Sotirios Karellas

The scope of the project is to develop solar energy systems repair and maintenance curriculum for the electrical and electronics and energy systems departments of vocational and technical education schools, to predict and prevent solar energy systems (SES) failures with artificial intelligence methods.

Funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, RESPONSE is a 60-month project that addresses the H2020-LC-SC3-2020-EC-ES-SCC call.

Research suggests that the industrial and service sectors, which account for 40% of final energy consumption in the EU, offer substantial potential for cost-effective energy savings. However, an under-investment in energy-efficiency is observed in all countries due to the persistent existence of barriers. One key barrier is that companies do not consider energy use as a contributor to their competitive advantage.

The project aims to develop and test innovative solutions that focus on two main pillars: 1) promote the global introduction of alternative fuels (ammonia) in shipping sector reducing their environmental impact, 2) transfer to maritime sector clean energy technologies robustly demonstrated for terrestrial application(e.g. Waste heat recovery, renewables etc.) in order to reduce vessels’ emission