3 Things to Look for in a Flexibility Service Provider
The financial opportunities brought by flexibility services are becoming a major point of interest for commercial and...
How Strategic Expansion Drives Success in European Energy Markets – Q&A with Federica Tomasini
Sympower is currently active in 10 European countries. How do you decide on the expansion strategy of the company?...
smartEn Executive Director Michael Villa on the future of energy flexibility in Europe
When we consider how best to address Europe's energy challenges, we often focus on supply, where our energy comes...
Getting Europe’s Grids Fit for the 21st Century – Interview With SmartEn’s Executive Director Michael Villa
SmartEn is the European business association integrating the decentralised solutions of the clean energy transition to...
Empowering Industry through Energy Flexibility – Q&A with Raphaël Gras
What trends do you see affecting industrial companies in the energy transition? The European industry today is...
Five Myths About Demand Response, Debunked!
It sounds too good to be true: getting paid to adjust your energy use during peak hours. This is exactly why many...
EU elections: Opportunity or Risk for Demand-Side Flexibility? – Q&A with Mathilde Chareyron
2024 will be a pivotal political year for the European Union. Can you explain what’s happening? It will be a busy...
Going From Passive to Active as an Energy Consumer – Q&A with Gianluca Rimini
First of all, what and who are active consumers? Active consumers are disrupting the traditional unilateral...
How to Earn Revenue with Demand Response
Participating in Demand Response allows industrial energy users to earn extra revenue while helping to stabilise and...
Five Times Demand Response Saved the Grid
While demand response programmes are relatively new players in the global energy sector, they are already recognised...
Benefits of Distributed Flexible Resources for Industrials
Today we are discussing the benefits distributed flexible resources (DFR) for industrial companies. The EU is seeing...
E-Boilers and Demand Response: How it works
E-boilers and demand response - let's explore the basics. Boilers play a fundamental role in generating heat for...
What is Battery Storage?
Energy storage is a key part of capturing and discharging energy. There are different types and sizes of energy...
Why do Energy Prices Change?
Energy prices are a hot topic. From plummeting fuel prices at the pump during the pandemic, to the rising gas prices...
What are Energy Markets?
Energy markets are arenas for the buying and selling of energy. People have always traded physical energy-giving...
How to Grow with the Energy Transition
What is the Energy Transition? The climate crisis is set to rapidly change our world, and our energy systems...
The Problem with Renewables, and How to Fix It
With the ongoing climate crisis, renewables are important now more than ever. Not only do they lead to greener energy...
Power Grids & Outages – All You Need to Know
People often refer to ‘the grid’ when talking about our energy. But not everyone knows exactly what it is, or how it...
Energy and Electricity – What’s the Difference?
In the energy industry, the terms energy and electricity come up a lot. Sometimes they are used interchangeably,...
What is a Virtual Power Plant? VPP Explained
Virtual power plants (VPP) can come in many shapes and sizes. As the energy sector evolves, they are becoming even...
What is Electrification? Definition and Examples
There are countless devices and processes that use electricity in the world today. That number continues to grow in a...
Securing Europe’s energy supply: the role of platforms for ancillary services
The European Union is implementing a number of platforms for electricity balancing, and you may already have heard...
Smart Grid Explained
Decarbonising our energy system is crucial in order to overcome the climate crisis. That means getting the most out of...
The differences in demand response – balancing services explained
The EU aims to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. To do so, it must aim to reduce greenhouse...
Helping EU countries lower energy prices and become carbon neutral by 2050 requires a more supportive ‘demand’ response
The pressure on European countries to decarbonise has increased, not only because of the ongoing war in Ukraine which...
What is Demand Response?
Everything You Need to Know It’s hard to understate the complexity in generating and distributing energy. For power...
Why do we need more demand-side attention for a successful energy transition?
In the last months, we have been observing the development of new policies and ambitious goals bringing us closer to a...
Let’s Discover the Flexibility of your Energy Assets
Flexibility is a crucial building block of the energy transition that’s aimed towards a fully renewable energy system....
How to Unlock Your Flexibility with Sympower’s Demand Response Platform
When it comes to the energy transition, everyone wants to have an impact. Thankfully, energy users are becoming key...
The basics of power systems – 5 questions and answers
As the world accelerates towards the energy transition, sharing knowledge and stimulating innovation will be key to...
How Solar PV Parks are Getting Smarter with Curtailment
The energy transition is in full swing. That means utilising renewable energy sources as much as possible. But what if...