FLEXCoop aims at introducing a complete automated Demand Response framework and tool suite for residential electricity consumers.
- The end-to-end interoperable solution will enable consumer flexibility to be valorised in front of a range of possible users in order to fulfil different services to the grid.
- This framework will enable energy cooperatives to explore demand response business models and take the role of aggregators. The pilot participants are members of two energy cooperatives located in the Netherlands and in Spain.
- FLEXCoop supports the democratisation of the energy system by enabling electricity consumers in households to actively support the energy transition and benefit from it through demand response.
“Flexibility” is one of the buzz words related to the debate on the integration of renewables. Using flexibility from consumers is perceived as a promising way to balance the system. However, what does this mean for cooperatives? And what kind of services can they offer to their members by using this “demand-side flexibility? Based on the experience of the FLEXCoop project, it has been published a report that provides an overview of “flexibility” services for residential consumer and illustrates them with real experiences of two cooperative actors, Energie Samen (NL) and Som Energia (ES) who together with their members experimented with new services.
