Joint calls for RDD transnational projects are planned for 2020 and for 2022. Projects are expected to contribute to designing, implementing and testing of technical and business services for energy systems and solutions, unleashing the potential of digitalisation for the energy transition. Projects are encouraged to include partners from infrastructure operators, local industries or communities and end-users in value chains from the local and regional, up to the European and global levels. Project teams should include innovative SMEs, start-ups and investors with a "digital” and close to market mindset, to develop scalable, customizable and replicable solutions. Research activities should include coordination and linking of living labs, facilitating the development and field-testing of prototypes, bringing innovative solutions from TRL4 to TRL7.
The calls will support RDD proposals on digitalization within fields such as big data, artificial intelligence, internet of things, data security and privacy, data ownership and digital resilience in the 4 Digitalisation of Energy Systems domains: Technical operation, Business operation, Market operation, Communication. Solutions developed and tested shall be modular and versatile so to allow for seamless integration and a high degree of interoperability.