As the EU transitions from the traditional centralised energy system to a decentralised, digitalised and decarbonised system, Demand-Side Flexibility (DSF) is a crucial, reliable and cost-effective resource whose potential needs to be untapped. The accelerated electrification of end-use sectors and parallel increase of renewable generation will increase the system flexibility needs on average by 133% across Member States between 2021 and 2030. Comparing 2050 to 2030, a further increase on average by 250% is needed in the EU.
This increased volatility requires a rethink on how the energy system is managed, enabling and rewarding consumers for using their Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to (automatically) adapt their energy management strategies to different (implicit and/or explicit) signals.
