Flexible Energy – essential in the energy transition

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Accelerating the Energy Transition

Flexiblepower Alliance Network wants to contribute to a renewable energy future by promoting open-source standards for flexible energy demand, matching the variations in renewable energy, paving the way for a fully renewable energy future.

On March 14th 2019, FAN and Stedin DSO will host WattsLocal, an afternoon on Local Energy Communities, or ‘Citizen Energy Communities

Our recent news:

FAN, proud
host of
FLEXCON2018

you’ll find all FLEXCON presentations here

5th February 2019/by Adriaan van Eck

On March 14th 2019, FAN and Stedin DSO hosted WattsLocal, an afternoon on Local Energy Communities.

22nd October 2018/by dennis

Enshared has joined the Flexiblepower Alliance Network (FAN)

31st May 2018/by dennis

28 juni Den Bosch: Wat je wil weten over de energie transitie

30th April 2018/by dennis

FAN presentation IIR Smart Energy Congres now online (in Dutch)

We have developed a suite of open-source solutions to connect and manage local energy flexibility appliances.

The solutions share the same philosophy, yet can also be used separately and combined with other solutions for connecting smart devices and steering/matching of smart grids.

Energy Flexiblity Interface (EFI)

Our Energy Flexibility Interface (EFI) is a Communications protocol to control multiple smart appliances (dish washers, heating, airco, solar panels, car charging). All in order to increase the smart grid energy flexibility and optimize the use of renewable energy. Read more >

Energy Flexiblity Platform & Interface (EF-Pi)

The Energy Flexibility Platform & Interface (EF-Pi) is the associated software platform to develop and install EFI drivers to connect devices to smart grids, with a user friendly interface for home appliances. Read more >

PowerMatcher

PowerMatcher^TMis software to match the supply and demand of electricity. Based on the EFI protocol, it operates as a smart grid coordination mechanism, balancing distributed energy resources, renewable energy and flexible demand. Read more >

In practice:

Flexibility is a unknown asset

It’s not universally acknowledged that Flexibility is essential in the energy transition. Why?
Sustainable energy sources like wind and solar produce energy, but in a fluctuating pattern. Overproducing one day and under-producing the other. This means, we still need to rely on fossil power plants in periods of shortage, as energy storage is often to expensive.
In order to move forward we are focused on Energy Flexibility.
Energy Flexibility is affordable. Our Smart Solutions will improve the effective usage of clean energy by shifting the energy demand of devices in a time-frame. Our Smart solutions are applicable to various situations.

The world of energy is changing

For many years, power grids have formed a reliable infrastructure, which transports power generated at power plants towards domestic, commercial and industrial consumers. However, the way we use the power grid is changing due to:

Entrance of new energy intensive applications (heating buildings, electric cars)
Maturity of renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind turbines
Growing number of small scale energy production (prosumers)

Balancing power peaks

The implications on the powergrid are radical. Power has to be inserted at many different locations in the power grid which have a high impact on the stability of the power grid itself. Most renewable energy sources don’t deliver a steady and continuous power production. Also their capacity can’t be planned in advance. It becomes increasingly difficult to balance the production and consumption in the power grid. When production and consumption are not in balance, the power grid will fail. Consequence, despite many renewable energy sources, we still need traditional power plants to produce energy when the demand exceeds the supply.

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Accelerating the Energy Transition

Flexibility is a unknown asset

The world of energy is changing

Balancing power peaks

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