The results of the EDDIE project were presented at the EUSEW 2023 conference.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) actively participated and contributed to the sixth Advisory Council meeting within the EDDIE project - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy," which was held online. This important and relevant meeting was organized by the COMILLAS Project Coordinator on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center (CRE) participated through the EDDIE Project – "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy" at the "16th ETIP SNET Regional Workshop Western Region," which took place on February 28, 2023, in Bilbao and online.
Recently, the EDDIE project was included in the "Skills Intelligence" Platform of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP). The main objective is to involve projects in the activities of the European Commission, contributing specific information about the activities carried out, research results related to skills, education, and vocational training.
CRE representatives are pleased to announce that the EDDIE Project – "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy" was cited within the plan for digitalizing the energy system - "Digitalizing the Energy System - EU Action Plan," which was launched on October 18, 2022, by the European Commission (EC). The action plan is very important and relevant for the EDDIE Project for the development of a long-term sectoral skills strategy and the creation of a large-scale partnership on digitalizing the energy system.
Representatives of the EDDIE project participated and actively contributed to the international conference ENLIT Europe held in Frankfurt from November 29 to December 1, 2022.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) actively participated and contributed to the fifth Advisory Council meeting within the EDDIE project - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy," which was held online. This important and relevant meeting was organized by the COMILLAS Project Coordinator on Thursday, November 24, 2022.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated in the webinar "Digitally enabled renewable energy communities: The role of citizens in the clean energy transition," organized online by the ETIP SNET Platform on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. This webinar presented guidelines and practical implications of how adopting a consumer/prosumer-centered approach and activating energy communities can be essential in improving the energy transition to achieve the Fit for 55 objectives and support the REPowerEU plan through the use of digital solutions.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) actively participated and contributed to the second Evaluation Meeting within the "TRINITY" Project – "Transmission System Enhancement of Regional Borders by Means of Intelligent Market Technology," held on June 23, 2022, in Brussels. The TRINITY Project is funded by the European Commission (EC) through the HORIZON 2020 program. The Project Coordinator is ETRA Group Investigation Y Desarrollo SA from Spain.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated in the "Networking Event for Pact for Skills Members," organized by the European Commission (EC) online on May 31, 2022. The Pact for Skills was launched in November 2020 by the European Commission as a common engagement model for skills development in Europe, aiming to maximize the impact of investments in upskilling and reskilling.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) actively participated and contributed to the fourth meeting of the Advisory Council within the EDDIE project – "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy," which was held online. This important and relevant meeting was organized by the Project Coordinator COMILLAS on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and contributed to the "Second ECSCI Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection," organized online by the ECSCI Cluster from April 27-29, 2022. The "PHOENIX" project – "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and ample cyber and privacy attacks" took part in this interesting workshop and important discussions during Session 3 – "Research results of the European Union (EU) on modern critical infrastructure (CI) protection – Part 2."
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center (CRE) participated in the Midterm Evaluation of the European Project “EDGEFLEX” – “Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services,” which took place from November 9 to 10, 2021. This evaluation was conducted by representatives of the European Commission (EC). The EDGEFLEX project, funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, has a budget of approximately 5 million euros, started in April 2020, and runs over a period of three years.
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) are pleased to announce that the EDDIE Project – "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy" has recently received the letter of approval for the Interim Report submitted on March 1, 2022, from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), with a total score of 80 out of 100. The approval is based on the evaluation carried out by the Agency.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated in the Final Conference of the "CROSSBOW" Project – "CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market," on March 30, 2022. The event was co-organized by the UKIM Partner and the CROSSBOW Project Coordinator - ETRA, with the support of Energy Communities. The final conference highlighted the results of the CROSSBOW project, including the findings of the use cases and identified barriers. CROSSBOW celebrated the final conference in a hybrid format, with in-person sessions hosted in Vienna.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre (CRE) Association participated in the "Digital Education Stakeholder Forum - Making education and training fit for the digital age", which was organized online by the European Commission (EC), on Tuesday, 22 March 2022. The Digital Education Stakeholder Forum was the first major European Event on Digital Education organized by the European Commission since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) participated in the "PROMOTING COOPERATION BETWEEN DIGITIALIZATION OF ENERGY CENTRES OF EXPERTISE AND DIGITAL INNOVATION HUBs" WORKSHOP, which was organized in the Online environment, by the European Commission, on Friday 25 February 2022. During this Workshop, the EDDIE Project - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy", set the context for the interventions of Session 1 - "The digitalization of energy: Opportunities, challenges and needed actions for a EU-Local Innovation ecosystem". The European Commission, namely DG ENERGY and DG CONNECT, organized this workshop as a first step towards creating a platform to support innovation ecosystems - bringing together national, regional, local, European institutions and actors in the field of energy and digitization to support investments, skills and expertise in strategic digital technologies in the energy system, from innovation to deployment.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated in the Event: "EVision 2022 - Power Sector Accelerating E-mobility", on February 8 and 9, 2022. EVision22 is an initiative of Eurelectric's Business Center, a platform that convenes various electric mobility players from the power sector and beyond to accelerate the electrification of transportation.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended and contributed to the Plenary Consortium Meeting of the "CROSSBOW" project - "CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market", on December 13 and 14, 2021. The Virtual Meeting was organized by the CROSSBOW Project Coordinator - ETRA Investigation Y Desarrollo SA Group from Spain.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended the Second Advisory Board Meeting within the European Project "PHOENIX" - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks", Thursday, December 16, 2021. This relevant and important meeting took place online. The PHOENIX project is funded by the European Commission (EC) through the Horizon 2020 program.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and contributed to the Enlit Europe 2021 Event, which took place from November 30 to December 2, 2021. The Enlit Europe Event was organized physically in Milan, Italy and Online on the Enlit Europe 365 Platform. The Romanian Energy Center Association was present at the EU Projects Zone Pavilion, representing the following European Projects funded by the Horizon 2020 Program, in which it is a partner: "CROSSBOW" - "CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market"; "PHOENIX" - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks"; "EDGEFLEX" - "Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services" and "TRINITY" - "Transmission System Enhancement of Regional Borders by Means of Intelligent Market Technology". The project funded by the European Commission (EC), "EDDIE" - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy", in which CRE is also a partner, participated in the Enlit Europe online event, but was also part of the EU Project Zone in Milan. CRE representatives interacted with stakeholders and presented the overview, objectives and mission of the EDDIE Project.Proiectul finanțat de Comisia Europeană (CE), ”EDDIE” – ”EDucation for Digitalization of Energy”, în care CRE este, de asemenea, partener, a participat la evenimentul Enlit Europe în mediul online, dar a făcut parte și în cadrul EU Project Zone, în Milano. Reprezentanții CRE au interacționat cu părțile interesate și au prezentat imaginea de ansamblu, obiectivele și misiunea Proiectului EDDIE.
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre (REC) will participate and actively contribute to the Enlit Europe 2021 Event, which will be organized from 30 November to 2 December 2021. The Enlit Europe Event will take place physically in Milan, Italy and Online on the Enlit Europe 365 Platform. The Romanian Energy Center Association will be present at the EU Projects Zone Pavilion, representing the following European Projects funded by the Horizon 2020 Program, in which it is partner CROSSBOW,PHOENIX, EDGEFLEX, TRINITY and EDDIE
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) attended and actively contributed to the third meeting of the Advisory Board within the EDDIE project - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy", which was held online. This important and relevant meeting was organized by the COMILLAS Project Coordinator on Thursday, 25 November 2021.
Representatives of the European Project "TRINITY" - "Transmission System Enhancement of Regional Borders by Means of Intelligent Market Technology", participated and actively contributed to the EUROPEAN UNION SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK 2021, during the Energy Discussion Session on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. The TRINITY Project is funded by the European Commission (EC) through the HORIZON 2020 program. The Project Coordinator is ETRA Group Investigation Y Desarrollo SA from Spain - a large business group dedicated to the most advanced technologies in the fields of mobility, traffic and transport network, lighting, energy, security and communications.
The Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) is expanding its portfolio of European Projects to a new one entitled "CyberSEAS" - "Cyber Securing Energy dAta Services" in the field of Cyber Security, together with TRANSELECTRICA. In March 2021, the Project was accepted for funding by the European Commission (EC) under the H2020 Program. Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the CyberSEAS Project Kick-Off Meeting, organized by the coordinator ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA, on 13 and 14 October 2021. The Debut Meeting was organized online and highlighted an overview of the CyberSEAS Project to better understand its direction and current status.
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) organized and actively participated in the European Conference entitled "THE ROLE OF STANDARDIZATION FOR PROMOTING DIGITALIZATION OF THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK" within the European Project "CROSSBOW" - "CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market", which took place on Wednesday, 3 November 2021. The CROSSBOW project is funded by the European Commission (EC), through the Horizon 2020 Programme. The European Conference on Standardization was organized in Hybrid format - online and physically at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union in Brussels. The event was attended by high-level representatives of the CROSSBOW Project Consortium, European and National Institutions and experts in the field of Energy as well as Standardization, who provided unique and important insights.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) organized and participated in the "THE ROLE OF STANDARDIZATION FOR DIGITALIZING THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK" WORKSHOP within the European Project "CROSSBOW" - "CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market", which took place on Friday, 22 October 2021. The CROSSBOW project is funded by the European Commission (EC), through the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation (R&I) Program. This WORKSHOP was physically held at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union in Brussels. Participants could also interact with the speakers online.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the Plenary Meeting within the European Project "PHOENIX" - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks", which took place online on Thursday, September 16, 2021 and Friday, September 17, 2021. Project PHOENIX is funded by the European Commission (EC) under the Horizon 2020 Program. The Plenary Highlighted the overview of the Project to better understand its direction and current status.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) participated in the Intermediary Conference organized by the PLATform for Operation of distribution NEtworks (PLATONE) Project entitled "GROWING THE ENERGY TRANSITION", which took place online on Tuesday, 14 September 2021 and Wednesday, 15 September 2021. The PLATONE project is funded by the European Union (EU) under the Research and Innovation Program - Horizon 2020.
After the completion of the interim report, one year after the start of the implementation of the edgeFLEX project - "Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services" and with the entry into the second phase of implementation, the representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) have initiated a series of consultations with key organizations in the field of energy regulation at European level. The edgeFLEX project is funded by the European Commission (EC) through the Horizon 2020 Program, with an allocated budget of 5 million Euro, the project started in April 2020 and will run for three years.
The Romanian Energy Center (REC) signed on Thursday, July 22, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of the framework for technical and research collaboration in the field of hydrogen integration in industrial processes and decarbonization of heavy industries.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the Virtual Meeting entitled "Cybersecurity Innovation Cluster for Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES)" within the "PHOENIX" Project - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks". The PHOENIX project is funded by the European Commission (EC) under the Horizon 2020 Program. The kick-off meeting aimed to announce the establishment of the Cybersecurity Innovation Cluster for EPES and took place on Friday, June 4, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended the Evaluation Meeting within the "PHOENIX" Project - "Electrical Power System's Shield against complex incidents and extensive cyber and privacy attacks", Friday, June 18, 2021. The PHOENIX project is funded by the European Commission (EC) under the Horizon 2020 Program.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended the First Evaluation Meeting within the TRINITY project - "Transmission System Enhancement of Regional Borders by Means of Intelligent Market Technology", Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The TRINITY project is funded by the European Commission (EC) through the Horizon 2020 Program.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the second meeting of the Advisory Council within the EDDIE project - "EDucation for Digitalization of Energy", which took place online. This important and relevant meeting was organized by the COMILLAS Project Coordinator on Thursday, 10 June 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the Online Conference entitled "MANAGING CROSS-BORDER RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND STORAGE IN TRANSNATIONAL WHOLESALE MARKETS TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TARGETS", Thursday, June 17, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre (CRE) participated in the 10th edition of InnoGrid focused on "Living the Transition", organized online by the European Distribution System Operators Association (E.DSO) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), on Friday, 4 and 11 June 2021.
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) participated and actively contributed to the webinar "The EU Green Deal Implementation in Romania and The Role of Innovation for Renewable Energy Infrastructure Development" organized by the ROMANIAN EMBASSY in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Romanian-Belgian Club (CAROMB), in collaboration with Price Waterhouse Coopers Romania (PwC), on Tuesday 27 May 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and contributed to the discussions for the online event "INNOCONSTRUCT" on May 25, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended the meeting with the members of the consortium of the "EDGEFLEX" project - "Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services", which took place on April 20-21, 2021.
On Wednesday, 28 April 2021, the Romanian Energy Centre Association organized the XXVI General Assembly of CRE members, during which the team of vice-presidents was appointed for a period of 3 years.
The Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) will contribute and participate in the international event "2nd International Workshop on Electrical Power and Energy Systems Safety, Security and Resilience - EPESec 2021" together with the representatives of the PHOENIX project consortium funded by the European Commission through the H2020 program.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated and contributed to the online event "Trends, Opportunities and Choices in Designing a Cyber Resilient European Power Energy System (EPES) Infrastructure", on April 15, 11:00-13:30 RO (10:00-12:30 CET).
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) will contribute and participate to the online event "Trends, Opportunities and Choices in Designing a Cyber Resilient European Power Energy System (EPES) Infrastructure", on April 15, 11:00-13:30 RO (10:00-12:30 CET).
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) attended the webinar "Promoting and Attracting Foreign Investments across Romania, What should Foreign Investors Know about Romania?" organized by the ROMANIAN EMBASSY in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Romanian-Belgian Club (CAROMB) in collaboration with Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) together with the EDDIE project participated in the technical session "EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA FOR DIGITALIZATION" within the online event promoted by IEEE Smart Grid in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University.
The Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) has expanded its innovation research portfolio through the new project "CyberSEAS" - "Cyber Securing Energy dAta Services" in which it is a partner together with TRANSELECTRICA.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated on March 10, 2021 at the general meeting of the consortium of the project "TRINITY" - "Transmission System Enhancement of Regional Borders by Means of Intelligent Market Technology".
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) participated, on Wednesday 10 March 2021, at the meeting organized by the European Energy Distributors' Association (E.DSO) - "Energy Distributors at the heart of the energy information exchange".
The representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated in the meeting with the members of the consortium of the project "EDGEFLEX" - "Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services", which took place on February 23-24, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) participated on March 9, 2021 at the general meeting of the CROSSBOW project consortium ("CROSS BOrder management of ariable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market")
"The EIRIE Platform and Remote Access for Experiments" - possible synergies with the EDDIE project during the webinar organized by DERLAB
The CRE Association brings to your attention a very interesting article "Getting ahead of the Threat-Scape" published by "Smart Grid Forums" on March 2, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Centre Association (CRE) in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana organized on 25 February the workshop "Calculation of Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)" within the CROSSBOW project.
The European Commission (EC) has launched the European Green Deal Pact with the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
The 10 European Projects of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) funded by the European Commission (EC), through the H2020 Program, under implementation and finalized have been published on the website of the Ministry of European Investments and Projects.
The Romanian Energy Center (REC) Association actively contributed to the first public debate within the Virtual Conference entitled "The European Union (EU) Cyber Hub" - "European Cyber Security Research, Technology and Industrial Competence Center (ECCC)", which took place in Bucharest, Friday, January 29, 2021.
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) are involved in the organization of the online event promoted by IEEE Smart Grid in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University. CRE will coordinate Technical Session 2 under the title "Modeling the Future".
Representatives of the Romanian Energy Center Association (CRE) organized the first meeting with the members of the Advisory Council of the "EDGEFLEX" project - "Providing flexibility to the grid by enabling VPPs to offer both fast and slow dynamics control services".
The representatives of "Romanian Energy Center" Association - CRE actively participated in the success of the second virtual meeting with the representative of the European Commission, the Independent Evaluation Commission and the Members of the Consortium for the evaluation of the results of the European Project "CROSSBOW".