Publications
POSITION PAPERS
E-Mobility White Paper: Making Electric Vehicles integral parts of the power system
An integrated perspective on the interaction between transport and energy is required to drive the decarbonisation of the transport sector, to ensure the best energy system efficiency, to leverage...
Smart and Active Buildings
The smartEn White Paper, "A vision for smart and active buildings," highlights how digital and decentralised energy solutions in all types of buildings can enable their demand-side flexibility. They...
Shaping a valuable Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) for buildings
smartEn – Smart Energy Europe supports the ongoing efforts of the new SRI consortium to define a valuable Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) for buildings, to be deployed across Europe. See our...
State aid for resource adequacy: recommendations for the revision of the Guidelines
This Position Paper is a compromise of different views on capacity mechanisms and defines smartEn’s contribution to the revision of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and...
Energy Storage in the EU: unlocking the next step in the energy transition via the electricity market design – February 2019
Energy storage plays a key role in the new decentralised and flexible electricity system. Energy storage allows the shifting of electricity from the moment of generation, over time, to the moment of...
Cybersecurity in a decentralising electricity system
It is no secret that the energy system is one of the most important and complex pieces of infrastructure in our society today. On top of this, the rapid digitalization of energy infrastructure and...
Tapping the value of smart charging
With a market penetration of 2% in Europe in 2018 and a total cost of ownership of Electric Vehicles (EVs) outperforming the total cost of ownership of internal combustion engine cars before the end...
smartEn policy recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Electricity Market Design – May 2018
The Electricity Market Regulation and Directive were presented by the European Commission in late 2016, as major pillars of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package. The present comparative...
Energy Storage in the EU: unlocking the next step in the energy transition via the electricity market design – May 2018
Energy storage plays a key role in the new decentralised and flexible electricity system. Energy storage allows the shifting of electricity from the moment of generation, over time, to the moment of...
smartEn recommendations for Smart Readiness Indicator – May 2018
In order to feed the current discussion on the definition and provision of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), in particular to provide inputs to the consortium led by VITO which drafted an interim...
SEDC Assessment of the European Commision’s Proposals on Electricity Market Design – June 2017
The SEDC advocates five key principles: 1. Open electricity markets for all solutions 2. Provide fair market access for new service providers 3. Effective price signals at wholesale and retail level...
SEDC Background Paper: The Importance of Smart Charging – April 2017
The electrification of transport is vital to reduce CO2 emissions and overall air pollution. Electrified transportation, also known as ‘e-mobility’, has the potential to be a significant source of...