Together with our Electrification Alliance partners, we have sent a letter to key policy-makers addressing the increase in wholesale electricity prices in Europe with insights and recommendations. To overcome this situation, the Electrification Alliance suggests: Structurally reduce taxes on
smartEn welcomes the Commission’s intention to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) as buildings can significantly contribute to the achievement of the increased EU climate and energy targets in 2030 if their energy performance and carbon footprint is
smartEn published a response to a public consultation on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) urging the Commission to ensure that, whenever applied, the revised State Aid Guidelines foster system efficiency through the empowerment and active participation
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With an increase of variable RES and the further electrification of the energy system, physical congestions caused by grid constraints will be more common. Redispatching is an alleviating action to reduce these constraints that can be performed by changing the
“Today, in the package to deliver the European Green Deal, the Commission has shown its commitment to accelerate climate action by making the energy system cleaner and more efficient through renewables-based electrification in sectors such as buildings, transport and industry.
Across Europe, participants in the electricity system have been changing rapidly. From a one-directional energy flow that went from traditional generation to consumers, to a circular electricity system, where renewable energies, storage, electric vehicles and prosumers now play an active
smartEn published a new position paper with recommendations to properly valorise demand-side flexibility (DSF) in all relevant methodologies and modelling scenarios. Flexible demand and decentralised energy resources (DERs), including distributed renewable generation, demand response, and energy storage, will be crucial
smartEn contributed with a response to the ENTSO-E’s stakeholder consultation on the 2030 European Electricity Markets Design. In this response, smartEn provided recommendations for topics including wholesale market products, DER participation in balancing markets, price signals, consumers becoming active prosumers,
smartEn submitted a reply to a consultation on the draft Framework Guideline on sector-specific rules for cybersecurity aspects of cross-border electricity flows. In this consultation reply, smartEn acknowledges the importance of a high level of cybersecurity for the energy sector
