The EV4EU Danish Demonstrator at Risø Campus Bornholm recently concluded with two major events that showcased both the commercial future and the educational impact of energy research at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
The EV4EU project’s entrepreneurial side was on display at DTU Skylab’s Open Entrepreneurship event on 9th April 2026. DTU Skylab is DTU’s living lab for innovation and entrepreneurship, matching state-of-the-art technology and science with an ambitious, open community where students, researchers, and corporate partners meet to exchange knowledge and develop visionary solutions to real-world challenges.
At the event, EV4EU researchers Jan Engelhardt and Mattia Marinelli pitched their newly established university spin-out, Silent Consensus.
Following DTU’s research activities within the EV4EU project, which successfully demonstrated the viability and systemic benefits of distributed architectures, the spin-out was established to take these concepts to the next level.
While EV4EU provided a critical platform to explore the advantages of distributed management, Silent Consensus introduces a specialized, autonomous control method. This algorithm enables multiple EV chargers to make individual decisions without the need for peer-to-peer communication, while collectively reaching a consensus on power sharing. In this way, the spin-out builds on the strategic insights gained during the project to tackle key commercial challenges like scalability and cybersecurity, marking an important step toward the deployment of next-generation smart energy solutions.
And while one event focused on the market, another focused on the future workforce and training the next Generation of experts at DTU Risø.
Students from the Distributed Energy Technologies course visited the DTU Risø Campus, where they were hosted by EV4EU project researcher Mattia Marinelli and his team for a hands-on look at the technology driving the project.
The key highlights for the students included a live demonstration by EV4EU researcher Xihai Cao at the SYSLAB Facility, which showed how EV charging algorithms manage power in real time, as well as a tour of the Hybrid Power Plant facility at the DTU – Total Energies Excellence Center of Clean Energy (DTEC) with Gregor Giebel, where students saw the hardware that keeps the grid stable.
These two events highlighted the EV4EU project’s dual mission: education and innovation.
By turning research into viable businesses like Silent Consensus and giving students access to real-world testing, DTU is helping Europe build the technology and train engineers to invest in the future of electric mobility.
