Welcome & Introduction to the Session: Empowering Consumers Through Demand-Side Flexibility

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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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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.

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Weiterführende Inhalte
The smarter E Europe Conferences 2026
Panel Discussion of the Session: Turning Industrial and Commercial Demand Side Flexibility into Value

Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 02:30 pm

The smarter E Europe Conferences 2026 | Conference Program

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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.

Webinar Collection
Demand-side flexibility in action: Real-world strategies for energy-intensive industries

May 5, 2026

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Webinar showing how flexibility can reduce energy costs and strengthen competitiveness.

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Perovskites: The Race for the Future of PV?

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