Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research. In particular, CITCEA-UPC is a research and innovation centre focused on the area of electrical engineering, more specifically power electronics and power systems, and they are divided in three main groups: Power electronics, Smart energy & grids and AC-DC grids. CITCEA-UPC has large experience in steady state and dynamic models for grid integration of renewable generation and power system analysis and also experimental validation in laboratory setups and real time simulators.

Division of Electric Power Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology conducts research within a broad range of topics in electric power technology. Their purpose is to develop interdisciplinary research areas within the university as well as with external partners. Their research is based on a solid theoretical basis and extensive experimental verifications in our laboratories as well as in the field. Research activities at the division are organised within two research units: Power grids and components and Electrical machines and power electronics. The research activities of the Power grids unit are currently focused on energy system management, operation and control of active grids; systems dynamics and power electronics integration; high-voltage components and technology.

AAU Energy is a part of the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University, and it is organised in six sections covering the following main competence areas; Electric Power Systems and Microgrids, Power Electronic System Integration and Materials, Applied Power Electronic Systems, Mechatronic systems, Thermal Engineering and Esbjerg Section which covers bioengineering and offshore techniques. In relation to this project the main section involved will be Electric Power systems and Microgrids with main expertise from the research group on “Intelligent energy systems and flexible markets”. Here the main competences are within electrification of the energy system, integration of RES and multi-energy systems and how to gain flexibility from industry including ports and private households and provision of ancillary services to the electricity market and DSOs for voltage control and capacity enhancement. Research is both on modelling and control as well as HIL test of the energy systems in these areas.

eRoots Analytics is a technological start-up based on offering consultancy services and providing software solutions in the context of modern power systems. The company stems from the research developed at CITCEA-UPC. The software development activity of ER is centred around the treatment of the non-linearities that arise due to the integration of power converters and their aim is to implement software tools that correctly model power converters. The software department of ER has written PESSOL (Power Electronics Static Solver), a piece of software capable of integrating models from PSSE and PowerFactory that accurately simulates short-circuit faults considering converters’ particularities.

Neogrid Technologies is a start-up based in Aalborg, Denmark. The core focus of NEO is managing energy within buildings, based on data from IOT devices, weather and energy forecasts. The commercial products of NEO are: (i) PreHeat for large buildings, monitoring and control system that optimises the supply temperature to avoid overheating without compromising comfort and (ii) PreHeat for heat pumps, where they also include an optimization of the operating conditions of the heat pump. Besides the commercial offerings described above, NEO offers complex monitoring and control systems to large and complex buildings, where multiple energy systems are monitored and controlled through the Neogrid IOT infrastructure.

Herrljunga Elektriska AB is a municipality-owned company with approx. 40 employees. We are active in electricity, heat and urban networks as well as in our subsidiary Herrljunga Vatten AB, and also in water and sewage operations in Herrljunga municipality (Sweden). In a partially owned company, we own electricity production from hydro and wind power. The management system is a support for being able to introduce and maintain efficient processes as well as for leading, controlling and constantly improving the company's operations.

Anell is a DSO that owns a network of over 1 100 km from Camprodon to Granollers (Spain), supplying more than 58 800 power points, with three substations where it connects to the transmission grid at 220 kV and also has several generating sources such as PV and micro-hydro. The last ten years has been collaborating with several technical sectors to test and develop new telecommunication technologies over the MV using PLCs.

BKW Energie AG is a Swiss company that provides energy and infrastructure solutions in the fields of electricity production, transmission, distribution, trading, and services. BKW has a strong focus on sustainability and innovation, and aims to increase the share of renewable energy sources and reduce CO2 emissions. In particular, BKW distributes electricity to one million people in our supply area via 22 000 km of lines and 185 000 grid connections. Also, over 9 000 photovoltaic installations are already feeding their surplus power into BKW’s grid.

Energinet is Denmark's TSO, i.e. the enterprise responsible for the operation of the transmission grid and the electricity and gas system in Denmark. Energinet's core service is security of supply; in other words, ensuring that the Danish population is supplied with electricity and gas now and in the future.