Upgrid Project

The UPGRID project started in the beginning of 2015 under the H2020 program and is being developed by a European consortium, composed of 19 partners from 7 European countries: Spain, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, France and Norway. The project includes 4 demonstrators that are being deployed from April 2015 to June 2017 at Bilbao area in the North of Spain, Parque das Nações in Lisbon (Portugal), Åmål in Dalsland in the South of Sweden, and Gdynia in Pomeranian Region (Poland). The UPGRID is coordinated by Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica (Spain), and partners include INESC TEC (INESC Technology and Science), EDP Distribuição – Energia, Withus and NOS, in Portugal, Fundación Tecnalia, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ZIV, Asociación Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía and Ente Vasco de la Energía, in Spain, Energa Operator, Atende, Politechnika Gdanska and Instytut Energetykl, in Poland, Vattenfall Eldistribution, in Sweden, Imperial College London and General Electric, in the United Kingdom, Schneider Electric Industries, in France, and Powel, in Norway.