Focused in Metropolitan Porto area,
across commercial buildings, energy communities, and residential users.
“Through HEDGE-IoT, the Portuguese demo is turning residenial users and commercial buildings into active players in the energy system, showing how digital tools can unlock flexibility and drive a more intelligent, connected, and sustainable grid.”
The Portuguese demo revolves around the EdgeConnect platform, which enables real-time coordination of flexibility services through integration with building and energy management systems (BEMS/EMS), smart meters, and PVs. Semantic adapters and interoperable data layers facilitate smooth communication between assets and stakeholders while digital twins are used to model flexible resources and predict system behavior, supporting multi-market participation and advanced demand-side flexibility activation.
The Portuguese demo showcases how digital platforms can connect residential users, commercial buildings and system operators to unlock the value of flexibility. By integrating edge intelligence, interoperable data, and smart asset orchestration, the pilot enables real-time coordination between consumers, aggregators, and grid operators.
The objective is to illustrate how local flexibility can be activated, valued within a market, and translated into direct benefits for users and system stability. The pilot demonstrates the potential of residential participants and commercial actors to play an active role in the energy transition through data-driven participation and collaboration.
