Research

Driving Innovation with EU Funding

Every new energy product begins with a simple idea and a great effort on research and development.

Empowering Businesses Through R&D Excellence and Strategic Partnerships

Driven by a strong commitment to R&D, Smart Energy Lab continuously enhances its products and services to empower customers in optimizing their energy use and production, while innovating to meet the evolving demands of the energy market.

This dedication is evident from our success in securing EU funding for high-impact R& initiatives, such as EV4EU, Enershare, and REEFLEX.

Our leadership in consortiums stems from our deep expertise in product development and tailored demonstrations through our living lab, within Electric Mobility, Electrification, and Energy Management, complemented by our unique capacity to facilitate networking opportunities with renowned academia and industry leaders.

By partnering with us, your business can expand its product portfolio and drive strategic innovations in the energy sector.

Projects

Current R&D Projects

Smart Energy Lab is currently involved in several R&D projects funded by Horizon Europe.

EV4EU:

This project aims to implement bottom-up and user-centric Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) management strategies creating the conditions for electric vehicle mass deployment. Smart Energy Lab's main responsabilities are the development of an innovative V2G charging solution and the management of the workpackage focused on the integration of V2X solutions inside cities and societal adoption. The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program and involves 16 partners from 4 different EU countries.

Capabilities

CX
Engineering
SW Development
Business Analysis
Data Analysis

ENERSHARE:

A project that aims to develop a reference architecture for an European Energy Data Space that combines cloud security solutions with integrated digital security and global artificial intelligence and data exchange architectures. SEL is responsible for the data provision for all the Portuguese use-cases, based Living Energy Explorer’s data, and for the development of 2 new cross-sector services. This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program and involves 30 partners from 11 EU countries.

Capabilities

CX
Engineering
SW Development
Business Analysis
Data Analysis

REEFLEX:

The focus of this project is to create opportunities for SMEs and start-ups to enter the demand-side flexibility markets. Specifically, the project will develop a central interoperability platform and a catalogue of services with the capability of maximizing the flexibility of distributed energy resources while respecting the different end-user profiles. SEL is responsible for leveraging specific use-cases and solution inside Living Energy and testing its adaptability to the Portuguese context.  The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program and involves 27 partners from 12 EU countries.

Capabilities

CX
Engineering
SW Development
Business Analysis
Data Analysis

COMMUNITAS:

This project aims to deliver a Knowledge Base that will provide users with technical, administrative, and legal information on Energy Communities (EC), streamlining the creation and expansion of this concept. COMMUNITAS will also deliver an innovative set of tools - capitalizing on technologies such as IoT, Blockchain and Cloud Computing - to unlock citizens’ active participation in energy markets and communities. SEL’s role is to support the implementation of the Portuguese demo and the development of an EC management tool. The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program and involves 18 partners from 8 countries.

Capabilities

CX
Engineering
SW Development
Business Analysis
Data Analysis

Be.Neutral:

This project aims to create the first Carbon Neutral region in Europe with mobility products and services produced in Portugal. Smart Energy Lab’s role is focused on the design of a new charger for electric vehicles, assuming a key role in the product development process, pre-market user acceptance tests and industrialization. It aims to be cost efficient, but also to optimize the installation and maintenance processes while providing a seamless user experience. The project is funded by Portuguese PRR composed by 43 partners.

Capabilities

CX
Engineering
SW Development
Business Analysis
Data Analysis

Projects

Why Partner with us

Innovation-driven

Our dedicated research and development (R&D) team continually works to improve our existing products and develop new solutions that align with the evolving energy market.

Client-Focused

We prioritize the needs and expectations of our clients, offering personalized solutions that deliver tangible results.

Demonstration Capabilities

Our solutions are first implemented in Living Energy, a Living Lab fully dedicated to the energy sector.

Living energy

Real-World Demonstration in Our Living Lab

What is living energy

How it works

Living Energy is Smart Energy Lab's Living Lab, a real-life testing ground for innovative energy solutions. This unique platform allows us to test products and services with real end-users in a home environment, providing invaluable feedback and insights into customer needs and preferences. Living Energy offers a distinctive capability to validate the effectiveness of developed solutions—both services and products—before their market launch, ensuring they meet user expectations and perform optimally in real-world conditions.

The community of participants includes a pool of energy users with different behaviors, that will help unravel new market needs and create smart energy solutions that fit a wide range of users and contexts. In return, our participants are the first to test new energy technologies and innovative products, benefiting from energy savings.

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Partners

Our Main R&D Partners

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