30 May 2019
The energy landscape is shifting away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable electricity sources, and from vertically integrated monopolies to unbundled and competitive markets. Energy markets have been historically designed around centralised sources, however renewable energy generation requires a different approach – integrating different decentralised sources, energy storage and strengthening linkages with the demand side. […]
26 February 2019 - In cooperation with Florence School of Regulation, the BestRES Consortium has organized the European Policy Workshop “RES Aggregators as Enablers of Prosumers and Active Market Participation” at CEER, the Council of European Energy Regulators, in Brussels, on 11th February 2019. Aggregators should be intermediaries to put “Consumers at the heart of the Energy Union”. Currently, […]
14 January 2019 - The BestRES project is crossing the finish line and publishes its results. In a changing electricity market landscape where the share of variable renewable energy in the energy mix is increasing, system flexibility becomes crucial. As part of the solution, the aggregation of renewable energy sources can significantly accelerate the integration of variable electricity sources, […]
17 December 2018 - On the occasion of the EUW, the European Utility Week, the BestRES Consortium organized the workshop “Aggregators as enablers of prosumers participation in the energy market” (6th November 2018, Vienna, Austria). This workshop provided the participants with an overview on business models and legal framework for aggregators acting in the future markets to support consumers engagement […]