Recording of Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2026 | Language: English | Duration: 39:41 .

Flexibility and Trust in Evolving Energy Markets

Achieving flexibility in business models necessitates effective pricing signals and regulatory frameworks that integrate demand-side resources into balancing markets. Implicit and market-based activation types, along with open markets for demand-side assets, allow for greater consumer responsiveness and influence pricing dynamics. Challenges exist for aggregators in Europe due to national market rules and technical limitations, necessitating strong partnerships to promote scalability in flexibility implementations. Trust and accountability between asset owners and energy operators are crucial, with mechanisms such as certification enhancing reliability. Digitalization and trust foster customer engagement in flexible energy solutions, where clear communication of expectations is vital. Industrial flexibility is challenged by innate process rigidity, particularly in energy-intensive sectors, suggesting that non-core processes may offer greater potential for flexibility. Effective orchestration of disparate energy resources, including batteries and demand-side solutions, addresses market imbalances exacerbated by increasing electrification. Localization and regional considerations remain essential for maximizing energy market efficiency.

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Talk of session: Turning Industrial and Commercial Demand Side Flexibility into Value

Industrial and commercial flexibility is no longer experimental - it is becoming a core part of network operation and market participation. Across Europe, DSOs, transmission system operators (TSOs), aggregators and retailers are moving from isolated pilots to coordinated programs that avoid grid upgrades and deliver real capacity and financial value for all participants.This session focuses on the operational integration of C&I flexibility into routine grid workflows through dispatch, settlement, verification and commercial models. It highlights how flexibility is embedded in daily operations: from automated dispatch and verification tools to new contractual models that reward large energy users for adapting consumption. You will gain insight into replicable approaches for scaling flex portfolios, integrating them into control-room workflows and ensuring fair value-sharing across utilities, service providers and industrial consumers.

Further Talks of this session:

Industrial Flexibility: Best Practices Across Energy Intensive Industries in Europe

Speaker

Michael Villa
Executive Director
smartEn
Belgium

To Talk

On the Way to Autonomous Flexibility Management

Speaker

Mark Nigge-Uricher
Senior Business Developer
Alliander N.V.
The Netherlands

To Talk

Making Flexibility Bankable: From Pilots to Daily Operations for Operators, Aggregators and C&I Users

Speaker

Laura Casolo Ginelli
R&D Programme Manager
Hive Power
Switzerland

To Talk

From Forecast to Dispatch: Operational Reliability of Flexibility Across Diverse C&I Portfolios

Speaker

Romain Serres
Co-Founder and CEO
Tilt Energy
Germany

To Talk