Democratizing Solar DG - New Business Models - Local Energy Communities (LEC)

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Recording of Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 14:35 .

Sofia Tavares
B2B Product Marketing Director
EDP Comercial
Portugal

Our European energy system is undergoing a major transformation, moving towards decentralization with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) connected to the grid, such as PV solar, battery storage, and EVs. While DERs provide clear benefits such as limiting costs, reducing CO2 emissions, and helping to empower consumers, there are still challenges to overcome to develop DERs to their full potential. This session will focus on best practices and innovative projects, both from a grid and user perspective (e.g. energy communities) and we will discuss how the regulatory framework can be improved to facilitate the penetration of DERs and active participation from consumers.

Further Talks of this session:

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Michael Villa
Executive Director
smartEn
Belgium

To Talk

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Mirjam Penders
Head of Commercial
Sympower
The Netherlands

To Talk

Speaker

Gianluca Corbellini
CEO
Hive Power
Switzerland

To Talk

Speaker

Michael Villa
Executive Director
smartEn
Belgium

Sofia Tavares
B2B Product Marketing Director
EDP Comercial
Portugal

Mirjam Penders
Head of Commercial
Sympower
The Netherlands

Anne Nysaether
CEO
Elvia AS
Norway

Carmen Gimeno
Secretary General
GEODE
Belgium

Gianluca Corbellini
CEO
Hive Power
Switzerland

To Talk

Speaker

Anne Nysaether
CEO
Elvia AS
Norway

To Talk

Speaker

Carmen Gimeno
Secretary General
GEODE
Belgium

To Talk

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Our European energy system is undergoing a major transformation, moving towards decentralization with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) connected to the grid, such as PV solar, battery storage, and EVs. While DERs provide clear benefits such as limiting costs, reducing CO2 emissions, and helping to empower consumers, there are still challenges to overcome to develop DERs to their full potential. This session will focus on best practices and innovative projects, both from a grid and user perspective (e.g. energy communities) and we will discuss how the regulatory framework can be improved to facilitate the penetration of DERs and active participation from consumers.

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