Flexible energy systems Leveraging the Optimal integration of EVs deployment Wave

Climate, Energy & MobilityHORIZON-RIAID: 101056730
EC Contribution
€98,736
Consortium Size
30 orgs
Start Year
2022
Summary

FLOW boosts and demonstrates multifaceted EV smart charging and V2X integration into energy systems thanks to a range of comprehensive solutions providing answers to the needs of all actors involved. These solutions include highly replicable user-centric products, concepts, configurations and mechanisms to optimise operation. Cross-sector harmonisation and standardisation is delivered to facilitate activities of stakeholders and EV users. Advanced interoperable solutions enhance planning, operation and assessment of EV charging for seamless integration into the energy system and identification of the most appropriate scenario based on a multi-criteria model, leveraging appropriate business models and tailored services. FLOW also delivers multi-actor orchestration to ensure data exchange and synchronisation across actors for VGI and EV flexibility services. These solutions are deployed in 5 demonstrations (including 2 testbeds and 3 large-scale demos) in CZ, IE, IT, DK, and ES covering a wide range of applications (e.g., V1G/V2B/V2H/V2G, public/private/semi-public, urban/rural/touristic, car/small- & medium commercial) to validate and quantify the benefits associated with enabling and valorising EV flexibility, alleviating grid challenges, and fostering mobility and energy decarbonization. Expected impacts include GHG emission reduction of 0.6MtCO2/y, grid reinforcement saving up to 1.3B€/country, increase local RES by 14% and avoid RES curtailment by 4TWh. The consortium includes 26 partners from 9 European countries covering the entire value chain, including OEM, technology providers, CPOs, aggregators, DSOs, TSO, ICT developers, RTOs experts in users, mobility, harmonisation, optimisation tools, energy integration and leveraging the networks of umbrella associations from the electromobility and the DSOs. These ensure replicability and scalability to foster the EV penetration trends, thanks also to comprehensive communication, dissemination and exploitation actions

Consortium (30)

Project Results (47)

Source: CORDIS, the EU research results database.

Publications (17)
Centralised Smart EV Charging in PV-Powered Parking Lots: A Techno-Economic Analysis
Smart Cities· 2025DOI
Mattia Secchi, Jan Martin Zepter, Mattia Marinelli
Centralised vehicle-to-grid smart charging supported by PV generation for power variance minimisation at the transformer: A user’s perspective analysis
eTransportation· 2025DOI
M. Secchi, D. Macii, G. Barchi, M. Marinelli
Leveraging gamification for V2X charging apps: Lessons learned from a long-term field test
· 2025
Kämpfe, B., & Zimmermann, J.
Multi-Objective Optimization for Bidirectional Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy· 2025DOI
István Bara, Gautham RAM Chandra Mouli, Pavol Bauer
PV-Powered Public Smart EV Charging in Denmark: A Feasibility Assessment
38th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition· 2025
Mattia Secchi, Jan Martin Zepter, Mattia Marinelli
SOC Profile Reconstruction from Residential EV Charging Data: An Optimisation-based Approach
· 2025
Mattia Secchi*, Ghaffar Yousefi
Synergizing Energy Management System and Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in a microgrid for a commercial building: A Case Study from EU project FLOW
2024 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE)· 2025DOI
Sergio Orlando, Leon Gritsyuk, Oleksij Chumak, Stefan Dan Costea
The integration of EV charging wallboxes with smart meters in the European market in 2025 - state of the art and future opportunities
· 2025
Andrea Cazzaniga*, Filippo Colzi, Michele Garau, Tesfaye Amare Zerihun, Josh Eichman, Antonio Pepiciello, Sara Vieira, Natalia Fano, Mattia Secchi, Mattia Marinelli, Aytug Yavuzer, Antonello Monti
Examining BEV Drivers’ Willingness to Share Personal Information in the Context of Smart Charging: Results of a Five-Month BEV Field Trail
Transportation Research Procedia· 2024DOI
Susen Döbelt, Madlen Günther, Bettina Kämpfe, Josef F. Krems
SoC Profile Reconstruction in Residential EV Charging: Assessing the Degradation of V1G and V2G in Denmark
RE&PQJ· 2024DOI
null M. Etxandi-Santolaya, null M. Secchi, null M. Marinelli, null L. Canals Casals, null C. Corchero, null J. Eichman
datafev—A Python framework for development and testing of management algorithms for electric vehicle charging infrastructures
Software impacts 100467 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.simpa.2023.100467· 2023DOI
Gümrükcü, Erdem; Ahmadifar, Amir; Yavuzer, Aytug; Ponci, Ferdinanda; Monti, Antonello
Diary-Based Evaluation of Bidirectional Electric Vehicle Charging in a Long-Term Study: Method and Insights
Transportation Research Procedia· 2023DOI
Bettina Kämpfe and Corinna Braun
Elektrofahrzeuge als Energiespeicher der Zukunft?
E-Mobility Magazin. Magazin des Behörden Spiegel für Infrastruktur, Fahrzeuge und Konzepte· 2023
Bettina Kämpfe und Madlen Günther
Enhancing the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations Based on Novel Fuzzy Integer Linear Programming
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems· 2023DOI
Shahid Hussain, Reyazur Rashid Irshad, Fabiano Pallonetto, Qasim Jan, Saurabh Shukla, Subhasis Thakur, John G. Breslin, Yun-Su Kim, Muhammad Ahmad Rathore, Hesham El-Sayed
EV mobility diffusion and future perspectives in the EU: results from the FLOW project
7th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium - Lyngby, Denmark· 2023DOI
Seccchi M., Eichman J., Ivanova A.
Hybrid coordination scheme based on fuzzy inference mechanism for residential charging of electric vehicles
Applied Energy· 2023DOI
Hussain, Shahid, Reyazur Rashid Irshad, Fabiano Pallonetto, Ihtisham Hussain, Zakir Hussain, Muhammad Tahir, Satheesh Abimannan, et al.
Vehicle-to-Grid and ancillary services: a profitability analysis under uncertainty*
22nd IFAC World Congress - IFAC-PapersOnLine· 2023DOI
Federico Bianchi; Alessandro Falsone; Riccardo Vignali
Deliverables (29)
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Other Results (1)
Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FLOW (Flexible energy systems Leveraging the Optimal integration of EVs deployment Wave)