REEFLEX solutions will be showcased and cross-tested in 4 key demonstrators across Europe, including Spain, Greece, Switzerland, and Bulgaria. Each of these demonstrations will incorporate different characteristics and scenarios to evaluate their impact across various sectors, such as residential buildings, mobility, commercial establishments, industrial sites, and data centres.
Demonstrators
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Spain
The demonstration in Spain is taking place mainly in Zaragoza and the surrounding area (Aragon region in the North-East of Spain) and a secondary demonstration will take place in Asturias , Northern Spain (Check Map). With a sizeable portion of its population concentrated in its capital city, Zaragoza, and a sizeable industrial and service sector, Aragon has a high energy consumption rate. The rest of Aragon is mostly rural with a relatively dispersed population and a lot of renewable energy plants. All energy users and prosumers should be brought into flexible markets to help with the integration of these renewable sources. On the other hand, the secondary demonstrator (cluster #3) represents other side of Spanish consumers: big industrial energy demanders. For this reason, the Spanish demonstration site includes all types of energy consumers and prosumers i.e., office (cluster #1 and cluster #2), industrial buildings (cluster #3) and residential (cluster #4).
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Greece
The Greek demo-site is located in the city centre of Thessaloniki and is composed of a set of 50 residential buildings, 3 energy retail stores and one large commercial facility managed by WVT as utility company together with INNO as energy efficiency services provider. Therefore, the whole demonstration area will represent a common EU neighbourhood and will aim at obtaining real experiences on how EU citizens can participate in and facilitate the deployment of flexibility services supporting the grid operators.
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Switzerland
The urban district of Via Motta in Massagno, near Lugano, Switzerland, is a forward-thinking energy community featuring residential buildings, offices, and an elderly care home, all connected to a 400 kVA substation within the AEM distribution network. The district leverages advanced smart metering infrastructure, providing real-time energy data and insights. Key features include a 60 kWp photovoltaic plant, a V2G-enabled EV charging station, and various energy storage solutions, all aimed at optimizing energy use, enhancing self-consumption of renewable energy, and reducing grid dependency. This pilot site showcases innovative approaches to sustainable energy management in a mixed-use urban setting.
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Bulgaria
Energy Consumption for ABILIX servers only – 35 MWh/y. Around 10 GWh/y for the whole DataCenter. Evenly distributed with no Seasonal peaks for servers. Cooling electricity consumption is generally 66% lower in Q4/Q1 than in Q2/Q3. Zero emissions (Green energy certificates from the energy utilities supplying power to the Data Centers, mainly fed by nuclear energy). Energy storage around 100 Кwh of batteries.
To achieve a wider coverage and adaptation, the services catalogue will also be replicated in three additional replicators across Turkey, Portugal, and Denmark. In total, the project execution will span across 7 countries. These demonstrations and replication campaigns are based on 8 distinct use cases that encompass a diverse range of consumer groups and enable participation in up to 12 demand side flexibility services.
Replicators
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Denmark
Holbæk Municipality is a local government situated 60 km west of Copenhagen, in Zealand. Holbæk Municipality covers 578 square kilometers, has 72,000 inhabitants, and employs 4,500 persons. This replicator will involve between 10,000 and 15,000 consumers. These are mostly private consumers, owners of electric cars and Holbæk Municipality’s own electric cars. It aims to establish approximately 150 charging stations in Holbæk Municipality area and all necessary activities will be carried out to have the electricity grid installed, started, and put in operation. The internal unit “Green Transition and Sustainability” of Holbæk Municipality will be responsible for the coordination of this REEFLEX site and will internally act in a close cooperation with citizens, utilities, and associations for this replicator. The Municipality will await the 4 lighthouse demos in the project, and which must be reconciled with the planned roll-out of charging stations in Holbæk Municipality.
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Türkiye
TEMSA is one of the world’s leading bus and midibus manufacturer with offices across the world. For replication of REEFLEX solutions, TEMSA will provide their installations located in their Adana plant in Türkiye. This R&D centre covers a total area of 9,500 m2 and counts with a 4,500 m2 office building used by over 175 employees daily. An installation of PV system with a total power of 860 kW is already scheduled by the company in parallel to the execution REEFLEX project.
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Portugal
The demonstration in Portugal is taking place in the region of Lisbon, with several different user/prosumer profiles which are comprised in offices and residential energy profiles. SELs Living Energy Lab is scattered around different areas in Lisbon, amplifying the range of energy needs for different energy demand areas, resulting in different energy needs and thus requiring more flexibility from the deployed energy assets.