The Platone Demonstration Sites

Our consortium of 12 partners from Belgium, Germany, Greece and Italy developed advanced managements platforms to unlock grid flexibility and realize an open and non-discriminatory market. Developed solutions were tested in three European demonstration sites and a laboratory. Our cooperation with Canada explored the replicability of Platone solutions in Canada.

 

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Final project conclusion in Brussels
The Platone consortium successfully concluded four years of innovation with a final review meeting with the European Commission.
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Final Event
This was our Platone Final Event "Digitalize DSOs to Unlock Flexibility" in Brussels! It was a pleasure to discover how the project responded to the challenges brought by the energy transition!
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Greek Study Tour
During the Greek Platone Demo Study Tour in Athens on 30 June 2023, participants were offered valuable insights into the Greek Demo, along with its respective services and tools.
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Successful study tour of the Italian demonstration
At the Italian Platone Demonstration Study Tour in Rome on 20 June 2023 participants were able to find it out how the foundations for local flexibility markets have been laid in Rome.
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RomeFlex
The lessons learnt in the Platone project have been used by Platone partner areti, the DSO of Rome, to define RomeFlex (Reshaping Operational methods to run grid flexibility).
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Research article
At this year's International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED), Platone was represented with four papers in the CIRED Technical Sessions.
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Interview on the BRIDGE Stakeholder Characterization
Developing sustainable stakeholder engagement strategies - Interview on the BRIDGE Stakeholder Characterization survey with Andreas Corusa from Platone consortium partner B.A.U.M.
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Linux Energy Foundation
The Platone Open Framework as an open-source software package is supported by the Linux Foundation Energy (LFE) and the results are gaining impact.
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FlexCommunity Conference
The FlexCommunity turned 1! The conference on the occasion of the first anniversary took a look at its achievements and plans for the future.
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Second interproject workshop
The key outcomes of the second interproject workshop on Flexibility and retail market options for the distribution grid are now available for download!
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Platone at Enlit Europe 2022
Valuable networking days at the Enlit Europe EU Projects Zone in Frankfurt with latest insights to our Platone solutions.
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Platone 6th General Assembly in Brussels
After more than two years of mainly virtual meetings, Platone partners finally met live again in Brussels for a worthwhile General Assembly.
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Well-visited Platone demonstration
Over 200 citizens visited the large battery storage of the Platone German demonstration at the Day of the Regions.
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Platone contributed to OPEN DEI position paper
With the work on the newly published position paper “Data Spaces for Energy, Home and Mobility” the Platone team again showed its active participation in the H2020 OPEN DEI project.
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Webinar ‘Is Open Source the next Big Thing in Electricity Distribution?’
Platone consortium partners E.DSO and RWTH Aachen University jointly organised the webinar highlighting the role open source can play for electricity distribution.
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