Project: Renewable Energy and Load Flexibility in Industry

Acronym RELflex (Reference Number: 88878)
Duration 01/07/2018 - 31/12/2020
Project Topic The aim of the project RELflex is to develop, test and evaluate new solutions and applications for flexibility of energy-relevant industry processes at SMEs through dynamic management of controllable loads, generation of renewable energies as well as energy storages. RELflex focus on technical development of methods, algorithms, business models and applications for optimal usage of flexibility options in operation of Dynamic Energy Management Systems (DEMS) in industrial processes. Through different options, which are regional market dependent, like aggregation of reserve generation units, it is possible to offer new forms of flexibility for the power system operators. The economic potential and accesses to the market, which opens new business models for the stakeholders, will be identified. Technological and economic results will be fulfilled by socio-economic analysis of customers’ active participation readiness, acceptance, and benefit for the society and group of interest.
Network ERANet SmartGridPlus
Call ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus 3rd Joint Call

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
1 AGH University of Science and Technology Partner Poland
2 Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences Partner Germany
3 European Copper Institute Partner Poland
4 Arte Moebel GmbH Partner Germany
5 Pensjonat „Na Olczanskim Wierchu” Partner Poland
6 KODIS sp. z o.o. s.k Partner Poland
7 Helionat eG Observer Germany
8 ELSTA Sp. z o.o. Observer Poland
9 RS Group Observer Poland
10 Terma Bania Observer Poland
11 Bania Hotel Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. Observer Poland
12 Podhalanskie Public Utility Company Observer Poland
13 John Paul II Podhalanski Specialist Hospital Observer Poland
14 Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF Coordinator Germany