VOLUE TECHNOLOGY AS

Their core work

Volue Technology AS is a Norwegian software company that builds digital platforms for the energy sector — energy market operations, grid management, and smart city energy integration. In EU projects, they contribute deployable software tools that connect distributed energy resources, enable flexibility trading, and support community-level energy management. Their participation in Innovation Actions (not research projects) signals a focus on real-world implementation rather than laboratory work. The company operates at the intersection of utility software and smart city infrastructure, making them a technology provider that bridges grid operators, municipalities, and energy communities.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2015–2017), Volue focused at the grid infrastructure level — integrating distributed generation and enabling demand flexibility through utility-facing tools. By their second project (2018–2023), the lens had shifted to the city and community scale: Positive Energy Districts, urban mobility services (eMaaS), and resident engagement alongside energy market participation. The trajectory moves from back-office grid software toward citizen-facing and city-wide energy platform services, reflecting a broader industry shift from infrastructure management to integrated urban energy ecosystems.

Volue is moving up the value chain — from grid operations software toward city-scale energy platforms that combine market participation, mobility, and community engagement, positioning them as a full-stack urban energy technology provider.

How they like to work

Volue participates as a technology contributor in large, implementation-oriented consortia rather than leading projects — both projects were Innovation Actions with no coordinator role. Despite only two projects, they engaged with 68 unique partners across 15 countries, suggesting they are comfortable operating within complex multi-stakeholder environments. This breadth of partnerships relative to project count indicates they are a valued specialist brought in for their software platform capabilities, not a generalist filling a participation slot.

With 68 unique consortium partners across 15 countries from just two projects, Volue has built a disproportionately broad European network. Their partnerships likely span utility companies, municipalities, research institutes, and smart city technology providers across Northern and Western Europe.

What sets them apart

Volue Technology brings commercial-grade, production-ready energy software into EU research consortia — a rare combination of scale and deployability that most academic or SME partners cannot offer. As a large private company (non-SME) in a field dominated by research institutes, they provide the pathway from pilot to market that consortium evaluators value. Their dual expertise in energy market operations and smart city infrastructure makes them relevant to both utility-side and municipality-side project partners simultaneously.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CityxChange
  The largest project by funding (EUR 1.1M) and the source of all known keywords, this Positive Energy Districts initiative ran five years and reflects Volue's most recent and most ambitious EU engagement.
• UPGRID
  Their earliest EU project, addressing active demand and distributed generation integration at grid level — the technical foundation from which their smart city work later evolved.