EV uptake and AFIR deployment targets are increasing peak loads on distribution grids faster than grid reinforcement can follow. Charge Point Operators face margin pressure because charging is often scheduled without full use of day-ahead prices, local generation, storage, or grid constraints.

Although V2G and EV flexibility services are technically feasible, current optimisation tools rarely include explicit battery-degradation costs, making users reluctant to accept bidirectional charging. Cross-border scaling is further blocked by different regulatory regimes in Türkiye, Portugal, Czechia and Slovenia, uneven OCPP/ISO 15118 implementation, manual settlement processes, and weak propagation of DSO/TSO grid signals to CPO scheduling systems.

The project will create a Cross-Border EV Flexibility Marketplace that connects CPO scheduling, EV user preferences, grid constraints and market signals in one optimisation and settlement framework. Its core innovation is a multi-objective optimisation engine that explicitly models battery-degradation cost, enabling smart charging and V2G decisions that balance user acceptance, CPO economics, grid needs and energy prices.

The platform will use an OCPP/ISO 15118 protocol stack, day-ahead price feeds, DSO/TSO grid signals, and PV/BESS integration to activate flexibility in different operating environments. A settlement layer will translate heterogeneous regulatory models, including Türkiye’s capacity-market context, Portugal’s microgrid setting, Czech demand response and Slovenian cross-border roaming, into a common operational experience for CPOs and users.

The consortium will develop a multi-objective optimisation engine with an explicit battery-degradation cost model, using the Slovenian Reduxi platform as the optimisation core and battery expertise from Turkish partners. It will implement OCPP/ISO 15118 capabilities in the Slovenian CPO platform and integrate day-ahead price feeds, DSO/TSO grid signals, PV and BESS assets into the scheduling layer.

The project will build a unified settlement layer able to handle the regulatory contexts of Türkiye, Portugal, Czechia and Slovenia while presenting a consistent CPO and user experience. It will run three regional pilots covering a CPO depot fleet in Türkiye, an urban PV/BESS microgrid in Portugal, and cross-border roaming in Slovenia, with Czech expertise supporting DSO-side grid-signal handling.

The work will also cover AFIR compliance reporting, alignment with the EUROGIA2030 roadmap, and Türkiye-led consortium coordination through Reengen/OEDAŞ, reflecting EUROGIA lead-partner precedents.

• OCEAN EV Charging d.o.o. — System integrator, EV charging partner, Pilot operator, Settlement expert
• Reduxi Adria d.o.o. — Project coordinator, System integrator

• System integrator — Owns the overall marketplace architecture and integrates optimisation, EV charging interfaces, price feeds, grid signals, settlement and pilot deployments. This role ensures the solution becomes a coherent product/platform rather than disconnected modules.
• Optimisation provider — Develops the multi-objective optimisation engine, including battery-degradation-aware charging, V2G scheduling, PV/BESS coordination and flexibility activation logic. Should bring an existing optimisation or energy-management platform to reduce technical risk and strengthen exploitation.
• EV charging partner — Implements or adapts the CPO/eMSP backend, OCPP and ISO 15118 interfaces, roaming workflows and user-facing charging experience. This partner is essential to prove that the marketplace can operate through real charging infrastructure and not only as a simulation.
• Grid partner — Provides DSO/TSO grid-signal requirements, congestion or flexibility needs, validation data and operational constraints. In the strongest configuration, at least one grid-side partner is directly linked to a pilot environment and can validate how signals propagate to the CPO scheduling layer.
• Research organisation — Supplies battery ageing models, degradation-cost methodology and validation support for V2G/flexibility use cases. This role increases technical credibility because explicit battery degradation modelling is a core differentiator of the project.
• Pilot operator — Hosts and validates the solution in real operational environments: depot fleet, PV/BESS microgrid and cross-border roaming scenario. Pilot partners should provide assets, users, operational data, acceptance criteria and feedback for exploitation.
• Settlement expert — Defines the settlement logic translating Turkish, Portuguese, Czech and Slovenian flexibility and charging regimes into a consistent CPO/user experience. This role should cover tariff structures, flexibility remuneration, roaming settlement, AFIR-related reporting and commercial scalability.