Energy communities and digitalisation are at the heart of the EU’s enegy policy striving for a clean, decentralised, and flexible energy system. Digitalisation, however, with the exchange of large volumes of diverse data, is not without its barriers. The rise of local and peer-to-peer energy trading and flexibility services, pushes the need for better data management, open communication architectures and robust cybersecurity.
The recently published Open Letter, “Advancing data management in local energy trading: European policy, state-of-the-art, and real-world practice in FEDECOM and STUNNED” discusses the practical examples from the two projects and connects it with policy and theory to derive actionable insights.
It answers the question: how are contemporary European research projects operationalising best practices in data management for energy trading, and what lessons can be drawn to inform future research, innovation, and policy design?
The insights show that interoperability and open data governance can be done with today’s technologies, albeit with room for innovation in terms of scalability, cross-border harmonisation, and regulatory adaptation. The letter presents recommendations from the comparison of innovations in the two projects towards a pan-European energy data exchange and trading.
The paper is included in the Sustainable Places 2025 collection.
