Schemes that underpin the decarbonization by maximizing the technical and economic viability of PV installations
E-BUSCO is an innovative project designed to help companies in Spain, Greece, and Italy integrate renewable energy more easily into their daily operations.
Through a collaborative approach and the use of advanced technologies, E-BUSCO addresses some of the biggest challenges faced by solar energy today, such as falling prices due to excess energy supply (energy cannibalization) and the limited utilization of available solar energy.
This project offers a solution to these challenges: cooperation between companies to share resources, such as energy storage, allowing for more efficient management of renewable energy production and consumption. Thanks to this approach, E-BUSCO improves the profitability of renewable energies without the need for expensive expansions to the electrical grid.
E-BUSCO will launch three Energy Cooperation Hubs (ECH) in Spain, Greece, and Italy, where 48 companies will participate in real energy cooperation activities, sharing resources and exploring new ways to manage energy flexibly. To support this process, three advanced digital tools will be developed, tailored to the specific needs of each hub: the Energy Sharing & Management Tool, the Decision Support Tool, and the Aggregation and Flexibility Tool.
Each hub will carry out energy assessments and flexibility audits to identify opportunities for efficiency and self-consumption in the companies.
Additionally, nine training and awareness sessions will be organized, three per ECH, to promote the adoption of cooperative practices. The project will also define operational models adapted to each hub, ensuring their sustainability and the potential for replication in other European territories.
Finally, a comprehensive plan for the exploitation and replication of the ECHs will be developed, along with viable business models and policy recommendations to facilitate their deployment at the European level. These results will contribute to making energy cooperation a key tool for a more efficient and sustainable energy transition in the European Union.
The Spanish Energy Cooperation Hub (ECH) will be developed in the agri-food sector of the Murcia region, through the ALIMER Group,agriculture and farming cooperative involving 1.750 small and medium farmers. It involves horticulturists, dairy, fresh and frozen product storage companies, livestock farms, etc.. This is a wide range of business within the group with different activity which makes it possible to promote their energy cooperation.
ALIMER counts with existing and planned photovoltaic generation assets, as well as many consumptions that have proved flexibility (irrigation pumps, feed mills, refrigeration system compressors, etc.). This sector is key for the energy transition and with high importance in the Region of Murcia, and will be supported by MIW, as energy retailer, Bamboo Energy as technology provider and ALIMER, an agriculture cooperative. Companies from the ALIMER group will participate at both the Advanced and Basic levels.