BD4NRG announces the 8 winners of the open call
The BD4NRG Open Call, launched at the end of 2022, received a total of 20 applications by applicants from 12 different EU and Associated countries. After a first eligibility check, all the applications were submitted to the full evaluation process, resulting in 8 proposals recommended for funding.
18 BD4NRG Consortium experts/evaluators participated in the evaluation procedure. The successful applicants, which are 8 SMEs, will soon start developing innovative services and tools enabled by the BD4NRG project! In fact, the project will support them during a 6-months period, granting each SME funding of up to €60k (equity-free funding) with free coaching and access to high-end infrastructure.
The main goal of the SMEs is to implement innovative solutions and prototypes under BD4NRG's three main pillars for Electricity Network Operation (BD4-NET), Distributed Energy Resources (BD4-DER), and Energy Efficiency in buildings (BD4-ENEF). The four topics of experimentation are:
- #1 Efficiency and reliability of electricity networks operation improvement
- #2 Optimisation of grid and distributed assets
- #3 Energy efficiency investments planning
- #4 Cross-Cutting Applications
The selected SMEs are:
- AutoDVC by FuVeX Civil SL in Tudela of Spain (Call Topic #1)
- MENTOR by NEURALIO AI P.C. from Thessaloniki/Greece (Call Topic #4)
- TRANSITION by DOMX PRIVATE COMPANY from Thessaloniki/Greece (Call Topic #3)
- Pro4RES by Inden from Ljubljana/Slovenia (Call Topic #2)
- DILIGENT by Nexlys Lda from Marinhais/ Portugal (Call Topic #4)
- 2I-REC by MAPS S.p.A. from Parma/Italy (Call Topic #2)
- LUCY4Cities by Nectaware S.r.l. from Rome/Italy (Call Topic #3)
- Home Flex – HFX by Digital4Grids from Paris/France (Call Topic #2)