BUS2GREEN consortium consists of complementary partners, gathering all the necessary research, development and technical expertise in energy harvesting at vehicles, energy management & smart technologies, power electronics, systems development & installation, business planning and implementation. In this context, partners’ roles are the following ones:
Project Promoter: Indigital SA Technology & Media Intelligence, country: Greece
InDigital SA Technology & Media Intelligence was established in 2000. It is a Greek information technology solution services provider. InDigital’s experienced IT and technical professionals offer clients services in the field of IT project based solutions, IT system maintenance, IT system platforms, pioneering technology applications combining Neural Network and Machine Learning techniques. InDigital’s mission is to provide state of the art IT technology solutions and make life easier and safer.
Indigital has recently focused on projects related to Public Road Transportations by participating in the joint venture of the upcoming 40M project: “Digital Transformation, Telematics and Unified Automatic Toll Collection System (OSETH)”. Indigital is one of the 3 companies of the joint venture that earned the project-to-be-signed with an estimated budget around 15M Euros.
The company has invested more than € 5,000,000 in the Research & Development sector since its establishment, in order to develop smart IT solutions enhanced with highly sophisticated AI systems, covering all potential needs of its clients. Its privately-owned 1,000m2 facilities in Vrilissia, Attica are currently one of the most up-to-date data centers in Greece with a volume of data reaching 1 Peta.
Indigital has a long history in providing Data Mining solutions with a vast portfolio of applications and services (OCR, Speech-to-Text, Video Analysis, Logo Detection, 3D & Augmented Reality). Moreover, the company has an extensive project catalogue related to Information Systems and Analytics for both Public and Private Sector (with a total project budget over 25M €).
Key projects:
- Digital Transformation, Telematics and Unified Automatic Toll Collection System (OSETH)” (dedicated budget 15M €): Telematic Services and systems, public document and workflow digital management system & Toll Collection System.
- Government Document and Workflow Management System (budget: 13.5M €): Development of public document and workflow digital management system using remote digital signature internationally accepted procedures.
- Greek Football Digital Transformation using high technology – VAR (budget: 10M €). Project for the Ministry of Digital Governance
- Development of digital infrastructure for Asylum services (platform & services) (budget: 1.2M €). Project for the Ministry of Migration & Asylum
Infrastructure:
InDigital is housed in a privately-owned office building of a total area of 981.77 sqm, located at 31 Dirfis Street, in the area of Vrilissia, Attica. This office building is located in the ‘Patima’ area within the boundaries of the Municipality of Vrilissia and is about 500m away from Pentelis Avenue. The premises include three building levels (ground floor, 1st floor and loft – 1st floor attic) and two basements. Moreover:
- Data Center with more than 100 servers and a capacity that reaches 1 Peta.
- 4 different Internet lines, two leases (100MBps & 4 MBps) as well as two backup DSLs.
- 100 Workstations
- Ultra-modern and fully equipped digitation workshop.
- The facilities have the most widespread safety standards, such as, security alarm, automatic fire extinguishing, full backup system, central 30-minute UPS for the proper general functionality of the building and a central oil generator.
- Specially configured and equipped studio used for photographing objects for their 3D digitization.
Project Partner: Dimosthenes Stampas & SIA EE – PowerSales, country: Greece
PowerSales is a fast-growing company with new ideas. Its creators come from the field of sales and technical support of energy conversion and storage systems, with significant technical and commercial experience. Due to the increase of the needs for power supply systems, in combination with the absence of a similar approach, PowerSales aims at making possible to supply the following products and services to its users:
- Services Selection of power supply system for a given application / use.
- Dimensioning and selection of batteries depending on the application and use.
- Selection and dimensioning of Battery chargers depending on the application as well as automatic battery management, monitoring and control systems.
- Installations of power supply systems and delivery tests according to Greek, European and international standards.
- Preventive and remedial maintenance of power supply systems (AC / AC UPSs, DC / DC UPSs, DC / DC converters, industrial batteries etc.), installed by our company at the simple call of our customer or through a maintenance contract.
- Maintenance of industrial batteries, fault diagnosis, repair and life expectancy.
- Battery autonomy tests using portable advanced microcomputer-based controls as well as test loads. Reports with specific measurements, requirements and suggestions along with clear instructions for improvements, are delivered to the user.
- Technical inspections, inspections and repairs of customers’ power supply systems.
- Technical advice and suggestions for improvements to existing or systems to be purchased.
In addition, PowerSales has started cooperation with reputable manufacturers in the field of power supply systems such as EATON – Powerware, the Finnish group Efore PLC as well as the Finnish PowerNet and the German MGV Stromversorgungen and it can offer state of the art solutions for: AC / DC power supplies /converters, DC stabilizers / DC / DC converters, Battery chargers, DC / AC Converters (Inverters), AC / AC UPS, DC / DC UPS, and AC / DC UPS. Moreover, PowerSales designs and develops sophisticated power supply systems with or without autonomy (batteries), fully compatible with National, European and International standards, focusing on the sectors of Telecommunications, Industry, Medical equipment, Laboratory instruments, for Military applications as well as renewable energy systems. Last but not least, PowerSales is an official partner of all major European manufacturers of Industrial Batteries, offering turn-key solutions for industrial battery systems (commissioning, installation, start-up and technical support of battery systems, battery monitoring and control systems). These systems are state-of-the-art, based on microcomputer technology and are now widely used in critical applications.
In the frame of BUS2GREEN project, PowerSales shall undertake the prototyping and the early commercialization of the proposed concept (complete system design, commissioning of the components and spare parts, development of necessary hardware for monitoring, control and energy management implementation).
Project Partner: Research Group of Power Electronics at Democritus University of Thrace (PEL@DUTH), country: Greece
Research Group of Power Electronics at Democritus University of Thrace (PEL@DUTH) was established in 2013, with the main objectives of improving the level of training and research in Power Electronics and disseminating their applications in industry, transport, green & sustainable development. In this context, PEL@DUTH has been involved in some major transport electrification and energy saving projects, regarding the All-Electric Aircraft Concept (Clean Sky RENERGISE and THERMICOOL Projects, and MICROGRAV project), the All-Electric Ship Concept (ECOMARINE, RECOMAR, and THALES-DEFKALION projects), and the energy saving in vertical transportation means (KLEEMANN-LESS project). Moreover, it has been involved in numerous research projects regarding smart energy applications (ASPiDA, ENAVEPHOT, SMART LIGHTING, and SMART NEIGHBORHOODS projects) and renewable energy exploitation (DGRES and DGRES-Pro projects, SMARTPV, Multi-Island, and ACTIVATE projects). The level of PEL@DUTH collaborations with the Industrial sector is highly developed, with a significant number of participations in collaborative Research Programs, Postgraduate Internship positions, and students’ Industrial Practice Programs. In summary, during the last 5-years period PEL@DUTH has been involved in more than 20 research projects which are related to the technologies that are going to be developed in BUS2GREEN project, funded by National and EU funds, as well as by private funds, with a total budget of more than 12 M€, transferring its technology expertise in the fields of Power Electronics and their Applications in More Electric Transportations, Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Saving, to its Industrial & Business Collaborators. In this context, 3 University Professors (Prof. Nick Papanikolaou being the leader), 3 Post-Doc Collaborators and 7 PhD Students are the main PEL@DUTH members, whereas more than 15 MSc Students and 30 Students have participated and developed their skills in those research projects.
In the frame of BUS2GREEN project, PEL&DUTH shall support the proposed business plan by providing the necessary technology transfer (in terms of modeling, simulation and design of Waste Heat Recovery and Photovoltaic systems for transportation, as well as Piezoelectrics, battery units and Energy Management Strategies) to the Project Partners. Hence, it will undertake Activities: A) Theoretical analysis, economic and environmental assessment and modeling of the individual Energy Harvesting / Recovery Units, and B) Modeling of the overall system and development of the energy management algorithm, under the lead of Indigital (R&D Subcontract).