
Inter-oPEn – Overview
A living summary about the project goals, past events & perspectives

KUL
KU Leuven is Europe’s most innovative university (Reuters) and ranks 42nd in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. As Belgium’s largest university, KU Leuven welcomes 65,000 students from over 140 countries. Its nearly 8,000 researchers are active in a comprehensive range of disciplines. KU Leuven is a founding member

RUG – STeP
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, an area which is a frontrunner in the energy transition. Quality has had top priority for four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several

TUD – IEPG
TU Delft is the largest technical university in the Netherlands, ranked among the world’s top universities. It is 10th in electrical engineering in the QS ranking. Besides tight collaboration with industry, more than 6,000 journal and conference papers or books are published annually. The research in the Department of Electrical

RUG – GCELS
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, an area which is a frontrunner in the energy transition. Quality has had top priority for four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several

TUBS – ELENIA
The Technische Universität Braunschweig is a member of TU9, making it one of the top 9 universities in Germany in the engineering disciplines. With around 20,000 students, six faculties and 3,800 employees, the Technische Universität Braunschweig is one of the leading technical universities in Germany. It stands for strategic and

UPC – CITCEA
CITCEA-UPC is a research and technological innovation center in the field of electrical energy and power electronics founded in 2001. It belongs to the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech. It is a member of the TECNIO network of ACCIO (Government of Catalonia) and is recognized as a Research Group by

KIT – IEH
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a renowned research and educational institution located in Karlsruhe, Germany. Established in 2009 through the merger of the University of Karlsruhe (Universität Karlsruhe) and the Karlsruhe Research Center (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe), KIT is known for its strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research and innovation. The

RWTH – ACS
The Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS) is part of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Founded in 2008, the goal of ACS is to perform research at the interface of electrical power engineering and computer science, capturing the most recent advances in information and communications