Updated on 8 October 2026
Pilot City Partner: Buca Municipality (Izmir, Turkey) – DUT Call 2026 PED Topic 3
Project Specialist at Buca Municipality
İzmir, Türkiye
About
Buca Municipality is interested in joining international consortiums as a pilot city partner under the DUT Call 2026 – PED Topic 3: Sustainable PEDs, flexibility in energy systems, and integrated technologies.
With a population of over 500,000, Buca has a diverse urban structure, including high-density residential, historic and agricultural areas, providing a suitable real-world environment for testing innovative urban energy solutions.
Buca Municipality has a planned 1,190 kWp rooftop solar PV project at the Betontaş Covered Market Hall and Çamlıkule Municipal Service Facility. Grid connection capacity and the necessary administrative approvals have already been secured, while the solar systems have not yet been installed.
We are interested in working with international partners to explore solutions such as AI-based energy management, energy forecasting, energy flexibility, storage, digital energy management and integrated energy systems within a municipal pilot context.
We are open to joining an existing consortium or developing a project concept together with interested partners.
Topic
- PED Topic 3: Sustainable PEDs, flexibility in energy systems, and integrated technologies
Type
- Looking for partners to join a project
- Looking to join a project
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Partner Search – AI-Powered Urban Digital Twin for Positive Energy Districts
- Looking for partners to join a project
- PED Topic 2: PED solutions in private housing across different urban contexts
- PED Topic 3: Sustainable PEDs, flexibility in energy systems, and integrated technologies
EBUBEKİR KAYA
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Software Development at CEKA YAZILIM ARAŞTIRMA GELİŞTİRME MÜHENDİSLİK BİLGİSAYAR ELEKTRİK ELEKTRONİK ENDÜSTRİYEL OTOMASYON SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ
Nevşehir, Türkiye
Project cooperation
- Looking to join a project
- Looking for partners to join a project
- PED Topic 2: PED solutions in private housing across different urban contexts
- PED Topic 3: Sustainable PEDs, flexibility in energy systems, and integrated technologies
Anna Heikkilä
Researcher, special advisor at Turku University of Applied Science
Turku, Finland
Project cooperation
Buca Municipality is seeking collaboration for the HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-03 call
Ceren Çifçi Tokmakoğlu
Project Specialist at Buca Municipality
İzmir, Türkiye