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...
“The Greek Demand Response Market will be one of the most financially interesting in Europe.” – Explaining Demand Response in Greece This interview of Kostas Athanasopoulos, Sympower's Commercial Director in Greece, was conducted by Michalis...
Seabird Data Services – The Data Centre Becoming a Flexibility Powerhouse Founded in 2017, Seabird Data Services (SDS) is a data centre providing data hosting services for High Performance...
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...
Bixia – Maximising Customers’ Revenue Without Increasing Costs Sympower’s flexibility services are ideal for energy companies looking to expand their service portfolio and offer...
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...
User-friendly Platform and Reduced Energy Costs: Outcomes of the Flex4Scale Project A successful European energy transition depends on a strong and stable grid and advanced flexibility solutions to...
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...
Heidelberg Materials Hellas and Sympower Optimise Greece’s Balancing Markets Sympower and Heidelberg Materials Hellas, one of Greece’s most prominent cement production companies, are working...
Sympower Selected to Join the EIC Scaling Club Network as One of Europe’s Highest-Potential Deep Tech Scale-Ups Sympower has been selected by the EIC Scaling Club as one of the highest-potential European deep tech scale-ups poised...
How to Earn Revenue with Demand Response Participating in Demand Response allows industrial energy users to earn extra revenue while helping to stabilise and...
Boliden Aitik – Using Grinding Mills’ Flexibility to Earn Revenue Boliden Aitik, located in northern Sweden, is the country’s largest open-pit copper mine. Around 45 million tonnes of...
Smart Energy Solutions: scaling-up Sympower’s platform with the Flex4Scale project The European energy landscape is undergoing a structural transformation to triple its share of renewable energy...
Tailoring Sympower’s flexibility services to a new market – the example of Greece Our platform efficiently monitors, connects and manages distributed industrial and commercial energy assets on...
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...
Electricity Market Design Reform – the Role of Demand Side Flexibility and Storage Amsterdam, 25 July 2023 - As we navigate the energy transition, the electricity grid is undergoing substantial...
Sympower Goes Live In Greece’s Balancing Markets Sympower has become the first independent aggregator to go live in Greece’s balancing markets after securing 37MW of...
What is Battery Storage? Energy storage is a key part of capturing and discharging energy. There are different types and sizes of energy...
Cleaning Up Our Operational Waste: Sympower Goes Carbon Neutral Sympower was born with the mission to accelerate the energy transition and enable a sustainable world. Rather than...
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...
Unlock a world of possibilities: partner with us for a sustainable future! At Sympower, we strive to accelerate the global transition towards net zero by helping to build smarter, cleaner...
Nancy Kabalt appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board at Sympower Sympower establishes Supervisory Board as they move into 2023 Nancy Kabalt appointed as Chair of Sympower’s...
Sympower Meets with Industry Leaders At Enlit 2022 Last week, Sympower attended one of the leading energy fairs in Europe: Enlit 2022. The fair brings together industry...
Sympower tops up Series B financing to €25 million amid European energy crisis Sympower alleviates pressure for businesses amid energy crisis, as the European Union implements Gas Demand Reduction...
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...
Sympower Secures €2.3 Million from the EIC Accelerator to Bring Wider Flexibility Services to Europe, with Flex4Scale Amsterdam, 09:00 CEST - 26 September 2022 – Sympower, a leading European flexibility services provider, has...
Manifesto for the development of demand side flexibility in Spain The process of ecological and energy transition in which we are immersed is essential to address the climate...
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...
Sympower secures €22 million of further VC investment to accelerate Europe’s energy transition Sympower accelerates growth strategy with plans to expand operations in 25 countries by 2025, becoming Europe’s...
How Sympower’s Webinar is Helping Greek Businesses Save on Energy Costs On the 24th of May Sympower hosted our first Greek webinar on the topic of saving energy costs with demand response....
Sympower partners with Israeli TSO to improve the stability of Israel’s electricity grid and help reduce CO2 emissions As a leading independent flexibility services provider, we are excited to announce our partnership with Israel’s...
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...
Sympower Partners With Hellemans to Cut Energy Costs Ahead of the Netherlands’ 2030 Climate Goals. Amsterdam, 18 May 2022 - Sympower, a leading independent aggregator in demand response, has partnered with a major...
Sympower Team Days – April 2022 Last month our entire international team met up to take part in our 2022 Team Days event. It’s the first time in two...
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...
Collaboration between Klimate and Sympower for CO2 emissions removal Klimate.co is helping us remove our operational emissions. Amid the climate crisis, carbon removal has been a topic of...
Demand-side attention for a successful energy transition? | Sympower in energypress.gr Last week, energypress.gr, a greek energy-related forum, released the first publication written by Sympower’s...
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...
What can Demand Response mean to you? Oscar Karlsson, Sympower's Business Developer in Finland, explains the benefits of Demand Response programs. ...
Sympower joins the B Corp community Using business as a force for good We are proud to announce that we have become a certified B Corp. The B Corp...
Meet Sympower’s COO As the new Chief Operating Officer, Jan-Joost plans to make an impact by seeking to get the best out of the people at...
How is the work-life balance in Sympower? How is the work-life balance in Sympower? We asked our team at Sympower Sweden to tell us about how the work-life...
How is a typical day at Sympower? We asked some of our team members at Sympower to describe how does a normal day at Sympower look like. Our Operations...
2021 – what have we learned? Sympower's Founder and CEO Simon Bushell reflects on successful 2021. "2021 has been an amazing year for...
How is a typical day at Sympower? Sympower Estonia How does a typical day look like for the Sympower Estonia team? We asked our team in Estonia to run us through a...
What do you like about your job? Sympower Finland and Sweden We asked our team in Finland and Sweden to point out what is it about their job at Sympower that they like. Our...
What do you like about your job? Software Engineer Team We asked our team of skilful software engineers what is it about their job at Sympower that they like, read on to see...
Our CEO Simon Bushell’s interview for Rockstart Recently, our CEO Simon Bushell shared his experiences, insights and motivations behind founding Sympower. The...
Sympower and Vattenfall renew partnership to provide Northern Europe with grid-balancing services Demand-side response services help mitigate the challenges to a net-zero economy. Amsterdam, 9...
Leaseplan Turns Car Fleet into BESS on Wheels. Sympower collaborated with LeasePlan to provide smart charging services. In the Netherlands...
Demand Response for BESS in Finland’s First Scale Solar Park. Combining solar power with Demand Response - Sympower' collaboration with Solarigo in Nurmo. Solarigo Systems...
Investing in Greener Growth with Peter Nillesen From GETEC.Park At Sympower, we pride ourselves on our customers. Connecting with passionate people and businesses is how we make a...
Family-run Farm Finds Greenhouse Flexibility Hanna Helenius From Piltin Puutarha Greenhouse At Sympower, we believe that everyone has a part to play in the energy...
Sympower Proves Viability of Demand Response for Dutch DSO. Sympower demonstrated that distributed flexibility can have a vital role when it comes to solving congestion...
Leading Paper Mill Arctic Paper Successfully Integrated Demand Response. The paper mill Arctic Paper Grycksbo is one of the leading manufacturers in the world of wood-free coated paper and...
Japan’s Misawa Homes Finds Success with Demand Response in Finland. Sympower has helped Misawa Homes of Finland, a sawmill, move into the country’s FCR-N market. Misawa Homes of...
Dutch Living Lab Is Living Proof of Demand Response Success. Project demonstrating how flexibility can help with congestion management. Sympower participated in the Interflex...
Finnish Greenhouse Is Lighting the Way for Demand Response. Over 30 years of experience in growing cucumbers culminates in today’s SIGGPAC. Since 2007 SIGGPAC has been growing...
Accelerating the adoption of Demand Response in European markets Our partnership with innovative Finnish retailer Väre Flexibility is a crucial component of a...
AEB and Sympower to jointly develop an AI-based smart energy platform The heat domain offers great potential in the Netherlands for flexibility to accelerate the energy transition,...
Next stop: Norway We are excited to be live in another country with ancillary services. Together with our partner Vattenfall, we...
Sympower raises multi-million Series B round to strengthen its role in the European energy transition Sympower has raised EUR 5.2 million from Kees Koolen, the former CEO of Booking.com and an early investor and...
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...
Four founders explain the biggest hurdles to flattening the climate curve in 2021 The Next Web In this read from The Next Web our founder and CEO Simon, as well as the founders of Lightyear...
How FCR became a sustainable win-win for a Swedish data centre Swedish data centre and the energy transition? The growing use of renewable energy places new demands on the...
Simon on PV Magazine – Why the European Commission should support independent aggregators Sympower and its competitors are playing a fundamental role in making electricity markets accessible, flexible and...
Phoebus and Sympower collaborating to reduce demand peaks in Israel. Israel has recently lifted its 2030 national renewable energy target from 17% to 30%. How are Sympower and PHOEBUS...
Dutch TSO enthusiastic about aFRR pilot Amongst others, Sympower is taking part in a pilot organised by Dutch Transmission System Operator TenneT to...
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...
Swedish electrification opens grid balance opportunities ICIS (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services) describes how aggregators like Sympower are helping tackle...
Grid Flexibility and Climate Adaptation Our CEO Simon Bushell gives coverage of grid flexibility on the Climate Adaptation channel by Cimpatico...
Sympower featured in “Leaders in Cleantech” podcast episode Our CEO Simon Bushell shares the inspiring story of Sympower in this episode of “Leaders in Cleantech” with...
Sympower and Vattenfall working together to power flexibility in the Swedish energy market STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Sympower, the demand response specialist, is working with leading European energy utility...
Our CEO Simon Bushell’s opinion piece on demand response in The Energy Industry Times Our CEO Simon Bushell’s opinion piece in The Energy Industry Times discusses the natural position for a future...
Demand response opportunities during challenging times “Talking new energy” podcast from Delta EE features Sympower and Electricity Exchange, two aggregators in the C&I...
Demand Peaks in Israel What do dozens of people getting stuck in elevators have to do with Sympower? Due to the extreme heat...
Sympower among top 10 Central Eastern European Scaleups We are excited to be among the TOP10 scaleups in the second edition of the CEE Scaleup Challenge from Vestbee....
Equigy platform from grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna gives consumers access to sustainable energy markets Grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna have partnered up to use more flexibility from the crowd, making the...
Looking back at the last year One year ago, Sympower was ranked by StartUS as one of the top 5 smart meter companies to watch out for. Looking back...
Sympower featured in case study on flexibility Sympower is selected by Innoloft and Energate as a case study for the paper “flexibility as a business model”....
Sympower – Video by TKI Urban Energy Sympower creates extra revenue for industrial customers by using their energy assets to support the energy grid....
Sympower at Israeli Environmental Summit Last week, hundreds of corporate and governmental leaders convened at the Israel Environmental Summit 2020, where...
European Interflex Project Successfully Completed Interflex demonstrated how flexibility can be part of the solution to congestion management for Distribution System...
Key learnings from EnergieKoplopers2 Sympower shares its learnings from EnergieKoplopers2 This week, Sympower was at the closing presentation of...
Sympower named one of the three most impactful Climate Launchpad start-ups In the early stages, Sympower was a ClimateLaunchpad finalist. Now, four years later, we were invited as one of...
Sympower Raises €3 Million in Series A Funding Round AMSTERDAM, 01.10.2019 – Sympower, an international scale-up driving the energy transition, has raised €3...
International Expansion for Sympower – Collaboration with Vattenfall in Sweden STOCKHOLM – 01.09.2019 On the 8th of May 2019 the Swedish Transmission System Operator (TSO) Svenska Kraftnät...
Sympower’s solution highlighted on Finnish grid operator website Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid features Sympower on their website. Katja Hollmen, Operations Manager at...
Sympower at Israeli Public Utility Authority Annual Convention Jerusalem, Israel: The Israeli Public Utility Authority (PUA), the governmental body responsible for regulating...
International Expansion for Sympower – Pioneering Demand Response in Israel Sympower was selected by the Israeli Ministry of Energy to lead and demonstrate the implementation of demand...
Official launch of Interflex at Strijp-S Official launch of Interflex at Strijp-S with Enexis This month, the Interflex project became a reality...
Sympower attending Flexcon 2018 Sympower is happy to announce to be a partner of FLEXCON 2018, the international energy flexibility conference...
Sympower presents at the Energy Trade Show in Den Bosch, the Netherlands At the 10th edition of the largest trade fair in the energy sector in the Netherlands, Vakbeurs Energie,...
Sympower selected to pilot balancing for Dutch electricity market aFRR Sympower and Dutch grid operator TenneT will examine the possibilities of using distributed electrical assets...
Stedin highlights Sympower as a builder of the future Dutch distribution system operator Stedin features Sympower in their change-makers for the future campaign. Simon...
Sympower part of The 10 Best-In-Class SMART GRID Tech Solution Providers After being included in the Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch, Wattisduurzaam’s Top 5 One’s to Watch list for...
Subsidy project Dynamic Demand Response Through Load Balancing Sympower wrapped up a subsidised research project focussed on finding the opportunities of load balancing with...
Sympower in the ClimateLaunchpad spotlight Sympower has been featured as a ClimateLaunchpad Success Story. To say that our 2015 ClimateLaunchpad...
Sympower officially kicks off the European smart grid project Interflex InterFlex H2020 InterFlex is a €23 million project initiated by the EU Commission as part of the Horizon...
Sympower CEO Simon Bushell Forbes 30 under 30 We are incredibly proud and happy for our CEO, Simon Bushell for making the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list as a...
Sympower Raises €1M from Enfuro Ventures and Angel Investors Sympower, a smart energy startup, has raised one million euros from angel investors and investment fund Enfuro...