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Haris Doukas, Assist. Prof. NTUA

Research Collaboration Specialist

Smart Energy Cities and EU GCC cooperation opportunities

Tuesday 31 July 2018

University of Kingston – Penrhyn Road

EU GCC CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY NETWORKJoin us: www.eugcc-cleanergy.net Contact us: [email protected]

Clean Energy as a win-win opportunity for both regions

GCC

EU

Among the world leading oil and gas producing and exporting countries;

Among the highest energy consumers (Among the highest CO2 footprint);

Recent developments created an exciting momentum for fast

development of the clean energy market in the GCC.

The world’s major importer of fossil fuels;

Is leading world climate change mitigation efforts;

Well-established interest to collaborate with the GCC countries in

effectively addressing clean energy issues.

WREC - 18 | UK | July 30- August 3, 2018

The EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network

acts as a catalyst to promote

and enhance clean energy co-operation between the two regions

PI/2015/370817

Funded by:

EU GCC CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY NETWORKJoin us: www.eugcc-cleanergy.net Contact us: [email protected]

The Network at a Glance

EU GCC Clean Energy Network

EU

GCC

Clean Energy Actors

EU and GCC

2010

Creation

2016

Phase II

Catalyst and facilitator for cooperation

on clean energy

Practical instrument for cooperation activities

in the area of clean energy technologies

Offices:

Brussels, Belgium

Abu Dhabi, UAE


Working Areas

WA1 Renewable Energy Sources

WA2 Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management

WA3 Clean Natural Gas

WA4 Electricity Interconnections and Market Integration

WA5 Carbon Capture and Storage


Stakeholders

Network Stakeholders

Governmental and policy making bodies

Energy utilities and regulators

Industry and commercial actors

Research institutions, academia

International/regional organisations

Industry associations

Energy experts


Services

Bridge Source Platform

Know-how transfer

Joint Publications/Studies

Joint Project Ideas and Proposals

Facilitation of Exchange of Researchers

Facilitation of Partnerships

Training events

Capacity building initiatives

Policy studies, technical papers

Best practices

Advanced website, e-resources

Working Area Meetings

Workshops

Conferences

e-Collaboration

Discussion Forum



Industry 4.0


Energy / facilities

managers, utilities and

energy consultancies

incl. energy agencies

Citizens, Buildings’

Occupants, etc.

The role of cities


Smart Energy Cities

The Cities are trying to become “smarter”,

incorporating these directions.

Oslo aims at reducing the energy consumption

by 50%, transforming the city into a smart city.

Smart Energy Cities are expected to play a key role in the implementation of

Europe 2020 Strategy.

Clear strategy towards sustainable energy development via binding targets till

2020 and beyond.

Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU), EU countries set up an energy

efficiency obligation schemes → energy companies have to achieve yearly

energy savings of 1.5% of annual sales to final consumers.

Smart metering and smart grids roll-out.


EU Perspective


EU Perspective

There are strong governmental programs for extended smart energy deployment.

A number of smart cities projects exist already and numerous new smart energy city

initiatives are planned for the near future.

Intelligent energy management within these smart cities is not yet well established

and respective systems are still in their infancy.


GCC Perspective

Monitor Deloitte (2015).

Smart cities…Not just the sum of its parts.


GCC Perspective

INCONET-GCC2 International Conference, 29 November, 2016.

Increasing EU and GCC R&I cooperation opportunities the field

of Energy / Smart Cities.

WREC 17, 4-5 December, 2016, workshop

was Clean Energy R&I Collaboration and

Funding Opportunities.


Network Milestones

May 9, 2017, TRANSCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

1st System Performance and Energy Efficiency event.

2017 Gulf Research Meeting, 1-4

August, University of Cambridge.

“Smart Cities in the Gulf: Current State,

Opportunities, and Challenges”.


Network Milestones

11th of April 2018, Dubai, UAE.

Panel Discussion: “Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Buildings”.

17 January 2018, WFES, Abu Dhabi.

“Intelligent Energy Management: An EU-GCC Cooperation

Opportunity”.

“An Advanced IoT-based System for Intelligent Energy Management in Buildings”, Sensors, 2018.

“Digitizing energy savings in sustainable smart cities: Introducing a virtual energy-currency approach”, IEEE

PerCom 2018 - International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications.

“Coordinated Frequency Control Strategy for an Islanded Microgrid with Demand Side Management

Capability”, IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion Paper, 2018.

“Tracking the performance of photovoltaic systems: a tool for minimising the risk of malfunctions and

deterioration”, IET Renewable Power Generation, 2018.

“From big data to smart energy services: An application for intelligent energy management”, Future

Generation Computer Systems, 2018.


Joint Publications

WORKSHOP Objectives

Analyse how IoT can be mostly used by energy / facility managers, Energy

Service Companies (ESCOs) and specialists, who take decisions based on the

information they get.

Investigate how citizens (energy end-users) can be included in a more efficient way

in this process.

Analyze the role that the EU GCC Clean Energy Technology Network could have

as a facilitator for successful synergies.


Open Questions

What does it take to have a smart energy city?

It’s more than gadgets?

What’s more important: Smart or Sustainable city?

What is better: having a Smart City or a Private life?


Smart Energy Management Systems for Households in the GCC Countries: Current

overview, challenges and opportunities

Dr Hanan Albuflasa, Assist. Prof., Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bahrain

From a power-based energy economy to peer-to-peer energy exchange in the local

economies network thanks to the new IoT mini-turbines in the blockchain 2.0

Tommaso Morbiato, R&D Head, Founder, CEO Windcity srl. Variable geometry for variable flows

Enrico Fusto, Founder and Lead of Strategy & Technology, Localflow

Future directions for cooling, EU and GCC innovations

Andrew Parker, Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management Convener of Network

WORKSHOP Structure


Join the Network!


www.eugcc-cleanergy.net [email protected]

Thank you for your attention!

What is your experience of smart energy cities in your region?

How can smart technologies support energy transformation towards

sustainability?

How can the energy managers and buildings' users get a deeper understanding

about their building's consumption and its impact?

How can the energy end-users be motivated towards behavioural change for

energy conservation?

Open Dialogue


Knowledge transfer though targeted events

e-Observatory - online information service aiming at providing and presenting, in an

organized manner, information material on clean energy developments in the GCC and

in the EU

Research cooperation – Joint publications, researchers exchange, summer schools,

Joint research on H2020

EU GCC virtual research lab on clean energy (labs with open source models,

systems, etc.).

Next Steps


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