The Map analyses how different EU countries addressed the 2023-2024 Winter and the energy crisis through the implementation of dedicated peak demand reduction measures, and highlights the success of Ireland’s and Austria’s market-based approach to the challenge.
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
The 2022 Market Monitor for demand-side flexibility (DSF) is a report of smartEn in collaboration with LCP Delta. This flagship publication provides a high-level summary of demand-side flexibility (DSF) participation across 30 European markets, benchmarking their progress in enabling flexible
On September 28, smartEn – Smart Energy Europe launched a major study carried out with the independent consultants from DNV. The report quantifies the benefits of demand-side flexibility (DSF) in the EU in 2030 and aims to fill an important gap as no comprehensive
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
The 2022 smartEn Map examines the role of DSF in ancillary services across 21 European countries, building on the 2018 Balancing Markets edition. This edition identifies key barriers to DSF, highlighting both those that can be addressed quickly and good
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
