Enhance Europe
Enhance europe
Project
The Enhance Europe project introduces an asphalt solar collector system embedded in road pavement to harvest heat from solar radiation. The captured thermal energy can supply nearby buildings with renewable energy, lowering their consumption and operational costs. By reducing pavement surface temperatures, the system also mitigates urban heat island effects without impacting cultural or urban landscapes. Overall, the project supports clean energy integration, sustainable urban development, and data-driven energy management through digital twin platforms.
Implementation period
01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027
Budget
EUR 100,187
Research Team
Research Partners
- UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
- VSB - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA
- FRAUNHOFER - GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
- GYONGYOS VAROSI ONKORMANYZAT
- VAASAN YLIOPISTO
- NOLLAE OY
- CONSORCI CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA
- SALIMA S.L.R.
Source of funding
CET Parthership – Uefiscdi (public, national)
Horizon Europe
Enhance EU
Horizon Europe
Romanian Energy Center, as coordinator of the project: "Energy collectors for urban road pavements", acronym "Enhance Europe"
Project type: ERANET
Contract no: 109 ⁄ 2025
Reporting period: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2025
Introduction and objectives
The Enhance Europe project introduces an asphalt solar collector system embedded in road pavement to harvest heat from solar radiation. The captured thermal energy can supply nearby buildings with renewable energy, lowering their consumption and operational costs. By reducing pavement surface temperatures, the system also mitigates urban heat island effects without impacting cultural or urban landscapes. Overall, the project supports clean energy integration, sustainable urban development, and data-driven energy management through digital twin platforms.
This activity, which created synergies for the achievement of the objectives of the WP5 and WP6 work packages, was supported by the active involvement of the CRE in a series of conferences and events that had a wide scientific and business audience:
- BIZ Sustainability Summit, organized in Bucharest on May 29 2025.
- Large Scale Solar Southern Europe (LSSSE) Summit, organised in Athens, on September 16-17, 2025.
- Factory 4.0 Conference – 6th edition, organized in Bucharest, on October 9th, 2025.
- EnergIntell International Conference, organized on October 23-24, 2025, in Bucharest.
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