Imagine a factory that can change how much electricity it uses based on how much wind or sun is available, without stopping production. It's like a smart home for giant factories, using a digital twin to predict the best time to run heavy machinery. This helps the power grid stay stable while saving the company money on energy bills.
Energy-intensive industries struggle with high electricity costs and carbon footprints while the power grid becomes unstable due to renewable energy fluctuations. They lack the tools to adjust their energy consumption without disrupting production.
A Dynamic Energy & Process Management Platform (DEPM) and digital twins for monitoring and optimizing industrial processes. It includes hardware for energy storage and waste heat recovery.
If you are a fertilizer plant dealing with high energy costs and rigid production schedules — this project developed a Dynamic Energy & Process Management Platform that optimizes energy-intensive processes. This can contribute to saving over 159 GWh of primary energy per year.
If you are an automotive manufacturer dealing with volatile energy prices — this project developed digital twins and demand response mechanisms. These tools help reduce life cycle costs by at least 6.0 M€ per year on a demo scale.
If you are a pharma company dealing with strict temperature controls and high waste energy — this project developed waste heat recovery solutions using heat pumps and exchangers. This helps in reducing CO2 emissions by over 33,111 tonnes per year at the project level.
Based on available project data, the system can save at least 6.0 M€ per year in Life Cycle Costs on a demo scale.
Yes, the project demonstrates the approach at TRL7 across 7 industrial facilities in 6 reference countries, including Turkey, Greece, Poland, Bulgaria, and Italy.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on developing financeable business models and paths-to-market, but specific licensing terms are not listed.
It uses a Dynamic Energy & Process Management Platform to bridge IT and OT domains through digital twins, integrating with BESS and waste heat recovery systems.
The project runs from June 2022 to November 2030, with a goal to have one third of EU process industries using Digital Twins by 2030.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 25 industrial partners (69% of the group) and 7 SMEs. This high ratio of commercial entities, combined with 6 research institutes and 2 universities across 9 countries, suggests the project is focused on commercial viability and practical deployment rather than theoretical research.
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