RISEnergy at the RIFF Summit in Krakow

What does it take to make European energy research infrastructures actually work across borders, not just in theory, but in practice?

At the RIFF Thematic Summit in Kraków (19–20 May), Thomas Strasser (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology) shared lessons from three generations of infrastructure projects (ERIGrid, The ERIGrid 2.0 Project, and RISEnergy) on what transnational and virtual access actually deliver, and where the challenges still exist. The session brought together researchers working on the future of energy systems testing and integration.

The recommendation? Simplify Transnational Access rules, build cooperation between research infrastructure clusters, and create a single point of entry for researchers.

As Thomas Strasser highlighted:

“Laboratory-based research infrastructures are crucial for the energy transition; but transnational access needs simpler rules and a single point of entry for researchers.”