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Towards more flexibility in future electricity markets
Local electricity markets where you get paid to be flexible is one way of contributing to solving the energy challenges of the future.The increased...
Flexibility and Energy Management part of solving Europe’s energy crisis
There will be 1 million electric vehicles on Turkey's roads by 2030, and studies show that electricity demand by 2030 will be met if the policies...
Video: Flexibility in the Swiss alps
Watch researcher Jessen Page, HES-SO, explain how his group develops flexibility services for the local grid owner.
FlexiGrid presented at the PSCC 2022 conference
Local flexibility services reduce the transmission system’s operation and investment costs even in the absence of TSO-DSO coordination, as long as local flexibility was procured by the DSOs to reduce the peak power cost of their distribution grids.
A typical flexibility service procurement deal
Energo-Pro, one of the three biggest DSOs in Bulgaria, will be choosing around 20 participants producers, prosumers and consumers, connected to its network. We have listed the typical stages of a flexibility deal.
Smart meters make Bulgarian energy consumers flexible
Consumers of electricity can provide important flexibility to the power grid during peak-hours. By connecting a smart meter the consumers get access to a flexibility market provided by FlexiGrid.
Webinar in Swedish: Flexible grids, obstacles and solutions
Horizon 2020 projects FlexiGrid and Coordinet collaborate in this webinar about the major obstacles that flexibility markets face. This webinar is in Swedish.
FlexiGrid’s Swedish demo site
This spring we started the demonstration phase at FlexiGrid’s demo site at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The site is owned by Akademiska Hus and developed by them in collaboration with Chalmers. In the video Chalmers researcher David Steen gives an update.
Eflex – the trading platform
Learn about the Eflex platform, FlexiGrid’s trading platform enabling flexibility for the power grid.
Watch our webinar about congestion forecasting
Watch our webinar about congestion forecasting. In this webinar the Horizon 2020 projects FlexiGrid and BD4OPEM collaborate and present their findings regarding congestion forecasting.
Sell your car’s power when you don’t need it
In FlexiGrid’s Turkish demo case, the electrical vehicle is used as an asset to limit the potential congestion-related problems in the future and provide flexibility in the local distribution network.
FlexiGrid’s IoT platform integrates V2G
The IoT platform is at the core of FlexiGrid, connecting all the technology developed in the project. Controls and monitors the flexibility that the electric vehicle can provide.
Ease peak-hour with flexibility
Currently, within the scope of the FlexiGrid project, a demo-area to test energy flexibility services is being built in Switzerland, led by HES-SO.
The role of flexibility in the energy transition
The energy system is transforming from traditional to cleaner energy sources. With new technologies, this leads to changes. Turmoil in the energy markets and the record
Buildings provide flexibility at Akademiska Hus pilot-site, Sweden
With an increasing demand for electricity, flexibility services become an important part of the green transition towards fossil-free energy....
FlexiGrid webinar on flexible markets
In this webinar you learn about the possible flexible markets developed by the FlexiGrid project.
Local energy markets simplified in Sweden
The establishment of local energy markets is simplified following an amendment to the Swedish ordinance on exemptions from the requirement for network concessions.
Vehicle-2-Grid at FlexiGrid’s Turkish pilot
OEDAS is preparing for future scenarios and new business models in the electricity distribution network. In parallel with the increasing number of...
Why DSOs need an IoT platform
The increasing amount of prosumers, citizens and organisations both consuming and producing electricity for the grid and providing flexibility from...
FlexiGrid part of Swiss Campus Energypolis
Energypolis in the middle of the Swiss alps is a new innovative campus area that is just being built with a focus on energy innovation. It is also...
Flexibility in the Gothenburg grid
Our demo site located in Gothenburg develops tools and experience for grid monitoring, control and flexibility intervention and also a local energy...
Akademiska Hus’ buildings bring flexibility to the fossil-free energy system
As part of the EU-project FlexiGrid, new ways of implementing flexibility technology are currently being tested at Campus Johanneberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its area and infrastructure have all the properties of a small city, says Per Löveryd, at Akademiska Hus.
Turkish DSO OEDAŞ in the middle of the energy transition
Turkish DSO OEDAS, one of the pilot sites where cutting edge technologies are to be developed within the scope of the FlexiGrid project will be...
RISE contributes to FlexiGrid with expertise within the field of energy and flexibility market
As a partner in FlexiGrid, RISE contributes with expertise in the design of energy and flexibility markets, as well as energy system regulation and policy.
Entra Energy – pushing for renewable energy in Bulgaria and Europe
Entra Energy is a renewable energy company with an R&D leg and a strive and focus to be an active player in transforming the energy sector for...
Testing of the energy trading platform begins
FlexiGrid project, which has been going on for a little bit more than one year, is advancing fast. Most recently, EMAX, a digital innovation...
Putting the pieces into place
FlexiGrid has been running for just about over a year. We talk to project manager Douglas Almquist at IMCG. Hi Douglas, one year into the project,...
FlexiGrid at ISGAN
FlexiGrid had the opportunity to present the project and collaboration with the Canadian smart grid project NESTNet to ISGAN, the International...
IMCG creates new services for energy companies through FlexiGrid
FlexiGrid is coordinated and managed by the Swedish innovation company IMCG. The effort means a multi-million investment for the company.
“Flexible energy solutions are on the rise. We develop services for our customers in the project”, says Magnus Andersson, IMCG.
The key issues for the success of local energy and flexible markets
FlexiGrid webinar: What are the desirable characteristics of a local market and what are the specific aspects that must be considered in its design...