Consortium

EPRI Europe is an independent non-profit Energy Organisation that conducts independent R&D, bringing wide expertise on community-driven energy solutions.

EPRI Europe is leading Task 4.3 – Simulation of Energy Flows and Virtual Energy Allocation, which consists on the development of a web-based tool to simulate energy flows at consumption and production meters, calculating balances between production, consumption, storage, surplus, grid purchases, and usage indicators.

In addition, EPRI Europe will participate in the Irish Demo, focused on energy efficiency in agricultural PV-based communities, and lead communication and dissemination of the project.

EPRI Europe is an independent non-profit Energy Organisation that conducts independent R&D, bringing wide expertise on community-driven energy solutions.

EPRI Europe is leading Task 4.3 – Simulation of Energy Flows and Virtual Energy Allocation, which consists on the development of a web-based tool to simulate energy flows at consumption and production meters, calculating balances between production, consumption, storage, surplus, grid purchases, and usage indicators.

In addition, EPRI Europe will participate in the Irish Demo, focused on energy efficiency in agricultural PV-based communities, and lead communication and dissemination of the project.

UCLM is a Spanish Institution integrated into the Alliance of European Universities, whose research group https://pearl.uclm.es brings expertise on technical and economic analysis of smart grids, energy communities, and electricity markets.

UCLM leads WP4 related to the design and simulation tools for communities, enabling efficient configurations of components and community aggregation during setup to maximise economic and technical benefits.

University College Cork is ranked second place globally for sustainability in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. UCC’s Sustainability Institute harnesses the university’s strengths in interdisciplinarity, engaged research excellence, impactful scholarship, and leadership to tackle the complexity of today’s global sustainability challenges. It contributes mostly to WP3 and WP7, leading Tasks 3.4 and 7.2

The Cluster of Bioeconomy and Environment of Western Macedonia (CluBE) is a non-profit uniting 64 members across the Quintuple Helix – public sector, research and academia, industry and SMEs, environmental and social entrepreneurship – to promote the smart, green, and circular economy in the region.

Established in 2014 from earlier collaborations, CluBE develops R&D and business activities in bioenergy and environment, including biomass exploitation, district heating, biofuels and biohydrogen integration, co-firing with lignite, and energy efficiency improvements.

In the project, CluBE coordinates the Greek pilot (DEMO2 in Vlasti, Greece), focusing on social benefits for mountainous PV-based communities through community engagement, social innovation, renewable energy experimentation, and KPI assessment, contributing actively to WP3 on energy literacy and sustainable energy adoption.

Dingle Hub is a non-profit group that brings together innovative and forward-thinking people and organisations to tackle climate change on a local level. It works with local champions, individuals, voluntary and representative groups to harness community wisdom. It builds relationships with a breadth of external partners that make the local available to the global and the global accessible to the local.

They are building a better future for their environment, their economy, and their social connections. Teir vision is to build a sustainable community fostering an ecosystem to facilitate the creation of diverse companies with all-year, well-paid jobs on the Dingle Peninsula. It aims to identify opportunities through collaborative projects, to improve core skills, to facilitate learning new skills, to help entrepreneurship and business and to improve people’s lives.

It fosters a living lab eco-system that delivers sustainability, adaptation and resilience projects with national and international funders and stakeholders. It blends digital transformation with creative practice for a dual-strategy approach to project delivery.

Founded in 1911, the University of Porto (U.Porto) is a benchmark institution for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Portugal and one of the top 200 European Universities according to the most relevant international ranking systems. The U.Porto combines high quality education focused on individual vocations and talents as well as market needs with the claim to being the greatest birthplace of science in Portugal.

It is committed to converting into social assets the talent and innovation from its 15 schools and over 50 research centres. The U.Porto has the richest academic community in Portugal and brings together the country’s highest ranked students, a highly qualified scientific and teaching staff and a growing number of international students, teachers and researchers. Its fully equipped campus embedded within the city guarantees an optimal academic, scientific, and also social and cultural experience. UPorto is the project coordinator

Electric Corby CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company specialising in sustainable energy innovation, place-based decarbonisation, and community engagement. Within INNO-TREC, Electric Corby leads the UK demonstration pilot (Task 7.7), focused on testing community-led flexibility and social reward mechanisms in social housing.

ECORBY also leads the development of the project-wide Business Plan and Go-To-Market Strategy (Task 7.10), ensuring the outcomes from all pilot sites can be scaled, replicated and commercialised.

The Flemish institute for technological research (VITO) is a research organization based in Belgium.

VITO is the reference for independent, applied technological research, generating a positive impact for a society in transition. They combine their domain expertise on people and environment with technological innovations, (pilot) infrastructure, and digital applications. In this way, they achieve a tangible effect for citizens, industry, and policy in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and the world, for their three impact domains: sustainable use of raw materials (circular-bio-economy, energy and water), climate mitigation and adaptation, and a sustainable living environment for all.

The Grids and Energy Markets research department, within the Water and Energy Transition unit, which is a key partner in the U2Demo project, particularly focuses on advancing techno-economic solutions and advanced tools for the energy transition focusing on energy/electricity market designs (covering wholesale markets as well as distributed energy communities-based applications), flexibility mechanisms (from implicit mechanisms – covering dynamic tariff designs, and dynamic connection methods – to explicit flexibility market design – covering conceptualization and modeling of different flexibility markets and TSO-DSO coordination mechanisms), grid decision support (at all voltage levels), and sector coupling at the energy-carriers wholesale levels as well as at the end-users’ side.

In this INNOTREC project, VITO leads WP6 related to the energy credits market, flexibility and incentives, coordinates the Belgian DEMO, and leads Task 8.3.

Cranfield is a specialist postgraduate university that is a global leader for education and transformational research in technology and management. The most recent Research Excellence Framework results demonstrate Cranfield University’s excellence with 88% of research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Within INNO-TREC, Cranfield University leads Task 2.3 and Task 3.2, focusing on the research and innovation aspects of the UK demonstration. This includes the development of AI-enabled decision support systems, community energy financing mechanisms, and socio-technical systems analysis to support community-led energy transitions.

Cranfield’s team is led by Prof. Nazmiye Ozkan, with contributions from Dr. Pegah Mirzania, Dr. Mennan Gudar, and Dr. Michael Millar.

Elektroinštitut Milan Vidmar (EIMV) is the leading Slovenian engineering and applied research organization in the field of electric power systems, established in 1948. The Institute addresses a wide spectrum of energy and power system challenges, spanning system operation, planning, maintenance, and environmental aspects.

EIMV’s state-of-the-art facilities, including high-voltage laboratories, combined with close collaboration with Transmission System Operators (TSOs), Distribution System Operators (DSOs), generation companies, and aggregators, enable its scientists and experts to develop solutions tailored to the real needs of the electricity sector.

As a key contributor to the green transition and the digitalisation of the electricity sector, EIMV also develops proprietary digital tools and IT solutions to support its partners in this transformation. The Institute actively participates in research and innovation projects at both EU (including Horizon 2020) and regional levels, advancing concepts from initial idea through to practical implementation.

Cleanwatts Digital (CWD), the Technical Coordinator of the INNO-TREC project, is a Portuguese Digital Green SME that combines deep industry expertise with proprietary technology. As an EU-leading expert in Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), CWD brings extensive experience in energy monitoring, virtual power solutions, and intelligent sensing technologies, building on the legacy of initiatives such as Virtual Power Solutions and ISA – Intelligent Sensing Anywhere.

Within INNO-TREC, Cleanwatts Digital leads WP7, focusing on demonstration activities, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) intertwining, and business innovation, while coordinating the Portuguese demonstration site. Leveraging its mission to make clean and accessible energy available to everyone, CWD empowers local businesses and communities to generate, share, and optimize renewable energy through innovative technological solutions and strategic approaches.

Cleanwatts Digital manages the complete R&D lifecycle, from planning and development to large-scale validation and market deployment, having successfully delivered over 40 R&D projects and participated in more than 20 European consortium initiatives. Through its proprietary CleanwattsOS platform—a unified solution addressing all energy needs—CWD provides the technological backbone required to support cutting-edge research, real-world demonstrations, and scalable business models, reinforcing its role as a frontrunner in energy management, optimization, and trading innovation.

LINKS is an Italian non-profit Private Foundation leading innovation and knowledge for about twenty years in applied research, innovation and technology, bringing expertise on ICT HW and SW tools, AI, smart data and IoT. It leads WP2 related to data gathering, processing and security.

POLITO is an Italian State University specialised in engineering, architecture, and design studies, bringing expertise to the performance and maintenance of PV systems. It leads WP5 related to operation and maintenance tools for communities, and it also coordinates the Italian DEMO.

DOMX is a Greek SME specialised in cost-effective monitoring/control IoT products, energy management services, and also user interfaces. It contributes mostly to WP5, leading Task 5.3.

AKKO is a Large Company and one of the major Engineering and Technology Consultancy Groups in Europe, bringing best-in-class tech expertise and digital engineering talent to drive global innovation. It leads WP1 related to the overall reference architecture and requirements.

DCS is an Irish SME, bringing expertise on energy monitoring technology. It helps customers reduce energy bills with Wattrics® Energy Management Platform. It contributes mostly to WP7 (Irish DEMO).

EBARNS is a community benefit society, bringing expertise on planning and delivering community energy projects, supporting residents to use renewables. It contributes mostly to WP7 (UK DEMO).

ECV is an innovative Greek cooperative organisation, bringing expertise to energy self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship, and social development. It contributes mostly to WP7 (Greek DEMO).