Funding entity European Commission (Call: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-PI-ALL-INNO)
Participated by POLITECNICO DI MILANO, RWTH: RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, ZABALA BRUSSELS, UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, NTUA: NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, CIEMAT: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, EDSO SG: EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATORS FOR SMART GRIDS, NOVEL GROUP SARL, TU/e: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, GAIA: ASOCIACION DE INDUSTRIAS DE CONOCIMIENTO Y TECNOLOGIA, ICERT ANONYMI ETAIREIA, Escuelas Profesionales Padre Piquer, T&D EUROPE: ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE L´INDUSTRIE DES EQUIPEMENTS ET DES SERVICES DE TRANSMISSION ET, i-DE Redes eléctricas inteligentes S.A.U. (Grupo Iberdrola)
Power networks are critical for the integration of renewables and the electrification of energy consumption. Through digitalisation, power networks become Smart Grids, allowing demand flexibility services, distributed Energy Resources (DER), efficient operation, relevant savings in network investments, and the participation of consumers. Europe requires large investments in Smart Grids, particularly in educating the future workforce as well as providing lifelong learning services to the current employees (re-skilling and up-skilling).
The SG-SKILL project is focused on the training needs for Smart Grids, covering their full value chain (planning, design, supply, implementation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, commercialisation) and the adaptation of existing conventional networks in all voltage levels. Training needs address the diversity of job profiles required by the sector and all the corresponding educational levels, from VET to high-level education and research. The project also consider the new roles of consumers enabled by digital tools, allowing citizens and energy communities to profit from local renewable sources.
The three main objectives of the project are:
• Matching demand and supply of skills in the Smart Grids sector
• A systematic, replicable and scalable methodology to achieve and continuously update those skills
• A sustainable action plan (strategy or Blueprint) to keep applying the methodology beyond the scope of the project.
SG-SKILL is aligned with the Large-Scale Partnership on Digitalisation of the Energy System, launched in 2023 under the Pact for Skills, and built on the results of the Erasmus+ project EDDIE.
Layman's summary: The SG-SKILL project is focused on the training needs for Smart Grids, covering their full value chain (planning, design, supply, implementation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, commercialisation) and the adaptation of existing conventional networks in all voltage levels.
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