Workshop #1 Flexibility as the Cornerstone of the Future Energy System
On 20 June we invite you to debate EU demand response market development. The workshop is taking place in co-operation with DTU Electro, co-chairing the working group on demand response under Mission Innovation’s smart grid challenge.
To quote the Executive Director of the IEA, Fatih Birol, when launching WEO2018: “With higher variability in supplies, power systems will need to make flexibility the cornerstone of future electricity markets in order to keep the lights on.”
Facing the climate change challenge will require massive RE-investments and massive infrastructure investments. Only demand side flexibility can ensure a cost effective green transition, integrating intermittent renewable resources such as wind and solar.
Demand-side flexibility in the power systems will be increasing in the forthcoming years driven by two main forces:
- RE-expansion from intermittent resources especially wind and solar requires demand response to balance the power system
- Significant (re-)investments in transmission and distribution grid are required in the coming decades, to make this expansion cost effective, demand response is required
We invite Danish and international stakeholders with activities within energy flexibility and demand response (business, research, authorities, financial institutions etc.) to take part in this workshop #1. We will have a particular EU perspective on how the demand response market development is going forward after the Clean Energy Package (CEP) was finalized.
We have invited key speakers in the EU demand response market including speakers working in Mission Innovation demand response working group enabling us to link EU developments to the global perspective of Mission Innovation partners.
Speakers will share information on:
- How much further the Clean Energy Package (CEP) will bring the EU towards a well-functioning flexibility market.
- How the implementation of the CEP will enable the active consumers. How do market players engage power consumers (industrial and residential) in their business case on aggregation of demand response.
- TSOs and DSOs will drive the flexibility demand, but how may this be facilitated? TSOs and neutral market facilitators like NODES will present how flexibility platforms may work to bring grid operators demand for flexibility together with available flexibility on the demand side.
- From a research perspective where are we in the demand response development, based on recent MI-survey. The result from EU research partners in the MI-working group will be shared.
The expected outcome of the workshop#1 is to share insight among participants as to what drives demand response market development in the EU in particular. By taking this opportunity to share experience we hope to inspire Danish as well as other EU developments on demand response activities.
Another second and final workshop - Workshop #2 - will be held in autumn 2020 to conclude on the EUDP-MI-work taking place in 2019-2020 in the MI-demand response track of work. At workshop#2 we hope to conclude on EU developments and have a stronger focus on global perspectives.
Participation is free of charge, but there is a no-show-fee of DKK 500.
Preliminary program is included. You can sign up to the workshop using the "sign-up" button in the information box to the right.