The COPOWER project aims to develop a community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP) and a viable business model to support it in 5 communities of Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Faroe Islands.
What is a Virtual Power Plant?
11.06.2024
Reykjavik
Event
3rd COPOWER Partner Meeting & Thematic Seminar
The third partner meeting of the COPOWER project and an awareness-raising seminar takes place on the 11th and 12th of April 2024. The meeting and seminar takes place at University of Ireland's premises in Reykjavik (Iceland).
The partnership will discuss progress made to date and agree on activities and responsibilities for the next 6 months.
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Potential Software and Hardware Technologies for Virtual Power Plants
The COPOWER partnership assesses technology, tools, data and security resources in the participating partner regions.
News
29.04.2024
Energy generation and demand differences in North Europe
What are local energy generation, demand response and distributed energy resource assets available in each partner region?
News
28.02.2024
What is a Virtual Power Plant?
COPOWER project Icelandic partner Rúnar Unnþórsson explains the structure of a VPP and the role of the community to empower local energy management.
News
31.01.2024
"Raising awareness among citizens is a key problem in decision making"
COPOWER partners in Centria University of Applied Sciences involve students in the project.
News
15.12.2023
COPOWER partners progress on the co-design of the Virtual Power Plant
Technical details, software platform requirements, mapping of local distributed energy resources, tools, data and security.
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16.11.2023
COPOWER partners draw inspiration from Derry's successful Virtual Power Plant model
Derry City and Strabane District Council demonstrate an effective approach for optimizing energy usage, sharing their successful model with COPOWER partners.
News
26.06.2023
Transnational cooperation to exploit information technologies and link small energy systems
The COPOWER project partners start co-designing a community-based Virtual Power Plant model.