Turning solar energy into community power

Digitalizing Community-Integrated PV Systems for Smart, Inclusive and Grid-Ready Energy Communities

Objectives That Matter

Digitalizing the PV Lifecycle

Enabling Smart Grid Readiness

Empowering Energy Communities

Unlocking Data-Driven Energy Services

Large-Scale Pilot Demonstrations

World map showing pilot locations
FRONT RUNNERS

Pilot - Italy

Validates PVSmile in a complex regulatory market through digital twins, AI optimisation and coordination between energy communities and grid actors.

EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Spain

Tests large-scale community PV, smart power electronics and data-driven services to strengthen grid interaction and energy sharing.

FRONT RUNNERS

Pilot - Greece

Demonstrates community-integrated PV systems with advanced digitalisation, smart grid control and inclusive governance in a real energy community.

EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Germany

Demonstrates advanced control and data services for community-owned PV in a mature, high-renewables energy market.

EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Slovenia

Evaluates lightweight digital solutions for small energy communities, supporting local coordination, autonomy and secure data use.

FRONT RUNNERS

Pilot - Portugal

Adapts PVSmile digital tools to local energy communities, focusing on PV monitoring, flexibility and user engagement.

Non-EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Türkiye

Assesses the applicability of PVSmile technologies and governance models in a non-EU regulatory and market context.

Non-EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Morocco

Tests community-integrated PV and digital solutions adapted to Mediterranean infrastructure and emerging energy markets.

Non-EU Early Adopter Pilots

Pilot - Tunisia

Explores the adaptability of PVSmile tools across climatic and regulatory conditions, strengthening local capacity and knowledge transfer.

PVSmile Services

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Smart Grid Readiness Index for Energy Communities

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AI/ML-based flexibility modelling services

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PV-centric Energy Data Space components

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Digital Twin solutions for community-grid coordination

News and Events

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CEVE and Coopérnico bring local stakeholders together for the Vale d’Este pilot in Portugal

As part of PVSmile’s work on stakeholder mapping and social gap analysis, CEVE – Cooperativa Eléctrica do Vale d’Este, together with Coopérnico – Cooperativa de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, organised a participatory session focused on the Vale d’Este pilot in Portugal.
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COSPES brings local voices together for stakeholder and social gap mapping in Spain 16 July 2026

On 16 July, Cooperativa Santperenca d’Energia Sostenible (COSPES) organised a participatory Stakeholder and Social Gap Analysis workshop at Institut Escola Josep Maria Xandri, contributing to the PVSmile project’s work on more inclusive and participatory energy communities.
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UrStrom engages local stakeholders in social gap mapping for the PVSmile project

On 16 April 2026, UrStrom organised a stakeholder and social gap analysis workshop at Café Vivo in Mainz, Germany, contributing to the PVSmile project’s work on inclusive and participatory energy communities.
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Meet the Partners

NTUA GREECE
INESC TEC PORTUGAL
ECOSERVEIS SPAIN
LA CORRIENTE SPAIN
ENGREEN ITALY
E-SYNERGY GREECE
ENGINEERING ITALY
WATT-IS PORTUGAL
CARTIF SPAIN
COM SENSUS SLOVENIA
CEVE PORTUGAL
BFP ITALY
GE4A NETHERLANDS
RWTH GERMANY
NTUA GREECE
INESC TEC PORTUGAL
ECOSERVEIS SPAIN
LA CORRIENTE SPAIN
ENGREEN ITALY
E-SYNERGY GREECE
ENGINEERING ITALY
WATT-IS PORTUGAL
CARTIF SPAIN
COM SENSUS SLOVENIA
CEVE PORTUGAL
BFP ITALY
GE4A NETHERLANDS
RWTH GERMANY
INESC ID PORTUGAL
MINOAN GREECE
HEDNO GREECE
ROMATRE ITALY
ARETI ITALY
COOPERNICO PORTUGAL
URSTROM GERMANY
PETROL SLOVENIA
RES4AFRICA ITALY
CLIV TURKEY
KAYSERI TURKEY
GEP MOROCCO
SES TUNISIA
INESC ID PORTUGAL
MINOAN GREECE
HEDNO GREECE
ROMATRE ITALY
ARETI ITALY
COOPERNICO PORTUGAL
URSTROM GERMANY
PETROL SLOVENIA
RES4AFRICA ITALY
CLIV TURKEY
KAYSERI TURKEY
GEP MOROCCO
SES TUNISIA
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