In order to be a meaningful and practically applicable legislation, the EPBD must recognise the importance of grid-delivered decarbonised energy. Eurelectric, WindEurope, the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA), smartEn, E.DSO and Avere, representing a wide coalition of industry groups, strongly
smartEn – Smart Energy Europe, the European business organisation bringing together over 90 companies offering solutions to enable all consumers to become active and flexible, welcomes efforts made in drafting the network code for demand response (DR). We appreciate the
Europe is electrifying. With Europe’s push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 as part of the European Green Deal1, this should come as no surprise to the reader. This push for a clean and sustainable energy transition
For over a decade, the EU has assisted to a ramp-up of Demand-Side Flexibility (DSF) through higher available volumes, access to markets and services provided to the grid. Opening of different markets and the development of innovative projects have exposed
Dear Deputy Prime Minister, We, large energy consumers, renewable energy producers, energy flexibility and storage providers, supply chain, and civil society organisations, are writing to express our serious concern with the delays and uncertainty regarding the final adoption of the
As the EU transitions from the traditional centralised energy system to a decentralised, digitalised and decarbonised system, Demand-Side Flexibility (DSF) is a crucial, reliable and cost-effective resource whose potential needs to be untapped. The accelerated electrification of end-use sectors and
smartEn – Smart Energy Europe, the European business association for digital and decentralised energy resources, welcomes the Net Zero Industry Act to enhance the European Union’s competitiveness in net-zero technologies, key to decarbonise our economy and strengthen our energy independence.
A solid assessment and quantification of benefits and potentials offered by demand-side flexibility will stimulate the establishment of market-based mechanisms to activate and reward consumers’ flexibility. Although ENTSO-E improved its methodology on flexible demand (DSF) in its 2022 ERAA, we
On behalf of a group of European stakeholders, we would like to highlight the relevance and suggest improvements on the dedicated energy sharing framework proposed by the European Commission in the revision of the Electricity Market Design. This new right
On 14 March 2023 the European Commission proposed a revision of the EU electricity market design to boost the system integration of renewables, better protect consumers and enhance industrial competitiveness. This was deemed necessary as the result of price spikes
