ECLIPSE Cypriot Pilot – Delivering Energy Insights to Consumers in Cyprus
ECLIPSE is a European project, funded in the context of DIGITAL EUROPE, aiming at creating an intelligent, flexible, and consumer-centered energy ecosystem using innovative digital solutions and services. Due to energy challenges facing the EU and the world, the ECLIPSE project encourages consumers to gain more insight into energy consumption, relevant information related to the current situation in the grid and on the market, and take part in the ongoing energy transformation. It is considered of major importance to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs, and lower greenhouse gas emissions, leveraging the Common European Reference Framework (CERF) to monitor and manage energy consumption. These actions will lead to technological maturity in the energy sector that will result in more sustainable usage patterns.
The Cypriot Pilot Site
About the pilot in Cyprus, an innovative demo is being developed under which all significant energy-related information is provided to customers via the TSO App. The Cypriot pilot is targeted at a residential environment with some small businesses among the pilot users. It aims at increasing the ability of consumers to be well-informed about various aspects of energy consumption and engaging them in the system via an appropriate TSO App, providing useful information such as grid statuses, production from renewable and non-renewable sources, prices, and general recommendations for energy efficiency.
Partners Involved
The development and implementation of the pilot is the joint effort of two entities, namely, TSOC and CINTECH SOLUTIONS. Specifically, the Cyprus Transmission System Operator (TSOC) is engaged in providing technical input to make it possible to create the app, by providing APIs, system information and data associated with grid status, faults, recommendations, and pricing. Meanwhile, CINTECH SOLUTIONS is a technology provider engaged in the technological guidance of the pilot, as well as in promotion and communication, and ensuring high visibility of the pilot’s progress and status.
Activities of the Cypriot Pilot site
The work of ECLIPSE is progressing as planned in all its activities related to the demonstration pilots. In Cyprus, the preparation of the pilot for its demonstration phase is currently underway.
In terms of technical implementation, now the Cypriot pilot enters the stage of app integration. Thus, access rights for ETRA development team have been obtained and APIs on grid status, recommendations and pricing have been developed. Now, these APIs are integrated into the TSO App. After successful integration, the application will be put through the testing procedure, aimed at verifying its interoperability, and the deployment of the app will take place after it.
At the very beginning, the pilot will be performed with a limited number of users, allowing collecting their feedback on the app’s functionality, message and notification systems, general UI, including company employees and other external users. They will use the app in order to test its functionalities and provide their feedback on it. Then, when the app is ready for deployment in full-scale demonstration.
The Cypriot team works on awareness and user engagement activities as well. One of these measures is preparing an online campaign and interactive online workshops, scheduled for early May, during which the TSO App and its key features will be presented to the audience and demonstrated. This activity is expected to be one of the ways to establish contact between the project team and pilot users, and encourage you all to use and download the application.
Next steps
For now, all focus is directed at conducting initial tests on the application and obtaining users’ feedback. Once the development process continues, the application will be publicly available among bigger groups of people, so that the benefits can be seen on both the Cyprus level and the ECLIPSE project level.
The Cypriot pilot is paving the way for a more connected energy future, where better information leads to smarter choices and stronger consumer participation.
To learn more about the ECLIPSE project, latest updates on the Cypriot pilot and its upcoming activities, visit:
https://eclipse-digital.eu/
https://tsoc.org.cy/
https://cintechsolutions.eu/
