Recording of Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2025 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 13:27 .

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Speaker

Michael Villa
Executive Director
smartEn
Belgium

Talk of session: Smart Electrification of Demand

While variable renewable electricity generation is increasing, its cost-effective integration in the energy system remains a challenge. The electrification of consumption, from households to industries, has stagnated at around 23% across Europe. The electrification of demand could place unnecessary strain on the system if it is not made more flexible. To support an increasingly intermittent energy system, peaks in electricity consumption must be avoided and electrified consumers rewarded for shifting demand to another time of the day. The session will present solid business models to support the flexible consumption of renewable electricity in homes, buildings and industries.

Further Talks of this session:

Bringing Heat Pump Flexibility to Life

Speaker

Janosch Balke
Product Manager Energy Service
Viessmann Climate Solutions
Germany

To Talk

Enabling Smarter, More Flexible Energy Consumption

Speaker

Dr. Michael Schreiber
Head of Flex
Octopus Energy
United Kingdom

To Talk

Build Smart Not Hard - Practical Steps From Energy Assets to Markets

Speaker

Tarvo Õng
CEO
Fusebox Energy
Estonia

To Talk

Energy Sharing - Enabling Everyone to Benefit from a Clean Energy Transition

Speaker

José Queirós de Almeida
CEO
Greenvolt Communities
Spain

To Talk

Dynamic Tariffs and Demand Flexibility: a Viewpoint from the Nordics

Speaker

Julien Cossé
Chief Strategy Officer
Nord Pool / Euronext Group
Norway

To Talk

Panel Discussion

To Talk

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