TAURON has launched a microgrid, i.e. a small power grid that allows to guarantee, even in extreme situations, electricity supplies to consumers connected to it. The system launched in Bytom has wind capacity, photovoltaic panels and a stabilizing system with energy storage and a gas aggregate. It is the first functioning microgrid system in Poland. 

The microgrid launched on the site of the former Szombierki mine consists of two photovoltaic installations, five wind microturbines, gas aggregate, gas unit, energy storage and an innovative transformer station. Moreover, the installation will be equipped with security systems, a monitoring system, lighting and a weather station. Currently, the TAURON microgrid provides electricity to 54 households and covers an area of nine thousand square meters.

The heart of the entire installation is the Microgrid Management System that coordinates the work of all microgrid elements. It is also responsible for maintaining the energy balance and proper electricity parameters during off-grid operation, i.e. outside the power grid. In this way, the Microgrid Management System imitates the operation of the entire power system - with the difference that it is done locally, in the immediate vicinity of the microgrid generating sources.

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The Sixth Virtual Project meeting of GrEnFIn was supposed to be held in Munich, but due to the Covid pandemic has been split into two parts: one organized virtually and the other one in presence in Munich. The virtual part of the meeting took place on 10th and 11th of March, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Brussels Time). During the first day we had the chance to have an overview of the activities of the partners in the last months, with a focus on the ongoing pilot class, some validation activities and the current state of the project evaluation results. The second day we discussed instaed about the activities of the near future: the most important points have been the full immersion experience 2022 in Bertinoro and the dissemination and sustainability of the project.

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The article is a summary of MIWenergia’s work on European Projects during the last year, including 7 H2020 projects and one Erasmus+ Knowledge-Alliance – GrEnFIn and the next steps for the company related to innovation.

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The article is a summary of MIWenergia’s work on European Projects during the last year, including 7 H2020 projects and one Erasmus+ Knowledge-Alliance – GrEnFIn and the next steps for the company related to innovation.

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The GrEnFin (Green Energy Finance) project aims to design an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to educating so-called sustainable energy experts, who play a pivotal role in enterprises with regard to environmental protection and promotion of best practices for sustainable development.

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As part of the GrEnFIn Project, the University of Bologna will create a new international degree to support the green turn in the manufacturing world. 

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Sustainable Energy Expert: the importance of the figure that the GrEnFIn Project aims to create.

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One of the main outcomes of the GrEnFIn Project is to prepare people for a new profession: the Sustainable Energy Expert.

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The GrEnFIn Project aims to design experts to lead the low carbon turning point.

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The GrEnFIn Project aims to create the figure of the Sustainable Energy Expert to lead the low carbon turning point of the European companies.

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The GrEnFIn Project aims to create the figure of the Sustainable Energy Expert to lead the low carbon turning point.

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The GrEnFIn (Green Energy Finance) Project aims to design a new degree to become a "green" business expert.

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PHOENIX Project „Adapt-&-Play Holistic cOst-Effective and user-frieNdly Innovations with high replicability to upgrade smartness of eXisting buildings with legacy equipment“ (Horizon 2020 programme, grant agreement No 893079). Smart ways to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings:
Europe’s existing building stock needs an energy efficiency makeover that qualifies them to manage and optimise their energy consumption, production and storage. The EU-funded PHOENIX project will design the necessary hardware and software upgrades and make use of artificial intelligence technologies as well as edge/cloud computing methods to transform existing buildings into smart buildings. The many smart upgrades will be tested in in five different pilots across four EU member states: Ireland, Greece, Sweden and Spain. The project's key deliverable will be a portfolio of ICT solutions capable of providing intelligence to legacy systems and appliances in existing buildings.

The main objective of the University of Agriculture in Krakow as the institution of higher education is educating experts who would find employment in the widely understood food and forest economies and specialists in environmental protection. The University aims to prepare professionals able to meet the challenges of contemporary sustainable development based on ecological rules of management and utilisation of the Earth resources.

ACCEPT Project "Empowering communities in the energy transition" (Horizon 2020 programme, grant aggreement No 957781). The Core of ACCEPT is the concept of “energy communities” with the collective approach to bring citizens, local businesses and organizations together to produce and consume, locally generated, renewable energy. The EU-funded project intends to develop and deliver a digital toolbox, that allows such energy communities to offer innovative digital services to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, save energy in the users households and thus be able to reduce their electricity bill without compromising the quality of living, but ideally increasing the comfort in their homes through smart devices. In ACCEPT these developed tools will be demonstrated and validated in four pilot sites in Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland involving more than 3.000 people and 750 residences.

This is the website of the first Climate School at LMU, which took place in September 2021. The school was addressed to LMU students, and offered an interdisciplinary program on the issues posed by Climate Change with contributions from different areas, such as geography, law, economics, mathematics and social sciences. In total around 90 students took part at this school. The website was mainly used by students and lecturers taking part in the school.

The exchange link to the GrEnFIn portal has been added among the international projects among which Paris-Dauphine has partnerships. This page has many visitors among whom are researchers and master’s degree students. We are aiming to extend the description of the project on the website of Dauphine and add more details about the project once the reconstruction of the website is done.

The objective of SMEmPower Efficiency project is to “empower” SMEs to undergo energy audits and implement their recommendations, increasing their energy efficiency. SMEmPower Efficiency reaches out to staff from SMEs and energy professionals at all levels, to connect them and to provide them with common grounds and training opportunities. The project facilitates the implementation of real practical solutions, while tackling the communication and information barriers that stop SMEs and professionals from the energy improvements. On the web page of the SMEmPower Efficiency project is available a link to the project portal then all the users may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project.

EGO Energy is a partner in the GrEnFIn project. EGO Energy website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. Website visitors are customers, partners, professionals from the private sector, general public. Estimated visits are around 15.000 users each year. The visitors may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project

The description of GrEnFIn teaching is made on the website of the WU institute for ecological economics, accessible from the general page on teaching of the institute. It is mostly targeting students interested in following courses of programmes that the institute is organizing or taking part to. An average of 7.000 interested users visit each year WU website.

During the 11th edition of the Future of Education, International Conference held online (on a highly interactive e-Platform) on 1-2 July 2021, Elisabetta Delle Donne presented the GrEnFIn project describing the project aims and activities.The tweet provides a direct link to the project portal then all the users (partners, lecturers, associated partners and people interested in the project) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project.

The Fiction project has the aim to provide science teachers with the skills to use digital tools and strategies for teaching at secondary school level. On the web page of the Fiction project is available a link to the project portal then all the users (partners, lecturers, associated partners and people interested in the project) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project

VRsciT project aims to explore new approaches in educational tourism, such as 3D modelling together with 360º immersive VR environments, to build innovative virtual educational scenes.

On the web page of the VRsciT project is available a link to the project portal then all the users (partners, lecturers, associated partners and people interested in the project) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project

The Anthropocene project aims at preparing the European youth to new environment challenges brought about by two converging accelerations: an economic and a digital one, which are creating a new environment they need to be prepared to.

On the web page of the Anthropocene project is available a link to the project portal then all the users (partners, lecturers, associated partners and people interested in the project) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project

Birkbeck, University of London is one of the 14 founder partners of GrEnFin. It is UK no.1 evening university. Divided in two campuses, it is composed of 5 Schools and 19 departments. The website is targeted to provide information about the GrEnFin project to users from Universities, Associations, Public bodies, Schools and students.

The Cosy project has the aim of providing undergraduate students with competences on complex systems thinking and academic lecturers and managerial staff with knowledge, skills and tools for adapting their educational activities with a specific focus on sustainable development by integrating complex systemic thinking. On the web page of the Cosy project is available a link to the project portal then all the users (partners, lecturers, associated partners and people interested in the project) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project.

Pixel is partner in the GrEnFIn project. Pixel website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. Users from Universities, Associations, Public bodies, Training Agencies, Schools, participants in the International Conferences on Education and people interested in the seminars/masters visit Pixel website (estimated visits are around 12.000 users each year). They may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project.

JF Digital is a partner in the GrEnFIn project. JF Digital has a group of experts in business management and energy engineering, technical installations and audits, innovation and development projects, and technical team training for all energy areas. Promoting synergies between Education and Research Institutions, Energy Service Companies and Public Policy Makers is one of the pillars of the Company, allowing it to be at the forefront of the market, whether at national or European level. The website reaches about 980/ 1.000 visits per month. 

Erasmus+ "Greening Energy Market and Finance (GrEnFIn)"
A description translated into polish language follows the UE Katowice rules how to describe the projects that run at university. Visitors covers supervisory boards of higher education as well as accreditation bodies (around 50) – this page is mainly devoted to them however it is fully available.

UNIBO is the coordinator partner of the GrEnFIn project. UNIBO website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. Based in five campus (Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini), with a branch in Buenos Aires, the University of Bologna offers more than 200-degree programmes among its 32 Departments and 5 Schools, attended by almost 90.000 students. Users from Universities, Associations, Public bodies, Schools and students interested in the seminars/masters/ research projects visit UNIBO website and could learn more about the GrEnFIn project. 

Hera Group is partner in the GrEnFIn project. Hera Group website provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. Visitors and General Public (Hera Group employees, Customers, Associations, Training Agencies, Schools, Universities ecc..) interested that visit Hera Group website (estimated visits are around 2,1 million users each year) may now learn about and benefit from the GrEnFIn project

MIWenergia is partner in the GrEnFIn project. MIWenergia has a place on its website to inform about all of the R&D projects where the company is involved. General public (possible clients), current customers, commercial partners, press and stakeholders and users from R&D projects. The visits during last year reached 35.300 , those visitors may learn about the benefits of the GrEnFIn project. 

SPEED SA website users are professionals from the private sector, the public sector, municipal and regional authorities and general public. Details of the project are given in the news pages (in Greek & English languages) with regular news posts. The number of visitors for the last 12 month period was approximately 2.100

LMU is partner in the GrEnFIn project. The website of the working group “Financial Mathematics” at LMU provides information about the project together with a direct link to the Portal. Especially, we try to highlight the benefits of the project for students at LMU, which are namely the GrEnFIn summer schools, the pilot class and the planned Joint Master Degree. The website is of interest for all students of the Bachelor and Master Degree in “Financial Mathematics” at LMU as well as for researchers in this field. We use the website to announce and inform about current or future lectures and seminars, as well as to provide more information about the work going on in the research groups, i.e., publications and preprints.