Buildings: The Sleeping Giants of Grid Flexibility

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Recording of Friday, May 09, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Exhibition Program 2025 | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 10:49 .

Tilt Energy CEO Highlights Flexibility's Crucial Role in Power Grids at The Smarter E Europe Exhibition

The document is an HTML file serving as a website's main page, structured with standard elements like "<html>", "<head>", and "<body>" tags. The head section includes metadata such as the title and links to stylesheets or scripts for enhanced functionality or appearance. The body contains visible content through headings, paragraphs, images, lists, etc., allowing developers to create organized layouts with interactive features using CSS for styling and JavaScript for dynamic behavior. Romain Serres of Tilt Energy highlighted the importance of flexibility in energy consumption at an event due to shifting demands from renewable sources and increased electric mobility. He noted that demand-side flexibility helps manage mismatches between production and consumption by altering energy use patterns for cost efficiency or grid stability—resulting in lower bills and greener impacts. Tilt Energy aims to harness this potential via heating solutions, mobility integration, battery systems connected through APIs supported by AI systems. Buildings play a crucial role given their significant energy usage (40% in Europe), driven largely by HVAC systems; they are increasingly equipped with PV panels, thermostats, heat pumps transforming them into active market participants. Differences exist between France’s explicit monetization scheme versus Germany’s approach but harmonization is expected over time across regions. Serres advocates combining utility-scale projects (front-of-meter) with versatile behind-the-meter assets essential for full decarbonization without one-size-fits-all connectivity—a strategic position within evolving markets seen at exhibitions focused on advancements like eBus integration or HEM developments. Challenges arise from integrating diverse company scenarios: some allow asset-specific control while others develop local AI solutions; establishing connectivity among these varied systems remains difficult despite efforts like OpenADR protocol which lacks widespread adoption due its complexity/variability requirements especially concerning geographical/equipment differences necessitating tailored approaches profitable at scale yet complex enough not trivializing operational efficiencies sought after flexible strategies.

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Speaker

Romain Serres, CEO, Tilt Energy

Talk of session: Turning Energy Flexibility Into Money

Discover how commercial and industrial energy users can unlock new revenue streams through energy flexibility. This session will explore how to create revenue streams and save costs from making use of the latest flexibilty technologies, participating in demand response programs, make use of dynamic pricing, integrating energy storage systems and other approaches. Learn from successful case studies with examples of innovative approaches in flexible energy use in industrial/commercial settings. Moderator: Lucinda Murley, Flexibility Specialist, LCP Delta

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Welcome

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Battery Storage for Industrial Companies: More than Peak Shaving

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Unlocking Behind-the-Meter Value: Local Flexibilty and Multi-Use Cases for C&I Success

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AI-Driven Energy Trading Optimization for Co-Located Battery Storage & Renewables

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Monetizing Flexibility of Industrial Power-to-Heat

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Q&A

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