🧩 24 Ideas. 1 Future | @O_CEI_Horizon Open Call Winners

Introducing a winner today might feel like a prank, but this is no joke: their solution is as (EN)TRUST-able as it gets!
Advanced Microturbines is a Pilot 1 winner. Their ENTRUST solution combines IoT metering with blockchain to validate energy data in real time at the edge.

Result: secure, transparent, tamper-proof energy transactions for microgrids and energy communities.

📰 https://o-cei.eu/adv-microturbines/
🔎 https://o-cei.eu/use-cases-pilot-1/

#OpenCall

Between 30 Jun–1 Jul 2026, @EclipseFdn, #CEISphere, @O_CEI_Horizon, and @COP_PILOT_Horizon will organize Code the Continuum Hackathon.

The event will be hosted by the Università degli Studi di Cagliari.

Students, developers, and researchers are to tackle challenges in #Energy, #Mobility, and #Industry using open-source across the cloud–edge–IoT continuum.

✍️ Register: https://ceisphere.eu/events/code-continuum

📄 O-CEI: https://o-cei.eu/

#Hackathon #OpenSource #CloudEdgeIoT #Innovation #HorizonEurope

Our partners in O-CEI Horizon Pilot 8 attended last week's #BRIDGE GA in Brussels, joining EU projects and energy stakeholders to exchange on smart energy and citizen engagement.

Pilot 8 presented the work carried out on social acceptance, focusing on social engagement and the acceptability of energy flexibility in urban and tourist areas.

Learn more about Pilot 8: https://o-cei.eu/use-cases-pilot-8/

#EnergyTransition #SmartEnergy #Innovation #OCEI #HorizonEurope

🧩 24 Ideas. 1 Future | @O_CEI_Horizon Open Call Winners

Plegma Labs, winner under Pilot 1, is transforming household energy data into actionable intelligence.

Their ELEXIR solution uses edge-AI to enable device-level insights directly on residential gateways, protecting privacy while shifting demand toward renewable energy.

📰 Winner Interview: https://o-cei.eu/plegma-labs-elexir/
🔎 Pilot 1: https://o-cei.eu/use-cases-pilot-1/

24 Ideas. 1 Future. One by one

#EnergyTransition #Innovation #SmartGrid #HorizonEurope

🧩 24 Ideas. 1 Future | @O_CEI_Horizon Open Call Winners

We’re kicking off a new series spotlighting 24 winners driving Europe’s #CEI future.

We will start by introducing the winners who are addressing the challenges in Pilot 1.

Xilbi Sistemas de Informacion is developing SEDGE, enabling real-time, edge-based energy data processing for smarter decisions and more flexible, resilient systems. ⚡

📰 https://o-cei.eu/xilbi/

🔎 https://o-cei.eu/use-cases-pilot-1/

#OpenCall #CloudEdgeIoT #HorizonEurope

These days, @O_CEI_Horizon joins the 2nd AIOTI Workshop on Semantic Interoperability for Digital Twins (24–25 Mar, Frankfurt)

Our partners from Trialog & EDF lead sessions on reusable ontologies & semantic modelling, advancing Cloud–Edge–IoT interoperability across O-CEI pilots.

Read more: https://o-cei.eu/event/2nd-aioti-workshop-on-semantic-interoperability-for-digital-twins-on-march-24-and-25th/

#DigitalTwins #SemanticInteroperability #CloudEdgeIoT #Innovation #AIOTI #OCEI #HorizonEurope

Another @O_CEI_Horizon session at Open Community for Research 2026!

Trialog, the #Standardization Task leader for O-CEI, will present the #HourglassModel, a framework connecting ICT standards, tech & stakeholders to boost open-source value. Real cases, including one from O-CEI, insights & lessons for interoperable, scalable solutions will be shared.

Find more about this session: https://o-cei.eu/event/ocx-open-community-experience-2026-organized-by-eclipse-foundation/

#OpenSource #ICT #Interoperability #OCR2026 #DigitalEurope #Innovation

How can open source boost Europe’s #DigitalSovereignty?

On 23 April 2026, @O_CEI_Horizon joins Open Community for Research 2026.

🔹 Rolf Riemenschneider (EC) will share the policy perspective on building a sovereign European software stack
🔹 Ignacio Lacalle Úbeda (UPV) will present O-CEI’s marketplace, blueprints & platform enabling interoperable Cloud–Edge–IoT services.

📍 11:00–14:15 CET | Brussels
✍️ Find more and register: https://www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/open-community-for-research-1

#HorizonEurope #OpenSource

⚡ How can digital platforms transform energy grid management?

Tomorrow, Schneider Electric, @O_CEI_Horizon's partner in Pilot 4, hosts a webinar on its One Digital Grid Platform and its role in the O-CEI Smart Port pilot in Malta — enabling smarter, data-driven energy management across the grid.

👇Join the webinar
🔗https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3467627172517?p=kKJicxM8xvdjfqWnAx

#Energy #SmartGrid #DigitalGrid #CloudEdgeIoT #EnergyTransition #HorizonEurope