News & Events

The STORY Project, present at the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum held in Barcelona

On the 4-6 of September, the 5th MGIF took place in Barcelona focusing on microgrid advances, case studies and applications in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Gabriel García-Naveda from CENER (Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables) gave an overview of the STORY project, showing the first results of the Spanish case study. A lithium-ion battery dedicated […]

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Second Advisory Board Meeting

On the 27th and the 28th of April 2017, the STORY project hosted its second Advisory Board Meeting. 20 STORY Advisory Board Members from across Europe convened in Leuven to engage with the STORY project team, representing critical players from across the energy value chain (production, utilities, consumers (industrial and residential), regulators, and finance). The […]

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5th STORY meeting in Genk, Belgium

The STORY consortium gathered to its fifth general meeting, which was hosted by VITO and Beneens. The two first days of the meeting took place in the premises of EnergyVille, located in Genk, Belgium. EnergyVille is an association of the Flemish research institutes KU Leuven, VITO, imec and UHasselt in the field of sustainable energy […]

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Second STORY workshop

28 participants from across Europe convened in Brussels to engage with the STORY team, to discuss the project’s preliminary analysis on innovative energy storage business models, explore the potential of three cases (UK Power Network, Sonnen, and the STORY residential demo site in Belgium), test their sensitivity to future evolutions in the energy market, and […]

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CENER representing STORY at Energy Storage Workshop in Dubai

Gabriel García from CENER presented STORY at the Energy Storage Workshop. The workshop took place in Dubai, 28th -29th of November 2016 and was organized by DEWA and CENER as Co-organisator. The event was set to address regional views on Energy Storage as a key component emerging in energy systems. Technology advancements were highlighted,  best practices of […]

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Official opening of the demonstration project of the company Beneens in Olen, Belgium

Beneens is an interior design and construction company based in Olen (Belgium), and a trendsetter in innovation and sustainability in the built environment. Beneens celebrated their 80th anniversary from 14-16 October this year by opening a brand-new nearly energy neutral office building and inaugurating a new waste wood energy plant. The new office building is […]

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STORY team meets in Hagen, Germany

In November 2016 the STORY consortium came together for the fourth work meeting in Hagen, Germany. Hosted by Enersys the project partners experienced intensive days of discussions about the current state of work. The whole STORY team had the opportunity to visit Enersys’ factory.

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Cener representing STORY at the Smart Grids Congress

Sindia Casado in representation of CENER, presented Story project and in particular, the Spanish demo simulation work. The congress took place in Madrid (Spain), 18th  and 19th  of October 2016. It is organized by Grupo TecmaRed and co-organized by FutuRed. Smart Grids Congress is the principal professional forum for smart grid sector in Spain. It is a […]

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STORY at Demand Response WS in Sustainable Places 2016 conference

The Sustainable Places 2016 conference (http://sustainable-places.eu/sp-2016/ ) took place on June 29th to July 1st, 2016 in Anglet, France. This year, the SP’16 event included 10 thematic sessions, 13 workshops, 6 scientific posters displayed, 2 special sessions, networking opportunities, and visits of local pilot sites for demonstrating innovative technologies being implemented. About 150 delegates, coming […]

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First Advisory Board Meeting

“The First STORY Advisory Board Meeting: Demonstrating and enabling multi-modal energy storage solutions” On Monday 6 June, STORY hosted its first Advisory Board meeting in Helsinki, bringing together 17 high-level participants from across the energy value chain, from generation to end-users, representing businesses (e.g. DSOs, renewable energy companies, start-ups, aggregators, etc.), civil society (consumer organisations), […]

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STORY team meets in Pamplona, Spain!

In April 2016 the STORY consortium came together for the third work meeting in Pamplona, Spain. CENER welcomed all project partners. Besides discussing the current state of work, the whole STORY team had the opportunity to visit Cener’s microgrid in Sanguesa and learn about the demonstration of the P2P SmarTest project, in which CENER is […]

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First STORY presentation in Austria at the 14th Symposium on Energy Innovation

Johanna Pucker and Heribert Vallant (JOANNEUM RESEARCH) presented STORY at the 14th Symposium on Energy Innovation in Austria. It was the first time the Horizon 2020 project STORY was presented in Austria. Johanna Pucker presented the main objectives of STORY and gave a short overview on the demonstration cases. Heribert Vallant described the supporting role […]

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