Recording of Thursday, June 20, 2024 | The smarter E Europe 2024 | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 3:19 .

smartEn Hosts Session on Demand-Side Flexibility, Featuring Industry Experts and Innovators

This session, hosted by smartEn, focuses on demand-side flexibility in the energy system. SmartEn is a European business association dedicated to promoting demand-side flexibility and represents over 106 companies. Demand-side flexibility involves adapting consumption patterns to improve grid efficiency, reduce peak loads, lower consumer prices, and increase renewable energy uptake. The event features several notable speakers from diverse organizations who will explore various aspects of implementing flexibility across the energy ecosystem. Topics include interactions with solar power, storage solutions, e-mobility advancements, and monetization through innovative markets. Speakers include Aron Lazarchick from Cleanwatts (Head of Growth), Alexander Kofink from CyberGrid (CEO), Ciro Lanzetta from i-em (CEO), Michael Johanns from Deftpower (Business Developer), Viktor Persson from Siemens, and Aurore Lantrain presenting slides on EPEX SPOT. Overall, this session aims to provide comprehensive insights into employing demand-side flexibility within different areas of the energy sector for enhanced sustainability and economic benefits.

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Talk of session: Empowering Consumers Through Demand-Side Flexibility

A decentralised, flexible energy system puts energy consumers at the fore-front of the clean energy transition. Through demand-side flexibility, consumers are able to adjust their consumption, store energy, and inject energy into the grid during peak moments, contributing to a more efficient and sustainable decarbonisation pathway. smartEn has calculated that, with help from flexible consumers, in 2030 the EU energy system could avoid 15.5 TWh in renewable energy curtailment, a 61% improvement compared to if no action is taken, and avoid investments in 60 GW of peak generation capacity, equivalent to 137 gas peaking plants, resulting in €2.7 billion saved annually. This session aims to deep-dive into how decentralised assets such as PV, Stationary and Mobile storage, amongst others, are key to reducing costs for consumers, increasing the uptake of renewables and solving grid congestion issues.

Further Talks of this session:

Growth Strategies for Thriving Energy Communities

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Empowering Consumers Through Demand Side Flexibility

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Digital Services as a Way to Foster REs Sources (and EVs) Integration and the Development of New Local Energy Communities

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The MSP is the King of Smart Charging

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Cutting-Edge Demand Response Technologies

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How to Further Take Advantage of Flexibility for Additional Monetisation, New Markets and Grid Congestion Management

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Q&A

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