Fireside Chat: What's Needed to Tap Europe's Solar Rooftop Potential

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Recording of Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | The smarter E Europe 2024 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 18:45 .

Enpal Leads Germany's Residential TV Market with Innovative Energy Solutions and Virtual Power Plants.

The dialogue discusses the evolving role and innovations of Enpal, a leading entity in Germany's residential TV market. The conversation highlights significant changes foreseen for 2024, particularly with declining retail rates influencing residential demand. Enpal has transitioned from selling solar panels to becoming an extensive service provider in green technology, achieving unicorn status as it expanded its offerings to include energy management systems and hardware. Enpal is now venturing into virtual power plants (VPPs) through a partnership with AI-based company Entrix, forming Flexa. This initiative aims to aggregate individual customers into VPPs, enhancing their role from traditional prosumers to "FlexSumers," who can potentially benefit from additional revenue streams via grid services or peer-to-peer sharing. Discussions also cover potential cost savings for customers using these flexible solutions and explore other innovative technologies like heat pumps, EV chargers at domestic levels, and smart home solutions that contribute significantly towards home decarbonization efforts.

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Speaker

Dr. Stefanie Groll
Head of EU Affairs
Enpal B.V.
Germany

Talk of session: Distributed Solar Power: Controlling Energy Bills in Residential and C&I Buildings

More than two-thirds of all new solar capacity added in the EU in 2023 was distributed. The EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which requires the installation of solar panels on buildings, will drive demand in the medium term. But what could speed up the deployment of rooftop solar installations on residential and commercial buildings in the short term? And how is the industry addressing the needs of these building types?This session will discuss:

  • Drivers & challenges for distributed solar PV in Europe
  • Technical solutions for high levels of solar self-consumption
  • Business models for prosumers and offers from utilities

Further Talks of this session:

Soft Landing or Boom Decade? Key Distributed PV Market Dynamics in Europe

Speaker

Juan Monge
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar, Europe
Wood Mackenzie
United Kingdom

To Talk

A New Look at Energy Independence and How to Get There

Speaker

Gadi Hirsch
Lead Analyst, Strategy Group
SolarEdge Technologies
Israel

To Talk

Enabling Solar & Storage Households to Participate in the Energy Market

Speaker

Alexander Vogt
Head of Product & Technology
LichtBlick Energy as a Service GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Mind the Upcoming Mandatory EU Solar Rooftop Regulations. Learnings From a Belgian Precursor

Speaker

Jan Osenberg
Senior Policy Advisor
SolarPower Europe
Belgium

Wannes Demarcke
Policy Expert Solar
ODE Vlaanderen
Belgium

To Talk

Solar Energy Sharing Experiences Across Europe

Speaker

José Queirós de Almeida
CEO
Greenvolt Communities

To Talk

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Back to the Future: Why the Past Wasn’t Really Better

The smarter E Podcast Episode 202 | Language: English

December 12, 2024

We speak with Martin Vogt and Dr. Julian Hochscherf about the progress in the electricity market

Michael Keller, CTO from CHarIN
Bidirectional Charging in Europe: Challenges & Opportunities

The smarter E Podcast Episode 200 | Language: English

November 28, 2024

We speak with Michael Keller about bidirectional charging in Europe

Bernhard Strohmayer, Head of Renewable Energies from bne
The traffic light is off: New rules for smart meters and prosumer systems

The smarter E Podcast Episode 201 | Language: German

December 5, 2024

We speak with Bernd Strohmayer about smart meters and direct marketing

Sustainable Solar Europe 2024
How Can Agrisolar Projects Provide Cross-Cutting Benefits for Renewable Energy, Agriculture and Nature?

Thursday, December 12, 2024 2:00pm–3:30pm

Sustainable Solar Europe 2024

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In this session, key cross-sectoral actors will discuss what role agrisolar plays in providing environmental and economic benefits to the farmer.

Sustainable Solar Europe 2024
How to Lower the Carbon Footprint of PV Modules and Components

Thursday, December 12, 2024 2:00pm–3:30pm

Sustainable Solar Europe 2024

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This session will discuss methods and strategies of lowering carbon footprint of PV modules and components and it will present best practices based on the newest Solar Sustainability report published by SolarPower Europe.

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