THE EMERA PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED HYBRID POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE PLATFORMS ABLE TO PROMOTE THE SPREAD OF DECENTRALISED AND CUSTOMISED PRODUCTION, POWERED BY LOCALLY USABLE RENEWABLE SOURCES ALONE. THE CENTRALISED ELECTRIFICATION MODEL, CONSISTING OF LARGE PLANTS POWERED BY FOSSIL SOURCES OR RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND HIGH VOLTAGE LINES, TODAY RECOGNISED AS SUITABLE FOR MORE DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, SUCH AS CITIES, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY NOT SUITABLE FOR RURAL AREAS, CHARACTERISED BY A MULTITUDE OF FRACTIONS WITH PREVALENCE OF HOUSEHOLDS OFTEN LOCATED IN ISOLATED AREAS, WHERE IT CAN BE PARTICULARLY EXPENSIVE TO EQUIP THE AREA WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALLOW ELECTRIFICATION.