The Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) together with its members TRANSELECTRICA, DELGAZ GRID and TELETRANS (subsidiary of Transelectrica), which it has promoted in the European Consortium, cooperate in the implementation of the "PHOENIX" Project - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks", funded by the European Commission, within the Horizon 2020 Program.

Capgemini Technology Systems - France.

Transmission and Distribution Operators (TSOs and DSOs) from Central and South Eastern Europe, including ASM TERNI (IT), ELEKTRO LJUBLJANA (CR) and PPC (GR), as well as other energy and telecommunications partners from 11 European countries (France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Norway and the Netherlands), in a consortium of 25 partners.

PHOENIX started in September 2019 and will be completed in August 2022.

7,995,004.25 EURO - Maximum Grant Amount

To create a cyber shield for the European Electricity Power Systems (EPES) infrastructure that will enable the detection of large-scale cyber incidents and attacks and reduce cascading effects on the infrastructure itself, the environment, citizens and end-users at a reasonable cost. The validation of Project PHOENIX will take place in 5 large-scale pilots covering the entire value chain from generation to consumption, including cross-border experiments and cascading effects to other critical infrastructures.

Coordination of Work Package 8 (WP8) being responsible for "Exploitation and Information", while contributing to standardization activities.