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LEONARDO

Flexibility services provision enabled from aggregated industrial prosumers

The LEONARDO project—flexibility services provision enabled from aggregated industrial prosumers—is dedicated to unlocking the untapped potential of industrial sectors as key contributors to EU energy flexibility. By aggregating industrial Demand-Side Flexibility (idsf) through advanced Energy Management Systems (emss) and creating a centralized Industrial Flexibility Knowledge Hub (IFKH), LEONARDO enables industries to actively participate in the energy transition while enhancing grid stability and reducing peak loads.
LEONARDO’s core concept is to optimize collaborative industrial demand flexibility by aggregating diverse EMSs within clusters of industries in close physical proximity. The project addresses interoperability challenges, enhances EMS functionalities, and evaluates the value of industrial flexibility solutions in real-life pilot environments. The IFKH acts as a one-stop shop for information and resources, including the FlexifyMyIndustry-Assistant, an industry-first tool that allows companies to assess their flexibility potential and validate access to various flexibility markets through standardized metrics.
Industrial demand-side flexibility represents a largely untapped resource in the EU. Through strategic deployment of iDSF, the industrial sector could reduce peak loads by 4.7%–7.1%, contributing to grid stability and the EU Green Deal objectives. Current progress is limited due to economic, regulatory, technological, organizational, behavioural, informational, and competence-related barriers—precisely the challenges LEONARDO aims to overcome.
The LEONARDO project, funded under the LIFE Programme, will implement and test its solutions across three pilot sites: Italy, Austria, and Bulgaria/Greece. Each pilot will serve as a living laboratory for EMS aggregation, iDSF functionalities, and industrial flexibility assessment tools.

The role of CEDIS Consorzio Elettrico di Storo Soc. Coop.
The Consorzio Elettrico di Storo (CEDIS) is a cooperative society founded in 1904, specializing in electricity production and distribution. It owns six hydroelectric plants with a total installed capacity of 5 MW and has been installing photovoltaic systems since 2009, reaching 3.6 MW. CEDIS owns an extensive distribution network, including a modern medium voltage substation connected to the national grid and 101 kilometers of 20 kV lines, with 53 kilometers insulated and underground. This network connects over 116 transformation substations. The low voltage network spans 200 kilometers and is almost entirely underground.
The role inside LEONARDO project is to provide and manage the electricity to the industrial cluster of Storo as DSO, that is the Italian pilot site of LEONARDO project.

The role of FBK
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) is the leader of the Storo pilot site (Italy), and leads the coordination of LEONARDO, managing project activities and developing the monitoring system to evaluate the impact of the project on pilot sites and industrial flexibility.

The Consortium
LEONARDO is implemented by a multidisciplinary consortium of 11 partners:
Research centers and academic partners:

Industrial and technology partners:

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More information:
Project Acronym: LIFE24-CET-LEONARDO
Project Name: flexibility services provision enabled from aggregated industrial prosumers
Funding programme: LIFE Programme
Call: LIFE-2024-CET
Topic: LIFE-2024-CET-BUSINESS
Type of action: LIFE-PJG
Service: CINEA/D/01
Project Coordinator: Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Starting date: 1 September 2025
Duration: 36 months
Project ID / Number: 101215528