Standardisation Leveraging the Hourglass Approach On September 22nd, O-CEI partner Trialog will organize the "Standardization Leveraging the Hourglass approach" workshop at the AIOTI Days 2025 event in Madrid. The session will explore the widely adopted hourglass framework for promoting interoperability and scalability in technology. Moderated by Antonio Kung (Trialog), the discussion will focus on how...
Projects on edge cloud continuum On September 23rd, O-CEI will co-organize a workshop at the AIOTI Days 2025 conference in Madrid, Spain. The workshop, titled "Projects on edge cloud continuum," is a collaborative effort with the aerOS project. It aims to demonstrate how key results from the Meta OS cluster can be transferred to large-scale...
Our consortium partner, the Eclipse Foundation, will be organizing the Open-Source Community Day, a dynamic event that brings together open-source contributors, researchers, and innovators. Held in collaboration with EUCloudEdgeIoT.eu, this gathering provides a unique platform for EU-funded projects to connect with the open-source community, fostering collaboration and the exchange of ideas. O-CEI will be actively...
The O-CEI project will be represented at the IoT Tech Expo Europe 2025 in Amsterdam. Our Project Coordinator, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), will be at the event presenting the aerOS project. On that occasion, UPV will highlight O-CEI's potential to continue some of the foundational work initiated by the aerOS project. This is a...
Open Source and Standardisation Trialog, the Standardisation leader in O-CEI Horizon, is organizing a session on Open Source and Standardisation at the upcoming Open-Source Community Day. The session will be moderated by Antonio Kung (Trialog) and Rosaria Rossini (Eclipse Foundation). The discussion will highlight how open-source implementations and formal standards are crucial for the widespread...
Trialog will continue its “tour de force” in Madrid through the coordination of the Projects Exchanges Dissemination Event. Moderated by Antonio Kung, this session brings together several Horizon projects, including O-CEI, CEI-Sphere, COP-PILOT, Hedge-IoT, TwinEU, and LICORICE, to foster cross-project collaboration. The discussion will focus on two key topics: Synergies around the hourglass model: exploring...
Our partners from UPRC will attend the European Researchers’ Night in Greece on September 26, 2025. This exciting event, which promotes the value of research and science in over 400 European cities UPRC will introduce the O-CEI project to attendees and distribute project leaflets, giving the public a chance to learn more about our work....
Our partner, E-GAP, will participate in Busworld, the world's leading exhibition for the bus and coach industry. E-GAP will have a dedicated stand at the event, where they will feature O-CEI's marketing materials. Visitors can learn about our work through a dedicated poster and flyer, with a specific focus on Pilot 7's V2G technologies and...
O-CEI Partners Join the EU–Canada Digital Partnership Week on ICT Standardisation Starting on 14 October 2025, O-CEI Horizon partners are participating in the EU–Canada Digital Partnership Week on ICT Standardisation, a key event bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and standardisation experts to strengthen international cooperation on digital standards. O-CEI plays an active role during the...
On October 22, the O-CEI project will host a dedicated Special Session at the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) conference, highlighting the transformative potential of an open and federated IoT Edge/Cloud Continuum in enabling energy flexibility across sectors and borders. As energy systems evolve towards greater digitalisation and decarbonisation, coordination between distributed assets,...
The partners in Pilot 8 of the O-CEI Horizon project attended two important information events organized by the Smart Energy District (SED) Project, held in Fribourg on Thursday, October 30th, and Monday, November 3rd. Private households, both producers and consumers of electricity, are becoming major players in the new electricity system. To gather residents' opinions...
Digital Twins for Sustainable Travel and Living Communities. Focus on SDV: O-CEI showcase As the leader of O-CEI Pilot 2, ERTICO-ITS Europe presented the pilot at the Smart City Expo. The pilot aims to revolutionise urban mobility and sustainable living by developing smart, scalable, eco-friendly, and human-centric solutions for European cities. The project's vision aligns...
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
