The European Commission aims to decarbonise the energy system, encouraging the electrification of heat and transport, as well as integrating more renewable energy sources. To accommodate the green transition, deploying digital solutions that enable the provision of flexibility to the grid by different energy sectors and facilitate demand response is needed. To this end, ENFLATE is developing a collaborative platform of tools, enabling consumer-driven business models for energy services, exploiting their multi-vector flexibility potential and integrating them with other non-energy services. These solutions will be deployed across 6 demonstration campaigns in Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland demonstrating:
(i) consumer-centric flexibility market designs;
(ii) TSO-DSO-consumer coordination for cross-sector flexibility provision; and
(iii) non-energy services for healthcare and mobility.
The expect impact areas of the project are:
• Grid Flexibility: Reduce the need for grid upgrades by using flexibility marketplaces as a way for DSOs to make their grids more flexible.
• Grid Stability: Mitigate system voltage issues and congestion through innovative digital tools.
• Non-energy services: Integrate energy and non-energy services developing ML algorithms that combine energy optimisation with indoor environmental conditions monitoring.
• Carbon Reduction: Through tools, such as the flexibility management tool and the energy optimisation tool, facilitate better TSO-DSO- consumer coordination and reduce RES curtailment, while optimising the energy use in transport and healthcare.
• Citizen Engagement:Engage citizens utilising localised outreach approach.
