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by EDDIE

Great news - on November 8th Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement on eID. We take the chance to highlight the importance of this step and the role of identification and authentication as a very important pillar on the way to a digital single market and an integrated participative energy system.

More and more new market roles are using electronic services and data communication related to the energy networks. Energy service providers other European countries, energy communities and other organizations need to participate in energy market communication in order to fulfill their responsibilities. Increasingly complex tasks have to be performed simultaneously by different energy industry institutions and applications. Each of these systems faces the challenge of identifying these actors - natural persons as well as companies - reliably and securely. In addition, under European law, it is mandatory to make it available to authorized third parties from other member states.

Project EDDIE Team takes these recent developments as a trigger to highlight the importance and the potential of EIDAS/eIDs for a participative and digital energy landscape. We recommend data-sharing infrastructure operators to take a closer look into the benefits of integrating eID as a means for identifying and authenticating final customers and market parties.

© EUSEW

by EDDIE

During European Sustainable Energy Week, Laurent Schmitt, the Head of Utilities & European Developments at dcbel had the opportunity to conduct an interview. He enthusiastically shared the captivating vision driving Project EDDIE.

Schmitt, a dedicated advocate for sustainable energy solutions, unveiled the practical approach embraced by the EDDIE team as they strive to access vital data for their groundbreaking project. At its core, EDDIE envisions itself as a decentralized, distributed, and open-source data ecosystem for energy information. Schmitt clarified, "Our journey begins with a pragmatic choice... starting with readily available data, specifically smart metering data."

Watch the entire interview under the link.

© European Commission Digital Strategy. (2023). Energy and Flexibility: Data Models and Interoperability Across Sectors

by EDDIE

In today's rapidly evolving energy landscape, the efficient management and utilization of data plays a crucial role in driving the transition towards sustainable and flexible energy systems. The European Commission has been at the forefront of promoting digitalization and interoperability across sectors to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources, demand response mechanisms, and grid flexibility. EDDIE’s consortium partner Digital4Grids published a landscape report "Energy and Flexibility: Data Models and Interoperability Across Sectors", delving into the challenges and opportunities associated with data exchange and integration across various sectors of the energy system. The document provides valuable insights into the current state of data models, interoperability frameworks, and regulatory initiatives aimed at enhancing energy system flexibility.

© UK Government Policy Paper: Digitalising our energy system for net zero: strategy and action plan: strategy and action plan

by EDDIE

The appeal of decentralised approaches to structure energy generation, delivery networks, and consumption to scholars and practitioners has grown in the past 20-30 years. A European, decentralised, and open-source energy data space solution such as EDDIE fits into this trend. In the following we outline our initial views and related economic concepts related to this perspective. Source for the image on the left is a visualisation of the problem area provided in UK's Strategy and Action Plan Digitalising our energy system for net zero.

by EDDIE

The establishment of a Data Space is by nature an inter-disciplinary and market role spanning effort. Therefore, it is important to combine the expertise of the most relevant stakeholder groups when preparing its grounds. These are (a) final customers, (b) parties eligible to access data, (c) data-sharing infrastructure operators, (d) organisations for implementation, (e) standardisation experts, (f) scientists and (g) European experts. Read this article for detailed information on the team.

by EDDIE

In order to establish a reliable and credible focal point for developments in European data access, and to be a basis for future extensions, it is vital to provide good “coverage” across the union from the very start of a European Distributed Data Interface for Energy (EDDIE). Thus, in the construction of the consortium, a strong focus was on getting aboard the most relevant data-sharing infrastructure operators, featuring data access to a large number of metering points and expertise to how to access interfaces of smart meters right from the start. Also, it was considered very important to have infrastructures from MSs representing diverse data management approaches (centralised, decentralised, hybrid, etc.) aboard to ensure hands-on expertise and integration support.

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