Register for the ETIP SNET & BRIDGE Key results and steps forward networking event!

On 20th June 2023, the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will host its “Key results and steps forward” networking event in Brussels at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) from 18:00 onwards. A networking walking dinner will follow a one-hour panel session.

Do not miss the opportunity to meet with numerous relevant stakeholders in the energy field and learn about the key results achieved over the past three years and the upcoming steps forward of the two European Commission’s (EC) initiatives.

The Event will be exclusively in person. Registration is required to participate.

The “ETIP SNET and BRIDGE - Key Results and steps forward” will take place on the evening of the first day of the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). Participants will be welcomed with an aperitif at 18.00, and by 18:30, a panel session will begin, followed by a networking walking dinner.

In the panel, speakers will present and discuss the main achievements of the two EC initiatives and their contribution to guiding Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) to support Europe’s energy transition. Moreover, you will have the unique opportunity to meet the BRIDGE projects responsible in the “EU BRIDGE Projects Corner” to exchange ideas, discover projects’ results and establish new synergies.

The panel session will be followed by a networking walking dinner across the restaurant of KBR and its beautiful terrace overlooking parts of Brussels city centre. One day away from the longest day of the year, this will be the perfect occasion to network and liaise with the vast community of energy experts part of the ETIP SNET and BRIDGE.

Save the date: 28-30 March, BRIDGE General Assembly

The BRIDGE Secretariat team is pleased to invite you to the 2023 BRIDGE General Assembly that will take place on 28, 29, and 30 March 2023.

This year the General Assembly will be a hybrid event that will be held on-site in Brussels (EC premises) and online with a remote connection link.

The reduced version of the agenda is available on the BRIDGE website, while the final version is being drafted and will be shared soon.

Registration is already full, but it is possible to sign up for the attendance list.

BRIDGE and ETIP SNET will attend EM-Power Europe

The ETIP SNET and BRIDGE will take part to the EM-Power Europe Conference, the International Exhibition for energy management and integrated energy solutions in Frankfurt from 13 to 16 June 2023.

The two EC initiatives will give a panel session and have a dedicated space where they will be joined by the nine BRIDGE projects below:

• Iflex: Intelligent Assistants for Flexibility Management;
• RESONANCE: Replicable and efficient solutions for optimal cross-sector energy management;
• GIFT: Geographic Island Flexibility;
• iPLUG;
• ebalance-plus;
• InterConnect;
• SENDER;
• RENergetic;
• FLEXIGRID.

Read the detailed description on the EM-Power Europe website.

Seven BRIDGE reports published

BRIDGE have released seven reports, available on the relevant section of the website.

Below is the full list:

• Annual Report 2021, Regulation Working Group;
• Exploration of citizen engagement methodologies in European R&I projects, Consumer & citizen engagement Working Group
• Guidelines for implementing Scalability and Replicability Assessment (SRA) methodology;
• Bridge Action #1 – Set up a use case repository 2.0, Data Management Working Group
• Bridge Action #2 – European (energy) data exchange reference architecture 2.0, Data Management Working Group
• Bridge Action #3 – Interoperability of flexibility assets – Version 2.0, Data Management Working Group
• Bridge Action #4 – Contribution from BRIDGE projects to standardisation, Data Management Working Group

60 new projects will soon join BRIDGE

In 2023, BRIDGE will grow!

This year, 60 new Horizon Europe-funded projects are joining the initiative. BRIDGE's expansion started at the end of last year and will be completed in early 2023.

BRIDGE Secretariat, under the supervision of DG Energy and CINEA, is currently in contact with the coordinators of these new projects for their integration process.

Most of these projects align with the BRIDGE classic themes "Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation", but, for the first, some of these projects will also cover new topics.

More information will be released soon, so stay tuned.