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
Buildings in the EU currently account for 40% of the European energy demand, their consumption is 75% inefficient and are responsible for 36% of CO2 emissions. It is therefore crucial to improve their energy and carbon performance, notably by stimulating
In the recast of the EED, the European Commission proposes a binding EU energy efficiency target for primary energy in 2030, the European Parliament agrees, but the Council of the EU supports an indicative target only. An EU binding primary
smartEn welcomes the public consultation on the reform of the EU’s electricity market design (EMD), which very much highlights the increasing role of demand-side flexibility and active consumers in a centralised energy system. smartEn framed its reply around five pillars:
The digitalisation of the energy system is critical to enhance the resilience and efficiency of an increasingly decentralised and decarbonised power network. This green and digital transition will be successful if the smarter and more connected energy system will support
The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation is a crucial piece of legislation to implement an ambitious rollout of publicly-accessible EV charging infrastructure required to enable EVs to support Europe’s energy and climate objectives in a cost-effective way. Hence, the EU framework
The revision of the Electricity Market Design (EMD) offers a precious opportunity to address in a structural way the current energy resilience and energy affordability crises, while supporting the clean energy transition with consumers in the lead (from households to
