use of new digital solutions and collaboration with research environments and start-up companies, BIR works to optimize the value cycle, create new value streams and reduce the use of resources. BIR's strategy is to be a frontrunner in the transition to a more circular economy and will continue to be a leader in the waste management industry in Norway.

WINGS is providing intelligent digital (software, hardware) solutions and transformation for vertical business sectors. WINGS solutions are based on technologies such as IoT, 5G and artificial intelligence, for smart and sustainable cities, the environment and its protection, intelligence in water and energy infrastructure, the primary sector, Industry 4.0 and digital health. In this respect, the following products are provided: (1) AIRWINGS for air quality, civil and environment protection (fire protection); (2) ARTEMIS for the proactive management of utilities (energy, water, gas infrastructures); (3) WINGSPARK for advanced mobility and management of transport infrastructures; (4) AQUAWINGS for sustainable aquaculture; (5) AGNES for sustainable agriculture and food safety; (6) WINGSChariot for logistics and industry 4.0/5.0 applications; (7) STARLIT for health / wellness.

CLIMIFY proposes a digital, vendor agnostic solution for ad-hoc upgrades of the existing building stock. The solution includes:

1. IoT sensors and actuators;

2. our dedicated, CLIMIFY-proprietary, two-ways live-feedback mobile app FeedMe, to gather feedback from occupants, and to provide feedback to occupants, while tracking their position within the built environment, and

3. climify.com, our web-platform: here, monitored data and live feedbacks get collected, stored, and evaluated, while control signals are generated through our AI, and forwarded to actuators and to the BMS. Our user-friendly web-platform is designed to ensure easy and correct access and visualization to monitoring data to both occupants and buildings’ and organizations’ managers.

VEKS is an intermunicipal general partnership which is operated as a nonprofit enterprise. VEKS includes production, transmission and distribution of district heating in Western part of the capital area of Copenhagen. VEKS Strategy 2025 is based around four topics – worded as four questions:

• The future green energy system – where does the green heat come from in the future?
• Efficient core operation - how do we utilise the digitalisation for optimisation purposes?
• Green image - how and where can we enhance the position in the green transition debate?
• Cooperation with the customers - how can an ongoing customer focus help ensure that we keep on being attractive as suppliers to our distribution companies?

ENFOR provides market-leading energy forecasting and optimization solutions for the energy sector. Utilities, energy traders, transmission and distribution system operators use ENFOR solutions for forecasting of renewable energy production, electricity and heat demand as well as optimization of district heating systems. ENFOR was established in 2006 as a spin-off from the Technical University of Denmark. The company has a solid operational track record and has successfully served customers all over the world for many years.

BKK is one of the largest electricity distribution system operators (DSO) in Norway. We deliver electricity to about 260.000 customers across the west coast, through 22.000 km of power lines and cables.

Eviny is an energy and technology company working to ensure that it will be possible to use clean, renewable energy in all areas.

When someone says that this is the beginning of the end, we say it's, on the contrary, the end of the beginning. Wherever we can, we make things cleaner and more profitable.

We are full of energy for the future.

The Port of Sines is the largest artificial port in Portugal and the main one on the Iberian-Atlantic façade. It is responsible for more than 50% of cargo handled in Portugal, ranks in the World Top 100 Container Terminals, in the European Top 15 and has the largest railway platform in the Iberian Peninsula. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and specialized terminals, it has high productivity indexes and handles a variety of different types of cargo. It is a deep-water port, which allows it to receive the largest ships in the world and offers regular weekly direct services to the main production and consumption markets worldwide.

AMC TECH is an expert in design and implementation of modern, high-quality consumer and industrial products. We support our clients in development of software, electronics, and mechanics. For over 20 years our control, monitoring, and diagnostics systems have been used all over the world in all key industries.

We are a team of specialists in difficult tasks who are constantly looking for new challenges. We have many years of experience in implementing IT systems. Not only follow the latest trends but also set directions for development of enterprises. Grid, Cloud, Big data, Industry 4.0, IoT is our everyday life. We support our clients at every stage of the product development process from preparation of specification to production and commissioning.

BIR Infrastructure is a subsidiary of the holding company BIR AS. BIR Infrastructure has been given responsibility for both development as well as operation and management of waste infrastructure and properties that are associated with BIR's statutory activity. This includes development and operation of the underground vacuum waste collection system in Bergen. In addition, the company is responsible for statements and safeguarding BIR's interests related to development plans.

Durham University is located in the North-East of England. One of its buildings, Durham Castle (built 900 years ago to protect the English borders) is listed as part of Durham World Heritage Site. In 2022 QS World University Rankings, the University was ranked 92nd with 12 subjects in the world top 50. Its faculties consist of Science; Business; Arts and Humanities; and Social Science and Health, offering over 300 courses. Durham Energy Institute was established in 2009 for research in energy technology and society to deliver understanding, leadership and solutions for decarbonisation and the transition to net-zero. As a world leader in energy systems research, DEI attracts researchers and funding from across the globe.

CORE Innovation and Technology OE (CORE) is a start-up company offering tailor-made solutions to attach meaning to data in several industrial sectors and use cases using Artificial Intelligence technologies. CORE uses its own innovation management approach to analyze customer needs and form new concepts (Concept and Business Model Engineering). CORE activities are focused on predictive analytics, simulation and optimization algorithms, innovation management, H2020 funding and mentoring, facilitating and co-designing use cases, testing pilots and field trials. The target industries include manufacturing, energy, transport and infrastructure.

CORE Innovation Centre is a non-profit RTO, subsidiary of CORE Innovation & Technology OE, aiming to provide individuals, industries and companies with opportunities to reach their true potential, to make industries smarter and greener, more sustainable and more socially inclusive. Industry 4.0 is where CORE IC chooses to focus its research and innovation efforts. Advances in a range of technologies i.e. IoT, big data, machine and deep learning, edge and cloud computing are deployed to maximise the potential of both people and entities in multiple sectors.

Høje-Taastrup Municipality is situated 20 km west of Copenhagen, has good infrastructure as highways and railways and a population of around 54,000. It is a large commuter municipality, with many large companies within IT and service, knowledge-intensive, logistics and transport, and regional retail trading.

The municipality has grown a lot in both population and working places over the last 8 years and is still growing with new city development areas for housing and new established companies.

The City Council has 21 democratically elected members, including the Mayor.

Sustainability and Climate Change management has been on the political agenda in many years, and the municipality has been a complaint member of the Global Covenant of Mayors since 2016.

Høje-Taastrup Municipality has been operating with strategic energy and climate planning, including development and implementation of specific initiatives in more than a decade. During the last ten years the CO2-emissions have been reduced with almost 30 %, mainly as a result of green transition on electricity and heating and during the last years with more and more focus on green transition of the transport area.

The City of Bergen, Norway. The City Council’s vision is for Bergen to be active, attractive climate-smart, green, pedestrian-friendly and compact. Bergen was founded in 1070 and by 1600 it was the largest city in Scandinavia, a Hanseatic trade centre. Today the city has nearly 300 000 inhabitants and functions as one of the regional centres on the west coast of Norway. Bergen lies on latitude 60E 23’ 36’’ and eastern longitude 5E 20’ 6’’. Leading business and industry clusters are energy (oil, gas, renewable), maritime industries, tourism, creative (media, design film and music) and the marine sector.

Bergen has a parliamentary model of government where the Government as an executive body answer to the City Council. The municipality is organized by 7 responsible departments of expertise and approx 30 underlying agencies.