Europe is moving toward a significantly more electrified energy system — but electrification alone doesn’t determine the outcome. What matters is how that demand is orchestrated: which signals consumers can respond to, who coordinates that flexibility, and how it can
Europe’s energy system is increasingly needing flexibility. While large-scale energy storage technologies have been the main focus, the importance of small-scale solutions, which are equally critical, is often overlooked. Demand-side flexibility (DSF) is one such solution that can help to
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
This Spotlight aims at identifying best practices on how transmission and distribution system operators (T/DSOs) are currently allowing visibility of data to market parties, flexibility providers and asset owners. These developments are in line with the requirements by EU laws
[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
Local flexibility markets across Europe are still in an infancy stage due to the slow implementation of Article 32 of the Electricity Directive. Nevertheless, a few best practices can be found in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway, where initiatives
The European Union is at a historical turning point. The high energy dependency on fossil fuels, exposed by the war in Ukraine, has revealed alarming implications on both energy prices paid by European consumers and the EU’s energy security. Several
