The EU is currently facing an energy resilience and energy affordability crisis. Short-term solutions put forward by both EU institutions and Member States in the last months aimed at addressing these urgent challenges, but some emergency measures have undermined the
The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Directives are central pieces of legislation to achieve Europe’s energy and climate objectives in a cost-effective way by delivering the needed radical transformation in the way we produce, consume and distribute energy. They represent a
In the current context of an energy crisis and the uncertainties that the winter 2022/23 will bring, consumers of all types (from households to large industries) will play a vital role in managing price spikes and reducing overall gas demand.
Today, the EU is facing multiple, overlapping challenges: increase the EU energy resilience, address skyrocketing energy prices and achieve the long-term climate neutrality objective. All of them must be achieved in an efficient way: the EU cannot afford to waste
Accelerating solar energy (solar PV and solar thermal) deployment in buildings, together with energy savings and demand-side flexibility activation, is critical to support consumer energy security for the upcoming winters and increase the resilience of the European energy system and
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Demand-side flexibility: quantification of benefits in the EU” text_orientation=”center” _builder_version=”4.4.6″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_font_size=”44px” background_image=”https://smarten.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DemandSideFlexibility28Sept2022-TB_03457-0008-scaled.jpg” text_shadow_style=”preset2″ text_shadow_color=”#000000″][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″ text_text_color=”#0c71c3″ text_line_height=”2em” header_line_height=”1.2em”] On September 28, smartEn – Smart Energy Europe launched a major
DNV was commissioned by smartEn to calculate the theoretical potential contribution that demand-side flexibility (DSF) can have on the gas demand reduction, used for electricity production, for years 2023 and 2025 in EU27, Switzerland, Norway and United Kingdom. The particular
Europe is going through its worst energy crisis since the 1970s. All levers must be activated to minimize its impact on European households and companies. We, the undersigned associations active in the e-mobility and wider energy ecosystem, believe that demand-side
As the European Commission stated in March 2020 with the EU industrial strategy, Europe must leverage the potential of the digital transformation, which is a key enabler for reaching the Green Deal objectives. The energy industry, represented by the Associations
Demand reduction and optimisation are at the heart of recent emergency interventions adopted by the EU. It requires a signal to which consumers can react. Hence, the Commission should refrain from suggesting market interventions and blunted price signals that undermine
