LARGE-SCALE AI TESTING AND EXPERIMENTATION FACILITIES (TEF) FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR - ENERGYGUARD 1ST PLENARY MEETING
In June 2025, it took place the 1st plenary meeting of EnergyGuard project which was hosted by R&D Nester in Lisbon, Portugal.
The meeting addressed the design of the EnergyGuard platform, the integration of the TEF infrastructures with the EnergyGuard platform, the technical and legal architecture of the data management and AI testing framework.
These steps will be crucial to validate the robustness, trustworthiness, and regulatory compliance of AI technologies applied in energy systems.
R&D Nester coordinated the workshop on integration of TEFs into the EnergyGuard platform, as it leads the project work package delving with the EnergyGuard TEF pilot experiments and operations.
In the project, R&D Nester also leads the development and integration of the Digital Twin of a large-scale electricity gird with high shares of RES, as well as the pilot focused on testing, evaluation, and validation of AI solutions for smart grid operations.
The EnergyGuard project is funded by Horizon Europe and it joins 16 European partners. It aims to create an enabler of AI-supported energy sector solutions with a cost-effective, open testing experimentation facility that leverages Europe's greenest high-performance computing infrastructure, Meluxina.
The project brings together five European testing and experimentation facilities covering a large-scale electricity network with high shares of renewables, a microgrid with distributed energy resources, hydrogen testing platforms, a digital twin of a city's apartment buildings and a renewable energy community. It will enable AI testing of diverse renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, electrolysers, fuel cells and electric mobility via advanced digital twins along with assessment of cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.
At the end of the first day, a visit to the REN substation provided valuable insights into the real-world infrastructure.
More information:
EnergyGuard Project @
R&D Nester website