Flexibility Research Service

Capturing opportunities in the growing demand side flexibility market

philippa hardy

"Demand side flexibility is a rapidly growing part of our energy systems, and is set to play a major role in the transition to new energy.

Advances in technology, data analytics and electricity market regulation are opening a wide array of opportunities across many different value streams.

Companies are responding by developing a range of products, business models and partnerships to better position themselves in this complex and dynamic market."

Philippa Hardy, Flexibility expert

Where is the value for demand side flexibility and how will this change?
What are the business models that will enable us to succeed with demand side flexibility?
What technologies - software, hardware, platforms and data analytics do we require to be successful?
How is demand side flexibility competing with other sources of flexibility - and how will it do so in the future?
How will the demand side flexibility ecosystem evolve, and who should we partner with?

Delta-EE's Flexibility Research Service provides data, analysis and opinion that enable you to evolve the right positioning and to identify, understand and capture the growing opportunities from demand side flexibility.

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Recently published reports

Time-of-use Tariff Database

This file contains prices and tariff structures of residential time-of-use electricity tariffs in Europe and Internationally.

2019 EU Demand Side Flexibility (DSF) Market Monitor

This file contains Delta-EE's 2019 European Market Monitor for Demand Side Flexibility findings and results. We analysed 21 European markets on the level of market activity of demand side flexibility, based on evidence found through primary research. We identified 5 categories to research in order to rate market activity, these were: 1. Availability and accessibility of DSF to value streams 2. Monetisation of DSF in value streams; 3. Breadth of asset types used for DSF; 4. Breadth of customer segments engaged with DSF; 5. Number of stakeholders active with DSF

Platforms for enabling Demand Side Flexibility

This report offer a definition for demand side flexibility and categorises four demand side flexibility platforms looking in detail at their capabilities, value streams and business examples. It also suggests future interactions and interoperability of demand side flexibility platforms.

Residential DR Market Status

This report explores how developed the EU residential demand response market is, and size and nature of the assets being utilised. It also evaluates the current value stream and main market players. The core aims are to: Understand the key asset types for residential DR; Evaluate main market value streams today; Identify major market activities.

Ancillary Prices Database

This database provides:

Details on all the ancillary services
Prices in €/MW/h per year, per country, per service
More specific monthly or weekly data since 2013
All this information for Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Switzerland