Funder: European Commission
Due Dates: March 31, 2027 (Full application, single-stage)
Funding Amounts: ~€10 million per project; total call budget €20 million; typically funds 2 projects; project duration and specifics set by proposal.
Summary: Supports large-scale validation and upscaling of advanced, sustainable AI tools and models for real-time operations and consumer empowerment in digital energy systems.
Key Information: Entities controlled by China are not eligible; open to EU and associated countries; single-stage application.
Description
This Horizon Europe Innovation Action funds projects aiming to validate and scale secure, energy- and resource-efficient open-source (including generative) AI tools and models for real-time grid and market monitoring, balancing, forecasting, and consumer empowerment in distributed energy systems. Projects should demonstrate integration with the digital spine and digital twin of the energy system, including consumer-facing energy-saving applications. Further objectives include prototyping and validating large-scale machine learning at edge nodes and federated systems using agent-based architectures, developing a governance framework for AI-powered digital energy systems, and ensuring compatibility with the Common European Energy Data Space and EU digitalisation initiatives. Collaboration with European standards organisations, open-source communities, and participation in the BRIDGE initiative are encouraged.
