The RESILIENT project aims to design, develop, install and assess the energy and environmental benefits of a new integrated concept of interconnectivity between buildings, DER, grids and other networks at a district level. The RESILIENT approach will combine different innovative technologies including smart ICT components, optimized energy generation and storage technologies, also for RES, integrated to provide real time accounts of energy demand and supply at a district level and assist in decision-making process.

Sport2 develop energy efficient products and services dedicated to needs and unique characteristics of sport facilities.In short, we will excite the sport facility community about energy efficiency and develop ICT related energy consultancy services, hardware, and software to reduce energy consumption and emissions production by 30% in these facilities with a 5 year return on investment.

The My Electric Avenue (I²EV) project has been conceived by, and will be managed by, a non-DNO to deliver a low carbon solution to benefit customers and the network, creating a blueprint for the interaction of DNOs and third parties. The full bid content is endorsed by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution, the project's participant DNO, but is written, developed and fronted by EA Technology. The project will deliver essential learning on managing the strain on the distribution network from the anticipated increased uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).

This project addresses fault levels. It builds on learning from previous IFI and first tier LCN Fund projects. It would examine new ways of measuring and monitoring fault levels, which could avoid the need for expensive reinforcement. The project would also evaluate new fault level mitigation technologies, which could provide DNOs with significantly cheaper alternatives to reinforcement. These techniques could reduce the costs of connecting DG, providing significant benefits to distribution customers. This is an issue relevant to all DNOs.

CLASS investigates the relationship between voltage and demand. It would test how voltage control can be used to reduce peak network demands, which could defer or avoid reinforcement, and manage high volumes of DG. It would also investigate how DNOs can use voltage control to support the NETSO. This project uses existing infrastructure, is highly replicable and could be a useful tool for managing the impacts of the roll out of low carbon technologies across GB. In particular, these methods could give DNOs the time to assess the most efficient response to highly loaded parts of the network.

Accelerating Renewable Connections (ARC) will facilitate the increased penetration of renewable generation gaining access to the distribution network in a timely manner.

FINESCE builds on and extends the results of the FI-PPP FINSENY project to realise sustainable real time smart energy services. The consortium includes leading energy and ICT operators, manufacturers and service providers as well as research organisations and SMEs from all over Europe. Together, they contribute directly to strongly focused trials and business innovation. The project features a scale and scope ensuring the FINESCE results will drive the FI-WARE and Future Internet success and long-term exploitation internationally.

E2SG aims at developing and demonstrating key enabling technologies in the following fields1) node-grid interfaces – especially between generating nodes and the grid2) grid-sensing/metering – to collect the information needed for management and control3) over-the-grid communication – to effectively carry sensing and control information where it is needed grid-topology and control – to understand and design connection-induced behaviours improving reliability and to control (local) energy production/distribution by exploiting advanced storage policies and energy routing – to develop flexible and

The objectives of the project are to develop innovative methods for efficient design and operation of a smart grid and to coordinate applications of innovative smart grids.

Our society is facing both energy and competitiveness challenges. These challenges are tightly linked and require new dynamic interactions between energy producers and energy consumers, between machines, between systems, between people and systems, etc.