OPTIX – Optimising Positive- Energy Districts through Interoperable Digital Platforms

By integrating and managing renewable energy systems through digital platforms, the energy transition in urban areas can be optimized.

This is a CETP Project

Timeline: December 2024 – December 2027

Swedish coordinator: Märlardalen University

Contact: Amir Vaidee, amir.vadiee@mdu.se

Swedish Energy Agency’s project number: P2024-02859

Description

The goal of OPTIX is to optimize the energy transition in urban areas to promote Positive Energy Districts (PED) by utilizing interoperable digital platforms that integrate and manage renewable energy systems.

The project addresses the following challenges:

  1. Integration of renewable energy technologies such as solar cells, active solar shading, renewable heating and cooling, and energy storage.
  2. Digitalization of energy systems through digital twins, blockchain-based energy trading platforms, and AI to enhance energy management in buildings.
  3. Integration of cross-cutting dimensions (technical, social, and economic) by creating synergies with energy communities.
  4. Systematic implementation considerations, such as scalability, interoperability, and integration into existing or future systems.

A project within Clean Energy Transition Partnership, CETP

The project originates from the 2023 call within CETP, a multilateral and strategic partnership between national and regional research, development, and innovation programs in the EU Member States and associated countries. Its purpose is to promote and accelerate the energy transition and support the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan).

The Swedish Energy Agency finances the participation of the Swedish partners in the project: Mälardalen University, Linköping University and the company Sally R.

The project also include partners from Denmark, Ireland, Romania, Turkey and Austria.