OPENTUNITY is proud to participate in the BRIDGE General Assembly 2025, an essential gathering that brings together key players from EU-funded projects in the fields of smart grids, energy storage, islands, and digitalization. This annual event serves as a platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and strategic alignment to accelerate the European energy transition.

What is BRIDGE?

BRIDGE is an initiative by the European Commission that unites Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects working on smart grids, demand response, energy communities, and digitalization. By fostering collaboration between projects, BRIDGE helps create a coherent regulatory, technical, and market framework that supports innovation and integration across the European energy landscape.

Through dedicated working groups and task forces, BRIDGE facilitates discussion on key topics such as:

• Regulatory framework for new market models.
• Data management and interoperability in digitalized energy systems.
• Business models for flexibility and storage services.
• Consumer and citizen engagement strategies.

The BRIDGE General Assembly: Objectives and Key Discussions

The BRIDGE General Assembly is a key event that brings together all participating projects to:

• Share project results and best practices.
• Discuss policy and regulatory developments impacting the energy transition.
• Align efforts across projects to maximize impact.
• Identify synergies between different initiatives.

This year’s assembly focused on scaling up innovative solutions and reinforcing the role of digitalization and flexibility markets in achieving Europe’s clean energy goals.

Why OPENTUNITY’s Participation Matters

OPENTUNITY is committed to contributing to BRIDGE by sharing insights from our work on flexibility markets, data-driven grid management, and citizen engagement. Our participation allows us to:

• Showcase how OPENTUNITY innovations support DSO-TSO coordination and local flexibility markets.
• Exchange expertise on interoperability, data spaces, and digital energy platforms.
• Strengthen partnerships with other EU-funded projects and stakeholders.
• Influence the policy and regulatory discussions shaping the future of the European energy system.

Looking ahead

Engagement in BRIDGE activities is crucial for ensuring that the solutions developed in OPENTUNITY align with broader European objectives and remain at the forefront of energy system transformation.