Pilot and System demonstration Energy Transition through Efficient Optimization of Local Energy Resources
This pilot demonstration project scales up and replicates solutions for energy communities by optimizing local energy resources (solar PV, batteries, heat pumps, electric vehicles) through standardization, automation, and full digital integration. Building directly on the previous “Systemförändring med lokalt delad energi” project (2020-012650), it continues the successful pilots in Tamarinden (Örebro) and Hammarby Sjöstad (Stockholm) while expanding to additional districts and cities. The project develops technical platforms, market models, inclusive processes, and system-level evaluation to enable efficient local energy sharing, flexibility services, and reduced need for grid reinforcement delivering technical, economic, and social value in a robust and fossil-free energy system.
Background
Sweden’s energy transition requires increased flexibility, resilience, and local coordination to handle rising electrification while maintaining grid stability and security of supply. Energy communities can play a central role by coordinating local production, storage, and consumption. The earlier Energimyndigheten-funded project successfully established energy communities in Tamarinden (new-build area in Örebro) and Hammarby Sjöstad (existing urban area in Stockholm), demonstrating technical feasibility, organizational models, and initial system benefits. However, challenges remain in full digital integration and automation of energy resources, optimization across multiple resources and actors, market design, social inclusion, and replication across different building stocks and urban contexts. This continuation project addresses those challenges through large-scale system demonstration and scaling.
Aim and Objectives
The project aims to demonstrate the system-level benefits of efficient optimization of local energy resources within energy communities and to enable large-scale replication across Sweden. The main objectives are:
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Standardization and automation of digital integration and control of local energy resources in both new-build and existing buildings
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Development and testing of optimization models and market platforms for local energy sharing, flexibility services, and grid support
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Scaling and replication of energy community solutions to additional districts and cities, including adaptation to different building types and ownership models
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Analysis of social inclusion, justice, and user engagement to ensure equitable and broadly accepted energy communities
KTH leads key technical and system-level work, including modelling and optimization of local energy resources, digital twin development, techno-economic analysis, and evaluation of grid impacts and flexibility potential.
Project Partners
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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB (Coordinator)
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Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)
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Örebro kommun
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Örebrobostäder AB (ÖBO)
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Lunds Kommunala Fastighets AB (LKF)
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ViaEuropa
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Locallife Sweden
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ProptechOS AB
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Charge Node Europé AB
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Elbilio AB
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KTC Product AB
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Eghed Göteborg AB
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Charge Amps AB
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AmpSociety International AB
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Örebroporten Fastigheter AB
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E.ON Energidistribution Aktiebolag
Funding is provided by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) – Pilot and Demonstration call 2025-2.
Timeframe: March 2026 - December 2029
Keytags: Energy Communities, Local Energy Optimization, Digital Twins, Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Flexibility Services, Energy Sharing, Multi-Actor Systems, Grid Support, Smart Districts
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