Funding entity Comisión Europea
Participated by FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS, EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR CYBER SECURITY COOPERATIEF UA, TENNET TSO BV, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, DNV NETHERLANDS BV, RINA CONSULTING SPA, DIGITALPLATFORMS S.P.A, EDYNA SRL, FONDAZIONE LINKS - LEADING INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIETY, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, MONTAJES ELECTRICOS CUERVA S.L, SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS ABIERTOS SA, UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC ESPANA SA, JOINT-STOCK COMPANY PRYKARPATTYAOBLENERGO, ISOLUTIONS LLC, UBITECH ENERGY, SUITE5 DATA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED, HYPERTECH KENTRO EPISTIMONIKON KAI TECHNOLOGIKON EREVNON AEIFORIAS ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA, ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, B2B CONSULTING GROUP SL, SMART INNOVATION NORWAY AS
Prompted by the need to comply with environmental and societal concerns, Electrical Power and Energy Systems are undergoing an unprecedented transformation, demanding urgent upgrades to make them more reliable, resilient and secure. Modernization of current grids will greatly reduce the frequency and duration of power blackouts, diminish the impact of disruptive events and restore service faster when outages occur, creating broad benefits to society and economy. eFORT approach will enable the further upgrading of the energy grid without affecting the security of supply and increasing their reliability and resiliency against extreme weather events, manmade hazards and equipment failures. eFORT addresses this complex challenge by gathering a consortium of 23 partners, from 10 EU countries, that provides the needed expertise. The project will put in place a set of solutions at the cyber and physical layers for detecting, preventing and mitigating vulnerabilities and threats. Among them, an interoperable Intelligent Platform will set a common foundation for grid characterization and vulnerability overseeing, as well as gather information from smart grid components and apply heavy-duty algorithms, whereas Asset Management developments will strengthen grid infrastructure robustness, which will be empowered by the addressed Digital Technologies. All these elements will be validated in relevant environments coming from 4 demo cases covering the whole grid value chain: (i) a transmission network (The Netherlands); (ii) a remote distribution grid (Italy); (iii) a digital substation in Ukraine; and (iv) a micro-grid in Spain. Moreover, eFORT relies on several horizontal actions aiming at empowering EPES players by establishing a common regulatory and standardisation framework, performing technical and cost-benefit analysis, and evaluating new related business models and replication potential, in the pathway towards a more sustainable energy system.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101075665
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Layman's summary: The main goal of the eFORT project is to improve the reliability, resiliency, and security of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (EPES). In order to achieve this goal, the project brings together 23 partners covering the entire value chain to develop innovative solutions for this purpose and to validate them in relevant environments.
eFORT
