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Their core work

Merit Consulting House is a Greek SME specializing in energy consulting, with deep expertise in smart grid flexibility, demand response systems, and local energy community design. They provide consulting services around energy management platforms, building energy renovation workflows, and digital tools for distributed energy resource integration. Their work spans from technical interoperability solutions for multi-carrier energy networks to capacity building and training programs for energy efficiency in industry.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Merit's early work (2017–2018) centered on energy network planning, multi-carrier interoperability (electricity, gas, heating), and foundational smart grid concepts like power-to-gas and virtual energy storage. From 2019 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward community-scale energy solutions — local energy communities, prosumer-driven flexibility markets, blockchain-based energy trading, and IoT-enabled building renovation. Their most recent projects also show diversification into green chemistry (DECADE) and digital training tools (E2DRIVER), suggesting a broadening beyond pure energy infrastructure consulting.

Moving from network-level energy planning toward community-scale, citizen-facing energy solutions with strong digital and IoT components — well positioned for Clean Energy Package implementation work.

How they like to work

Merit operates exclusively as a consortium participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project, which is typical for a consulting SME that provides specialized services rather than driving research agendas. With 120 unique partners across 23 countries in just 9 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia (averaging 13+ partners per project). This broad network and willingness to join varied consortia makes them an accessible, low-friction partner to bring into new proposals.

Extensively networked across 23 countries through 120 unique consortium partners — a remarkably wide reach for an SME with 9 projects. Their partnerships span Southern, Western, and Northern Europe with no obvious geographic concentration, indicating openness to diverse collaborations.

What sets them apart

Merit brings a rare combination of energy systems consulting and digital tool development — from blockchain-based flexibility markets to BIM renovation workflows and VR training platforms. Unlike pure research partners, they focus on practical deployment: business models, user engagement, and market design for energy communities. For consortium builders, they fill the gap between technical R&D partners and end-user pilots, providing the consulting and integration layer that bridges technology to market.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MERLON
  Their largest funded project (EUR 272,584), focused on modular energy systems and local flexibility trading for energy islands — their most comprehensive energy community engagement.
• PARITY
  Second-largest funding (EUR 257,175) and most technically dense project, combining blockchain, smart contracts, prosumer markets, and DSO congestion management in one platform.
• DECADE
  A notable strategic pivot — their only non-energy-systems project, involving CO2-to-chemicals conversion, signaling diversification into green chemistry and environmental tech.