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Hybrid AI-Control Framework for a next-generation grid-scale energy storage and system integration

Funds development of a hybrid AI-control and digital-twin system for proactive, market-integrated grid-scale energy storage.

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Costs are paid as a fixed lump sum rather than reimbursed actual spending, under the Commission's decision authorising lump-sum contributions in Horizon Europe. Award criteria, scoring and evaluation thresholds are not published on the topic page itself: they sit in Annex D of the Work Programme's General Annexes, with the submission, evaluation and grant-agreement timeline in Annex F. Any project…

The Commission wants an integrated system combining grid-scale energy storage with a hybrid AI control mechanism inside a digital twin, enabling proactive management of storage and flexibility assets and seamless integration with grids, markets and offshore systems where relevant. It wants proposals to demonstrate real-time optimal dispatch, ancillary services and storage cycling, plus a scalable framework for cross-border operability.

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Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€14M

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