Seminar “Virtual Power Plants and Renewable Energy Cooperatives” – 29th September 2016, Warsaw, Poland

CyberGrid was founded in 2010 as a specialist in development of innovative Demand Response and Virtual Power Plant solutions, located in Vienna, Austria. Our main goal is to boost the efficient use of energy storage systems in combination with existing generation, transmission and distribution resources and the integration of renewables. We contribute to the European wide research agenda.

For more information: www.cyber-grid.com.

Watt-IS is a Data Analytics company specialized in developing and deploying AI-powered data analytics services based on smart metering data. Our services are designed to target the needs of energy retailers, Distribution System Operators (DSO) and related stakeholders. Watt-IS goal is to support stakeholders across the energy value chain in the energy transition process by leveraging AI-based analytics and solutions.

With our services, we empower our partners to increase the energy client satisfaction and reduce churn rates through a focus on energy efficiency, addressing new business models such as Renewable Energy Communities (REC) and improving the daily operations of DSOs.

For more information: https://watt-is.com/

For more information: https://www.kaluza.com/

Smart Energy LAB is an organization for developing any new product, service, or process that accelerates the business of companies offering New Energy Downstream solutions.

We do it by combining three levers of acceleration of the end-user energy transition – Client adoption, Transactional cost reduction and Technology adaptation for delivery.

Together with our stakeholders from industry and academia, we accelerate energy transition through a unique combination of science, technology, and access to market expertise. Smart Energy Lab has been investing and solving problems for energy companies in three focus areas: Flexibility offerings, EV charging and EMS to implement complex use cases.

For more information: https://www.smartenergylab.pt/

For more information: https://www.photonenergy.com/

For more information: https://ohme-ev.com/be/

For more information: https://ignes.fr/

In 1948 Honda started as a bicycle auxiliary engine manufacturer in a small factory in Hamamatsu, Japan. Over the decades, Honda has grown to become the world’s largest manufacturer of engines for a variety of products including automobiles, motorcycles, and power products. Today, we now seek to meet the challenge of climate change by achieving carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities Honda is involved in by 2050.

For many products, electrification can bring a sustainable solution. However, to ensure customer satisfaction, practicality and affordability, we also need to take into consideration the place our products hold within the energy grid. This has led Honda to the launch of our e:PROGRESS service in UK and Germany, offering smart charging services that maximise the use of renewable energy, whilst delivering significant savings for our EV customers. It is our intention to expand this service to other countries in the coming years. In addition to e:PROGRESS, our research facility in Offenbach, Germany continues to investigate the ‘smart company’ concept, a system approach to maximising renewable energy use. It combines an onsite solar array, a second life battery storage unit, uni-directional Honda Power Chargers, bi-directional Honda Power Manager smart chargers, and green hydrogen production, storage and refuelling. These elements are connected to an Energy Management System developed by Honda R&D Europe that balances demand and supply across all users for the best outcome.

Media Website: https://hondanews.eu/eu/en

Further information on e:PROGRESS: https://honda-eprogress.co.uk/

For more information: https://decade.energy/

For more information: https://www.arval.com/

Greenvolt is a leading player in the renewable energy market operating in three business segments across multiple geographies. In addition to the production of energy from sustainable biomass, in both Portugal and the UK, Greenvolt is a major developer of utility-scale projects in wind, solar and storage in several European markets and in the US. Greenvolt also has a strong presence in distributed generation, where it offers one shop solutions for the installation, operation and financing of projects for self-consumption and energy-sharing in various EU markets.

For more information: https://greenvolt.com/

Part of the Knauf Group, we are a GreenTech company building the world's Virtual Energy Infrastructure (VEI). VEI replaces power generation with metered savings from energy efficiency renovations. It deploys smart connected technology to enable buildings to actively participate in supporting the energy system. At its core is a technology innovation, the negaWatt hour (nWh) meter.

For more information: https://www.knaufenergy.com/

As we need to produce and consume energy in a more responsible, efficient and low-carbon way, our solution enables decentralized energy consumers to better integrate into the grid. We are building an AI-powered platform focused on demand-side management for both consumers (commercial buildings and DER partners) and energy retailers.

For more information: https://www.tilt-energy.com/

EnergyTag is an independent, non-profit initiative setting standards to define and build a market for Granular Certificates that enables energy users to verify the source of their electricity and carbon emissions in real-time. This will be the bedrock for the next generation of clean energy market that will drive us towards clean grids - 24/7.

For more information: https://energytag.org/

Plexigrid provides a grid centric flexibility management system based on a real time digital twin. The twin enables Distribution System Operators distribute more amount of energy with their current network capacity.
The Plexigrid solution connects planners and operators with flexibility pools throughout the grid down to low voltage behind-the meter assets.
The solution saves cost for grid operators and consumers, speeding up grid connections and increases renewables hosting capacity.

For more information: https://plexigrid.com/

FRACTAL ENERGY is a French start up developing the Flex Box, the first Plug&Play integrated smart home energy storage device allowing to control household electricity consumption using real time data from smart meters and a responsive web platform enabling the aggregation of the flexibility potential of each household.

For more information: https://fractalenergy.io/

Lunar Energy is on a mission to transition homes to 100% clean energy. We design and engineer the world’s best clean energy products to electrify homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants (VPPs) — making our electricity greener, cleaner, and energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. Lunar Gridshare is our leading energy management platform, designed to optimize millions of DER in increasingly dynamic markets. Gridshare connects with 3rd party devices, creates detailed predictions of household and fleet energy behavior, and maximizes value for customers and the grid.

For more information: https://www.lunarenergy.com/

Fermata Energy’s proprietary vehicle-to-everything (V2X) software platform and bidirectional chargers turn EVs into mobile energy storage assets, making it possible for EVs owners to combat climate change, increase energy resilience, and reduce energy costs.

For more information: www.fermataenergy.com and LinkedIn.

Welcome to Apex Lab, your software partner at the intersection of renewable energy and cutting-edge technology. As a dynamic energy software development agency, we specialize in delivering end-to-end solutions that empower energy companies to thrive in the rapidly evolving landscape.
At Apex Lab, our 30+ member team has a blend of talent and expertise that can support you to meet the demands of an industry in constant flux. With a deep understanding of complex energy domains, we position ourselves as catalysts for startups and scale-ups, building custom software to help you get ahead of the competition..
Our strength lies in our product-focused mindset, coupled with radical internal and external transparency. We thrive on challenging conventional ideas with a collaborative attitude, ensuring the delivery of intricate projects tailored to align with the unique needs of industry leaders.
Our passion for the future of energy extends beyond our projects, as we actively promote pragmatic solutions, connecting professionals and facilitating continuous events at The Grid Community: https://thegrid.community/
Apex Lab is your software partner in navigating the continuously growing challenges of sustainable and smart energy solutions. We aim to build impactful digital products to accelerate the progress to a greener future.

For more information: https://www.apexlab.io/

Viessmann

For more information: https://www.aneo.com/

For more information: https://www.ev.energy/

‘SMPnet is a trusted leader in advanced power grid management solutions, driven by our state-of-the-art Omega technology. Our comprehensive system integrates with existing technologies, empowering utilities and energy service companies to efficiently control and optimise energy systems. With a strong focus on enhancing network capacity, integrating renewable energy sources, and reducing operational costs, we are revolutionising how power grids are managed. Our solutions enable effective and sustainable asset management, shaping the future of energy distribution.’

For more information: https://www.smpnetworks.com/

For more information: https://fusebox.energy/

For more information: https://electron.net/

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Competence Center ‘Business Engineering’ (HSLU, CC BE): achieving climate targets with technological innovations

At HSLU, we aim at achieving climate targets and mastering the energy transition through applied research and teaching. With our expertise in developing holistic solutions, and a strong track record in many European and national research projects, we support smart grid technologies as they enter the market. Our toolset includes techno-economic optimization, market modelling, multiple benefit analysis, business ecosystem design and business innovation.

For more information: https://www.hslu.ch/en/

For more information: https://oaktreepower.com/

EVBox drives sustainable mobility by providing smart and scalable charging infrastructure and charging management software to electric vehicles around the world. Powered by ENGIE, EVBox has placed over 115,000 charging points across more than 55 countries. With residential, commercial, public, and fast-charging solutions, EVBox is helping to build a future where everyday transport is emission-free.

For more information: evbox.com

“Aug-e; short for “augmented energy”; is a smart energy management platform that manages to actively control your energy consumption based on artificial intelligence with the multiple purpose of:

Optimal use of green energy
Controlling energy costs
Generating new revenue streams

Our software platform makes the technological bridge between data and energy, thus forming the basis for a whole arsenal of sustainable and innovative energy solutions that create economic value & peace of mind for all people, wherever they live or work. We believe in the evolution towards a fully sustainable and connected energy community, respecting each other's future.

For more information: https://www.aug-e.io/en/

Navitasoft is the developer of Energy Market of Things (EMoT.eu) platform, which aims to lower energy market entry barrier for small capacity distributed energy resources (e.g.: residential roof top solar, small-scale battery, heat pumps, EV chargers etc.), as well as enable an efficient participation in demand side response markets. Similarly, to Fintech revolution, EMoT aims to enable energy market access for small capacity asset owners to generate market-based revenue. They can offer capacities, set their prices, or accept price offerings. The network operators benefit from pooled, and aggregated assets to call for demand side response or other balancing services. On the other hand, aggregators, virtual power plant operators and traders benefit from listed, categorized by type and qualified pool of available assets and their locations, thus, significantly reducing the integration costs of these assets into their portfolio.

Since 2008 Navitasoft provides energy business software solutions and IT consultancy for the regulated electricity and gas market players such as transmission system operators, storage system operators, energy traders, shippers, and regulators. The company also provides production and battery optimisation, as well as intraday algotrading solutions besides traditional power plants, for aggregators and virtual power plant operators as well. Navitasoft software solutions are used in 16 countries, and by 8 transmission system operators.

For more information: https://navitasoft.com/en

For more information: https://voltaware.com/

Fever is a multi-market platform for monetising your energy assets. By connecting your energy resources and devices to Fever - you get a simple, automated and optimised way of participating in the energy markets. Our platform ensures that our partners get the most out of their flexibility by helping the grid with demand response and other grid services. Together with our partners, we are able to accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources while empowering their customers with new and impactful value streams.

For more information: https://www.fever.energy/

Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Our aim is to bring digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world. Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. In Europe, Huawei is an integral part of Europe’s ongoing digital transformation. Committed to the European model of a social market economy, Huawei’s goal is to boost the competitiveness of the European economy from within, stimulating investment and creating jobs. Free trade, fair competition and strong intellectual property protection are drivers of this process.

For more information: https://www.huawei.com/en/

For more information: https://www.nordpoolgroup.com/en/

Deftpower was founded in 2020 by Marc Diks and Jacob van Zonneveld to build a charging platform that will last. Their Automotive Charging Platform aligns charging station networks, car manufacturers and utilities and creates cost-savings for all participants. Because the transition to EV will go fast, the supportive charging platforms need to meet high standards, which is what the Automotive Charging Platform does.

For more information: www.deftpower.com

Energy Web is a global non-profit on a mission to accelerate the energy transition by developing and deploying open-source Web3 technologies that help companies unlock business value from clean and distributed energy resources. Energy Web started in 2017 as a joint initiative between RMI, a global non-profit with decades of experience identifying pathways to profitably decarbonize the energy sector, and Grid Singularity, a noted blockchain developer who saw the technology’s promise in the energy sector, along with a cohort of 10 founding energy companies. Energy Web’s mission is to make the global energy transition successful, by providing the energy sector with digital technology that enables a fundamentally different way of working; namely, radically reducing the cost and complexity of coordinating a multiplicity of companies with different roles, objectives, and IT systems.

For more information: www.energyweb.org

Tibber is a digital electricity supplier that’s active in Norway, Sweden, Germany and launched in 2022 in the Netherlands as well. Currently serving 500 000 customers, Tibber has a goal of empowering 10 million European households to consume energy smarter. Tibber offers wholesale spot prices to customers with a zero profit margin model, instead charging a fixed fee per month. Leveraging this model, Tibber is able to deliver services such as smart charging and smart heating to customers together with grid services to both TSOs and DSOs.

For more information: https://tibber.com/en

Nano Energies – Plugging businesses into a decentralised data platform

Across Europe, with the march of digitalization, new energy sources are emerging, often smaller – but faster and smarter. As pioneer flexibility aggregators, we’re gamechangers by combining energy sources, turning them into virtual units and building a data platform for more efficient energy consumption & production. Because what’s efficient is also environmentally-friendly.

Increased renewables generation, especially variable sources such as wind and solar, causes greater electricity grid instability. But this volatility is our opportunity. Our flexibility management enables energy asset managers to participate in balancing energy markets while cutting energy costs.

Nano Energies is the first energy flexibility aggregator in the Czech Republic and also active in a number of countries in central and Eastern Europe. Our main focus areas are managing flexible energy assets in ancillary services markets, intraday trading of energy assets, operating demand response services as well as operating a centralized trading and dispatching center for the CEE region.

We strive to quicken the transition to flexible renewable energy in the CEE region in particular. We do this by supporting policy and legislative changes to strengthen the role of independent flexibility aggregation in creating a cleaner and more democratic energy system.

For more information: https://nanoenergies.group/

Flower is a digital power refinery (virtual power plant) that enables and operates our partner’s assets to become the technological backbone that allows society to rely upon renewable electricity as its primary energy carrier. Flower’s technology unleashes the flexibility from different types of assets by using a combination of advanced algorithms and a modern cloud architecture. In this way Flower operates a power refinery which is a hardware-agnostic platform that enables and captures the inherent value of flexibility to speed up the energy transition. By using advanced statistical models and pooling assets together our power refinery maximizes the value of each kW.

For more information: https://www.flowertech.se/

Fore more information: https://www.voltus.co/

Hive Power’s subscription-based SaaS, FLEXO, enables companies to manage anything connected to the grid, from smart EV Charging to Energy Communities.

For more information: https://www.hivepower.tech/

Octopus Energy Group is a global energy tech pioneer, launched in 2016 to use technology to unlock a customer focused and affordable green energy revolution. It is part of Octopus Group, which is a certified BCorp. With operations in 13 countries, powering homes in the UK, Germany, the USA, Japan, Spain, Italy, France and New Zealand with green energy, Octopus Energy Group's mission is going global to tackle the energy transformation

Octopus’s domestic energy arm in Great Britain already serves 3.1 million customers with cheaper greener power, through Octopus Energy, M&S Energy, Affect Energy, Ebico, London Power and Co-op Energy. Octopus Electric Vehicles is helping make clean transport cheaper and easier, and Octopus Energy Services is bringing smart products to thousands of homes. Octopus Energy Generation is one of Europe’s largest investors in renewable energy, managing a £3.4 billion portfolio of renewable energy assets throughout the continent.

All of these are made possible by Octopus’s tech arm, Kraken Technologies, which offers a proprietary, in-house platform based on advanced data and machine learning capabilities, Kraken automates much of the energy supply chain to allow outstanding service and efficiency as the world transitions to a decentralised, decarbonised energy system. This technology has been licensed to support over 20 million customer accounts worldwide, through deals with EDF Energy, Good Energy, E.ON energy and Origin Energy.

In December 2021, Octopus Energy Group was valued at approximately $5 billion following a $600 million investment from Generation Investment Management and a $300 million investment from Canada Pensions Plan Investments Board. Both investors back businesses that drive sustainability, promote green energy and tackle climate change. It was the company’s third major investment round since launching to the market.

For more information: https://octopus.energy/

Piclo develops software to make electricity grids smart, flexible and sustainable. Chaired by Volker Beckers, the London-based company has been building solutions for the energy industry since 2013, having secured investment from the Green Angel Syndicate, Mott MacDonald Ventures and the Clean Growth Fund. Piclo Flex is the leading independent marketplace for flexibility services. Piclo Flex simplifies the end-to-end process for System Operators (SO) to source energy flexibility from Flexibility Service Providers (FSP), with over 12GW of flexible capacity registered. Since 2018, Piclo has supported the business-as-usual flexibility procurement of six of the UK DNOs and is commercially contracted with UK Power Networks, SP Energy Networks and Electricity North West.

For more information: https://www.piclo.energy/

NET2GRID

A passion for new technologies, intensive research and revolutionary solutions have been shaping the Fronius brand since 1945. As the technology leader, we find, develop, and implement innovative methods to monitor and control energy for photovoltaics, battery charging and welding technology,. We forge new paths, try something difficult and succeed where others have failed in achieving what seems to be impossible. But these are not the only reasons why Fronius is the global leader in innovation and technology. We have a clear vision, an unremittingly inventive spirit, and an ingrained sense of quality, so we can keep shifting the limits of what is possible and set the trends that change the market.

24 hours of sun is our goal, and Fronius is working every day to make this vision of a future in which the world's energy needs are met from 100 percent renewables a reality. Accordingly, we are driving the energy revolution accordingly so far, we have 287 active patents for solar energy, around 2.41 million inverters installed, more than 29.4 TWh of annual generation, and more than 21 GW of installed capacity.

Fronius is developing smart energy solutions to generate, store, distribute and consume solar energy cost-effectively and intelligently.

The advanced technology and sheer quality of the innovative products from Fronius have filled people with enthusiasm for generations, inspiring confidence, trust, and satisfaction. Their sustainability is impressive, they boost productivity, increase energy yields, and reduce operating costs. They help our customers to make significant progress and lay the foundations for growth and successful development. Fronius has 36 subsidiaries on five continents – yet we are still the same owner-managed company we have always been, combining the values of a family business with regional roots, with the visions of a global company.

"We are all together 24 hours of Sun"

For more information: https://www.fronius.com

AMPECO is a software company and provides a white-label SaaS infrastructure that enables charge point operators to start and scale a network of stations easily. AMPECO provides a software platform for remote management of the charging stations, payments and billing after charging, and additional smart charging and energy management features. Our software suite includes a white-label and hardware agnostic EV charging management platform bundled with white-label EV driver apps.

AMPECO EV Charging platform provides all the necessary tools to build and run an electric vehicle charging network for clients ranging from charge point operators, installers, fleet operators, energy utilities, oil and gas, municipalities, car parking operators, etc.

As one of the EV charging management market leaders, we enable businesses with innovative software solutions to enter the EV charging market and utilize new business models. We are accelerating positive change and transformation to clean technologies in the mobility and energy sector.

For more information: www.ampeco.com

OpenADR

Flexibility is a crucial component of a sustainable energy system, as it temporarily adjusts power generation and consumption based on its value and the grid’s needs. At Sympower, we provide sophisticated software solutions to facilitate flexibility to stabilise the grid, while rewarding our customers in return.

We unlock the flexibility of electric assets across industries, from steel smelting to solar panels, electric vehicles to paper production, and maximising the value of this flexibility across energy markets. When the grid is out of balance, we temporarily adjust the power of machines and processes through our advanced and automated demand response capabilities.

By providing non-intrusive software solutions, we allow our customers to enhance the value of their electrical assets and empower traditional industries to become more sustainable and enable the shift from fossil fuels to renewables.

Sympower is playing a fundamental role in making electricity markets accessible, flexible and ready for the energy transition. Currently, the regulation is making this very difficult, policy-making is slow and traditional energy companies feel threatened by the business model of independent aggregators. To succeed, we need a coordinated European approach to help independent aggregators like Sympower to be recognized as primary players in energy markets.

For more information: https://sympower.net/

Sense’s mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by making homes smart and efficient. We empower people to care for their homes and families while contributing to a cleaner, more resilient future. Founded in 2013 by pioneers in speech recognition, Sense uses machine learning technology to provide real-time insights on device behaviour, even for those devices that are not “smart.”

Customers rely on Sense for a wide range of uses including monitoring their home appliances, determining whether they left appliances running and identifying how to reduce their energy costs. For energy suppliers and grid operators, Sense’s artificial intelligence helps engage customers, manage demand at the grid edge, identify anomalies on the network, and reduce operating and power costs.

For more information: https://sense.com/

i-EM Srl

Born in 2005 as a business unit of Flyby S.r.l. Company, i-EM is now a SME subsidiary of Flyby Group and combines multi-disciplinary expertise with passion for technology innovation and preservation of the Earth’s energy resources. Today i-EM works in the global market directly with many different corporate customers. Over the years it has established itself as a leader in the energy decision making. The company is built on the will of enabling energy actors, including end-users, to make the best decision in any circumstance, thanks to real-time situation awareness about the Grid and its elements.

i-EM stands as a big data advanced analysis innovation company with the aim to meet the emerging demand of intelligent management of Energy Smart & Micro Grids, providing tools to make optimal and intelligent decisions.

Since 2005, the company has been developing energy management solutions for renewable energy projects, letting Smart Grid’s behaviour and its elements be manageable and predictable in various areas: distributed generation from renewable sources Smart Grids and energy storage systems, energy efficiency solutions, energy consumption control and optimization, electric vehicles and sustainable mobility.

The company is nowadays a leader in the energy decision making sector thanks to its team. i-EM team is made up of a different set of people and talents, promoting professionalism and individual development and guaranteeing continuous opportunities to learn and grow.

For more information: https://www.i-em.eu/

Gridio - based in Tallinn Estonia - makes electric vehicles charge when it makes sense. Gridio offers electric vehicle owners an easy-to-use app which users can connect their cars and solar systems to Gridio’s smart algorithms which automatically schedule the charging to the best time based on electricity prices. Gridio also offers smart-charging-as-a-service to energy companies and charger and solar retailers who want to offer their customers an elegant solution to become truly smart chargers. Gridio is available in the Nordics and select Western European countries

For more information: https://www.gridio.io/