Project cooperation
Demonstration site for TRI1, TRI3, TRI4, TRI5 or TRI7
What does the Open Thor Living Lab have to offer you?
Author
Annick Vastiau
Project Manager
VITO / EnergyVille
Belgium
25 profile visitsPotential applicant for a funded RTDI project
My organisation
VITO (https://vito.be/en), the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Belgium) and member of knowledge centre EnergyVille (https://www.energyville.be/en). VITO is the largest Flemish technological research organization with a multi-disciplinary team working on sustainable solutions for different research domains like materials, energy and environment. VITO supplies innovative and high-quality solutions, whereby large and small companies can gain a competitive advantage, and advises industry and governments on determining their policy for the future.
The business unit Energy Technology focuses on “smart systems for intelligent energy networks” and has a proven track record on research, development and demonstration projects in the field of innovative energy technologies in general, and smart grids and the integration of Renewable Energy Sources in energy systems in particular. The technical expertise in this unit is organized in four complementary research domains: sustainable electrical energy devices; thermal energy systems; algorithms, modelling and optimization; and the energy market research domain.
In previous and ongoing projects, VITO developed and demonstrated its competence in power system and energy market modelling tools, grid management tools and associated software containing advanced algorithms and models. VITO/EnergyVille has also practical experience with hardware solutions (e.g. power electronic components) in both lab and real-environment, up to TRL 6/7.
VITO is continuously analysing the evolution of power systems and energy markets in order to analyse the impact of technological and new/adapted market design options while investigating potential new business models for smart grids.
About me
My organisation
VITO / EnergyVille
VITO is an independent Flemish research organisation in the area of cleantech and sustainable development. Our goal? To accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
The Open Thor Living lab is a story of many assets. It is a unique infrastructure environment where innovation comes to life, but also where governments, companies and citizens are actively involved to interact and exchange knowledge. Geographically, the Open Thor Living Lab is equally a unique location to stimulate and valorise initiatives. The Open Thor Living Lab includes the Thor science and business park, the New Texas social housing estate, the adjacent Waterschei garden suburbs, and the buildings and training complexes of KRC Genk. These areas each have a different context and challenges, but together form a valuable ecosystem of industrial companies, researchers, entrepreneurs, end users, citizens and governments to develop innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
Skills
- project management
- networking
Interests
- Living labs
- innovation
- Energy Markets
Additional questions
I am interested in the following CETPartnership thematic areas:
develop the optimised, integrated European net-zero emissions energy systemdevelop a pool of zero-emission power technologies and solutions based on Renewable Energy Sourcesprovide technological cleaner solutions for storage technologiesprovide technological cleaner solutions for hydrogen and renewable fuelsprovide enhanced and improved heating & cooling technologies and systemsdevelop and validate integrated regional and local energy systems, NoREST initiativeprovide solutions and technologies for buildings to become an active element in the energy system