Project title: «SMART Green Energy Systems and Business Models»

Project acronym: SMARTGYsum

Program: Horizon 2020 MSCA-ITN-2020 (Innovative Training Networks)

Project number: 955614

Project duration: 01.10.2021 – 30.09.2025

Project website: smartgysum.eu

Project Consortium:

• University of Extremadura (Spain)
• Aalborg University (Denmark)
• Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel (Germany)
• Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
• Universitá degli Studi di Salerno (Italy)
• CY Cergy Paris Université (France)
• Politechnika Gdanska (Poland)
• Politechnika Warszawska (Poland)
• Chernihiv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)
• Siemens Industry Software SAS France (France)
• Smart Energy Products and Services (Spain)
• Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie (Germany)
• Universitá Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy)
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

The SMARTGYsum project is implemented within the framework of the international Horizon 2020 programme and aims to train a new generation of researchers in the field of smart and green energy systems. The conceptual foundation of the project is based on Community Smart Grids (CSG) – an advanced digital and organizational platform designed to transform the energy sector by shifting from traditional energy consumption towards the active participation of all stakeholders in energy production, distribution, and management.

Within the project, over a period of 36 months, 15 early-stage researchers (PhD candidates) are being trained at leading European universities through interdisciplinary doctoral programmes covering power electronics, materials science, information and communication technologies (ICT), data science, energy market management, and the green economy.

General objective of the project: to drive the evolution of European Electric Energy Systems by integrating the knowledge on Power Electronics, Electric Engineering and Information and Communication Technology as well as their socio-economical aspects with the creation of new Businesses Models to cover the green economy energy requirements (sustainability, efficiency, reliability and manageability).

Main tasks of the project:

• Training PhD-students within newly developed PhD educational and research programmes at partner universities, focused on green energy systems and green energy business models.
• Development of new courses in English to be delivered at partner universities and within doctoral schools.
• Implementation of research projects in the following areas:
  • “Green and renewable sources of distributed power generation and energy storage”;
  • “Smart energy distribution, microgrids and networks of microgrids”;
  • “End users and ‘smart’ prosumers”;
  • “Models and management systems for the green economy.”

The long-term outcome of the SMARTGYsum project is to enhance the international competitiveness of Ukrainian universities, research institutions, and industrial enterprises, as well as to unlock the potential of early-career researchers for innovation and entrepreneurship within the European research and innovation area.

 Participation of Chernihiv Polytechnic National University:

Within the framework of the project, M. Azizi has been employed as a Junior Researcher, while simultaneously pursuing PhD studies in the specialty 141 “Electric Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics.” The topic of the dissertation research and individual research project is: “Energy Router for Hybrid Microgrids for Efficient and Robust Energy and Power Management.” The academic supervisors are PhD in technical sciences, associate professor O. Veligorskyi and PhD in technical sciences, associate professor O. Husev.

A course entitled “PCB Design Techniques for Power Electronic Devices to Ensure Reliability and Resilience” (1 ECTS credit) has been developed and presented at the Third Doctoral School of the project (Caparica, Portugal, July 6, 2023).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 955614.