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🇫🇷 Lyon

Confluence Smarter Together Energy Grid

Lyon Confluence's EU-funded Smarter Together programme (2016-2021, EUR7m locally) built a Community Energy Management System linking district heating with over 7,000 square metres of solar panels, still balancing the district's renewable supply today.

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⚡ EnergySmart grid & energy
Scale🏘️ District
FundingEU Horizon 2020 Smarter Together programme (EUR30M total across Lyon/Munich/Vienna; EUR7M for Lyon Confluence)

📖 Terms in this entry: Microgrid · Smart grid · Fuel cell

Sources

↗ Lyon Confluence — SPL Lyon Confluence (operator)Operator page: budget 'EUR30 million, including EUR7 million for the Lyon Confluence urban project'; describes the district heating network's substations connected to the Community Energy Management System (CEMS) and the 7,000 sqm of already-installed solar panels.
↗ European Commission Smart Cities Marketplace (authority)Official EU project record; lists project status as 'Finished' and confirms the CEMS/building energy management feeding the Grand Lyon smart data platform.
↗ Energy Cities (research)Further information on the project.

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🇫🇷 Lyon Confluence · Lyon Same district, different layer: Lyon Confluence built the positive-energy blocks and solar capacity this energy grid now balances. 🇳🇴 +CityxChange · Trondheim Two EU-linked energy district pilots: Lyon paired Smarter Together funds with a 2011 smart-grid platform; Trondheim built its by 2023. 🇯🇵 Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City · Kashiwa Two district energy programs a world apart: Lyon balances renewable supply across a converted dockland; Kashiwa shares power citywide. 🇦🇹 Smart City Graz Waagner-Biro · Graz Both are district energy retrofits on former industrial land — Lyon's balances solar and district heat, Graz's adds geothermal.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Confluence Smarter Together Energy Grid” — Lyon, France. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/lyon-smart-district/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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