The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy by 2050, with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, decoupling economic growth from resource consumption, and ensuring inclusive policies that leave no one behind. Research and innovation play a key role in enabling technological advancements to reach the market through a fast-tracked innovation process aligned with the EU’s timeline. To accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reduction by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030, European Commission provides a series of research and innovation initiatives to improve the efficiency, competitiveness, and cost-effectiveness of the energy system.

The “Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy” (RISEnergy) project aims to promote a long-term and coordinated research initiative between leading private companies and research institutions within the EU by fostering European ecosystem to accelerate research and innovation (R&I) on renewable energy technologies.

This Project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101131793.

OFFIS Energy Labs, as one of 84 research infrastructures involved in a collaborative project across 9 European and 3 non-European countries (United States, Japan, and Canada). OFFIS Energy labs provide research infrastructure for transnational access to research in the field of smart energy systems with a particular focus on ICT-based solutions:

• Real-time simulation and emulation
• Hardware-in-the-loop (HiL), controller-hardware-in-the-loop (CHiL), and software-in-the-loop (SiL) testings  
• Co-simulation frameworks - particularly Mosaik for modeling of the cyber-physical energy system (CPES)
• Highly automated and secure operation including physical and/or virtualized operational technologies 
• Interoperability testing