PSE INNOWACJE SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA

Their core work

PSE Innowacje is the innovation subsidiary of PSE (Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne), Poland's national electricity transmission system operator. The company brings TSO-level operational expertise to EU research projects, contributing knowledge about how flexibility services, electricity market mechanisms, and cross-border grid coordination function in a real national grid context. In EU-SysFlex they helped shape pan-European frameworks for integrating flexibility into power systems; in OneNet they addressed how transmission and distribution networks can work together to serve consumer needs in modern energy markets. Their core value to a consortium is direct connection to a working national grid and the regulatory, commercial, and technical know-how that comes with operating one of the EU's largest power networks.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

From 2017 onward the organisation's H2020 work centred on the policy and market-design layer: how flexibility services should be defined, priced, and traded across borders, and what regulatory frameworks and grid codes would need to change to support large-scale renewable integration. Entering 2020, the emphasis moved down the value chain to the physical networks themselves — transmission and distribution infrastructure, and how consumers participate directly in energy markets. The trajectory is a clear shift from "how should markets be designed?" toward "how do we make the actual networks and end-users fit into those markets?"

PSE Innowacje is moving from shaping EU-level market design rules toward operational integration across the full electricity system, making them an increasingly relevant partner for smart grid, demand-response, and consumer-facing energy transition projects.

How they like to work

PSE Innowacje participates exclusively as a third party — providing specialist expert input and access to TSO infrastructure rather than leading or formally co-managing research. Both projects placed them inside very large consortia (130 unique partners across 23 countries from just two projects is typical of major pan-European Innovation Actions). This indicates their contribution is operational and institutional rather than project-management-oriented: they are sought out because of what they represent — the Polish national grid operator — not to coordinate.

Across two projects PSE Innowacje has been embedded in consortia totalling 130 unique partners from 23 countries — an unusually broad network for such a small project count, reflecting the pan-European scope of EU-SysFlex and OneNet, which drew in TSOs, DSOs, regulators, and technology providers from across the EU.

What sets them apart

PSE Innowacje is directly linked to Poland's national transmission system operator, giving it something few innovation companies can offer: standing connection to a live, large-scale European grid and decades of TSO operational knowledge. For a consortium working on electricity market reform, flexibility integration, or grid code harmonisation, PSE Innowacje's involvement means the research is validated against one of the EU's largest power networks. This Poland-anchored, TSO-connected profile is rare among private innovation companies in the H2020 space.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EU-SysFlex
  A flagship pan-European Innovation Action (2017–2022) on flexibility integration, EU-SysFlex assembled one of the sector's largest consortia and directly shaped how European grid codes and flexibility markets were redesigned for high-renewable scenarios.
• OneNet
  OneNet (2020–2024) tackled the next frontier — connecting transmission and distribution networks with active consumer participation — placing PSE Innowacje at the centre of whole-system integration debates that define EU energy policy today.