Flexibility for energy cooperatives

Research projects on flexibility

• Flexcoop Demand response for energy cooperatives Democratising the energy market through introduction of innovative demand response tools and novel business models for energy cooperatives.

• RescoopVPP REScoopVPP develops a cooperative approach to Virtual Power Plants through open standards, open source software and collaborative licensing of smart energy management tools with high standards for data protection while maintaining independency from commercial interests

• A community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP) This project proposes a community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP), a novel model that can help organise & significantly boost renewable energy production & distribution at a local level.

Articles // Reports

• Flexibility services for energy cooperatives An overview of possible flexibility-based services using residential equipment control

• Flexoop project deliverables

• Energy communities with grid benefits: A quest for a blueprint As energy communities gain traction, questions pop up: Do energy communities deliver real‑world benefits to the operation of the electricity grid? How do these cooperative efforts differ from commercial aggregators that offer similar services?

• Energy & Flexibility Services for Citizens Energy Communities This paper aims to support the development and harmonization of the CEC role within the energy system and, in turn, help CECs to unlock the value of Prosumer flexibility, to facilitate energy transition. The paper defines the services typically offered by CECs and explores how they might further benefit their members, both now, and in the future, by extending their roles and services to incorporate and valorize demand-side flexibility.

Webinars / Seminars

• Unlocking community based flexibility to transform the energy system - 1 (20- 11-2020) Webinar explaining the concept of community-based flexibility, illustrated with hands-on experiences from energy communities in the field.

• Unlocking community based flexibility to transform the energy system - 2 (29-01-2021) “How can citizens be engaged to take a more active role in balancing the grid?” This question was the starting point of our second community-based flexibility webinar. We dug into this question by sharing insights and hands-on experiences from cooperatives and people involved in the FLEXcoop project, which came to a close at the end of January.

• Flexibility 2.1: From Demand Response to Renewable Energy Communities
  Introduction to the research projects on flexibility

• Flexcoop Webinars and videos

  • Community-based Flexibility
  • EUW19
  • Intro to Demand Response
    • Part 1
    • Part 2

Research Projects on flexibility

• Compile
  The main aim of COMPILE is to show the opportunities of energy islands for decarbonisation of energy supply, community building and creating environmental and socioeconomic benefits.

• Respond
  integrated demand REsponse Solution towards energy POsitive NeighbourhooDs
  There will be an article to be published

• TABEDE
  TowArds Building rEady for Demand rEsponse

• SMARTBUILT4EU
  The EU Smart Building Innovation Platform

• DELTA
  Future tamper-proof Demand rEsponse framework through seLf-configured, self-opTimized and collAborative virtual distributed energy nodes

• eDREAM
  enabling new Demand REsponse Advanced, Market oriented and Secure technologies, solutions and business models

• HOLISDER
  Integrating Real-Intelligence in Energy Management Systems enabling Holistic Demand Response Optimization in Buildings and Districts

• SocialRES
  Fostering socially innovative and inclusive strategies for empowering citizens in the renewable energy market of the future

• HESTIA
  Holistic dEmand response Services for European residenTIAl communities

• CREATORS
  CREATing cOmmunity eneRgy Systems

• RENAISSANCE
  RENewAble Integration and SuStainAbility iN energy CommunitiEs

• E-LAND
  Integrated multi-vector management system for Energy isLANDs

• NEWCOMERS
  New Clean Energy Communities in a Changing European Energy System

• REACT
  Renewable Energy for self-sustAinable island CommuniTies

• IElectrix
  Indian and European Local Energy Communities For Renewable Integration and the Energy Transition