Engineering Innovation in
Smart Energy & Utilities
The project aims to accelerate the commercial use of innovative energy efficiency solutions in data centers and the on-site integration of renewable energy sources.
Approach & Solution
Approach
The integration of renewable energy sources and self-consumption, as well as improvements in energy efficiency, have the potential to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of data centers. However, very few solutions, although tested in the laboratory, have been successfully exploited in operational data centers, due to technological fragmentation, excessive CAPEX and the lack of adequate business models.
CATALYST intends to address this challenge by transforming data centers into "multy-energy hubs", capable of supporting investments in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency thanks to the offer of flexibility services to smart grids (both electricity and heat).
CATALYST intends to address this challenge by transforming data centers into "multy-energy hubs", capable of supporting investments in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency thanks to the offer of flexibility services to smart grids (both electricity and heat).
Solution
CATALYST aims to identify an adaptable and holistic architectural framework for energy efficiency in data centers, creating a "follow the energy" mechanism to encourage energy consumption closer to generation sources and a safe and traceable migration of the IT load between geographically disjoint synergistic data centers, migrating the IT load to where backup power is available or heat generation is needed.
It also intends to define forecasting mechanisms to increase the resilience and security of energy supply and new "multi-carrier" market mechanisms (in the form of Marketplace as a Service) to support new business models and a secure and unified trading system. traceable, based on micro-contracts, for the migration of IT loads and energy (electricity / heat).
Engineering coordinates the project, is responsible for both administrative and technical management. The services offered by CATALYST were demonstrated at the “green” data center in Pont-Saint-Martin (pilot). The project has received co-funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme - Contract No. 768739.
It also intends to define forecasting mechanisms to increase the resilience and security of energy supply and new "multi-carrier" market mechanisms (in the form of Marketplace as a Service) to support new business models and a secure and unified trading system. traceable, based on micro-contracts, for the migration of IT loads and energy (electricity / heat).
Engineering coordinates the project, is responsible for both administrative and technical management. The services offered by CATALYST were demonstrated at the “green” data center in Pont-Saint-Martin (pilot). The project has received co-funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme - Contract No. 768739.
Results
High energy redundancy of its infrastructure
Flexibility, thermal and electrical
Energy exchange on a multi-commodity marketplace
Project value
Innovation
Enabling Technologies
AI & Advanced Analytics
Project Team
Research & Innovation
Engineering D.HUB