On 10 September 2026, O-CEI Pilot 8 was presented at the Forum on AI and Citiverse: Building the foundations for interoperable and scalable urban innovation, held in Tampere, Finland, on 9–10 September. The Forum was co-organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN-Habitat and the City of Tampere. It brought together cities, governments, industry, academia,...
O-CEI Horizon will be represented at SEMANTiCS 2026 through the “Semantic Harness for Community-Centric Energy Flexibility: Boosting User Acceptance through Explainable Agentic AI” in the Practical Showcase (Practitioners Track). The work is framed within O-CEI Pilot 8 and builds on the contributions of SAIHAN4EF, one of the projects supported through the O-CEI Horizon 1st Open...
O-CEI Pilots 5 and 6 at the CEI-Sphere Webinar on Smart and Sustainable Agriculture On 17 September 2026, O-CEI Horizon Pilots 5 and 6 joined a CEI-Sphere webinar exploring how Cloud-Edge-IoT technologies can support smarter, more sustainable agricultural operations in real-world environments. As part of the webinar, O-CEI Pilot 5 presented how edge intelligence and...
O-CEI Pilot 5 will participate in EBDVF 2026 contributing to the session “From Agrifood Dataspaces to Real Business Value.” The pilot will present its business case, showcasing how Cloud-Edge-IoT technologies and trusted data-sharing approaches support innovation, deliver tangible operational outcomes and unlock new value creation opportunities for every actor along the agrifood sector.
Dr. Valerio Frascolla (Intel) presented “O-CEI: Cloud-Edge-IoT Coordination for European Energy Flexibility and Resilience” during the session “From AI for Energy to Energy for AI: Closing the Loop”, organised as part of the European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2026, held on 30 September 2026 in Galway, Ireland. The presentation introduced the O-CEI project and...
The O-CEI Horizon partners working on the sub-pilot 1.2 will give a presentation on “OpenCNC Unleashed: Deploying and Exploring an Open-Source TSN Control Plane” at the 11th TSNA/A Conference 2026. The presentation will highlight recent progress in OpenCNC, an open-source centralised Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) control plane, and its growing readiness for real-world deployment. Open-source tools...
VelesHack: Riding the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum Eclipse Foundation, O-CEI Horizon, CoGNETs, ENACT, and HYPER-AI will organize VelesHack: Riding the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum. The event will take place on 6-8 October 2026 at the Technical University of Valencia (Ciudad Politècnica de la Innovación) in a hybrid format (physical and online). It brings together students, developers, researchers, and tech...
On 7 October 2026, the CEI-Sphere workshop “Integration of Charging Stations in Fleet Management for V2G Services” will take place in Brussels, bringing together experts to discuss the evolution of charging infrastructure, smart charging, V2G/V2X and digital platforms for flexible fleet and energy management. O-CEI Pilot 3 will contribute to the workshop with a presentation...
Partners from O-CEI Pilot 7 will present the paper “Replay-Based Pilot Adaptation for OCPP Intrusion Detection under Domain Shift in EV Charging Infrastructure” at the 11th Future Technologies Conference 2026, taking place on 15–16 October 2026 in Berlin, Germany.
O-CEI Horizon is pleased to support the 3rd Edition of the ATHENA Workshop, organised by our consortium partner NCSRD / FRONT Research Group in the framework of IEEE CloudNet 2026, taking place from 19 to 21 October 2026 in Athens, Greece. ATHENA 2026 will bring together researchers, innovators, industry representatives, and technology providers to discuss...
O-CEI Open Call Winner to Present at the 25th International WWW/Internet 2026 Conference Partners from the O-CEI project SAIHAN4EF, winner of the 1st Open Call, will attend the 25th International WWW/Internet 2026 Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, to present their paper, “Semantic Harness for Energy Flexibility Agentic AI Platform.” The paper presents a semantic framework for...
O-CEI Open Call Winner under Pilot 7 to Present Research at IEEE CloudCom 2026 PinakashieldTech – AEGIS, the winner of the O-CEI 1st Open Call under Pilot 7, will participate in the 17th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2026), taking place on 28 October 2026 in Paris, France. During the...
Can you briefly introduce your company and what you do?
Advanced Microturbines Srl is an Italian deep-tech SME specialised in the development of compact microturbine technologies for energy recovery and self-powered monitoring systems. The company designs and manufactures high-efficiency microturbines from 50 W to 50 kW capable of converting pressure drops in gas and water networks into electricity, enabling autonomous power supply for IoT sensors and digital infrastructure. Its solutions support the digitalisation and sustainability of energy and industrial systems by transforming unused pressure energy into a reliable source of power for remote monitoring applications. By combining microturbine technology with smart IoT systems, we deliver innovative solutions that support smart infrastructure, improve energy efficiency, and enable decentralised energy systems.
What challenge are you addressing under the O-CEI Horizon’s first Open Call, and how is your proposal relevant to the challenge?
Our proposal addresses the challenge of enabling transparent, secure, and real-time management of energy flows in decentralised energy systems, particularly in emerging smart microgrids. As renewable generation becomes increasingly distributed, local energy communities require reliable mechanisms to measure, validate, and share energy data between multiple actors. However, current infrastructures often rely on centralised systems, not distributed ones.
The ENTRUST solution tackles this challenge by developing an edge-validated blockchain platform for energy transactions. The system integrates IoT metering, edge computing, and blockchain notarisation to create a distributed architecture capable of securely validating energy data close to where it is generated. This approach enables real-time, low-latency processing while ensuring data integrity and transparency through blockchain mechanisms.
By combining edge processing with blockchain-based verification, the proposed platform allows microgrid participants, including households, local producers, and community operators, to securely record and validate energy exchanges. This contributes directly to the goals of the O-CEI Horizon’s Open Call by supporting decentralised, trustworthy, and scalable digital infrastructures for energy communities and smart grids.
What is the expected impact of your proposal?
The expected impact of the proposal is the development of a secure and transparent operational layer for decentralised energy systems, enabling more efficient management of renewable energy within local microgrids.
Through the integration of IoT metering, edge computing, and blockchain notarisation, the ENTRUST platform allows energy transactions and operational data to be securely recorded, validated, and shared in real time. This improves transparency and trust among microgrid participants while ensuring the integrity of energy data used for operational decisions and potential energy trading mechanisms.
The project will demonstrate the solution in the Krk Island pilot, showing how local communities can manage renewable energy generation and consumption more effectively. By enabling tamper-proof data validation and automated smart-contract processes, the platform supports fair and auditable energy exchanges between producers, consumers, and community operators.
Beyond the pilot, the modular and scalable architecture of ENTRUST allows the platform to be replicated in other energy communities and distributed energy systems across Europe. In this way, the project contributes to the broader objectives of the European energy transition, supporting the integration of renewable energy, strengthening local energy resilience, and enabling new models of transparent and decentralised energy management aligned with EU climate and energy policies.
Company website: www.microturbines.it
