11.9.2025 | 17:00 CET
Europe’s rapid shift to renewables also brings rising risks of grid imbalances, as the Iberian blackout in May 2025 showed. Real-time digital balancing and demand-side flexibility (DSF) are now essential to keep the grid secure, cut costs, and meet the EU’s 2030 climate targets.
By 2030, DSF could unlock 164 GW of upward flexibility and 130 GW of downward flexibility from EVs, heat pumps, and buildings—saving consumers up to €71 billion annually while avoiding millions of tonnes of CO₂.
Regulators are already moving: from the Clean Energy for All Europeans package to Fit for 55 and ACER guidelines, the momentum is clear. SmartEn, Europe’s leading association for demand-side flexibility, is at the forefront of shaping fair market rules and harmonized standards to unlock scale.
Michael Villa
Executive Director at smartEn
Regulation or Roadblock: Can EU Policy Really Unlock Flexibility?
Jana Hrabětová
Head of Strategy and Innovations at E.ON CZ
Flexibility in Action: How E.ON Is Turning Portfolio into Profit
Jan Hicl
Chief Product Officer at Delta Green
The ROI of Flexibility: Delta Green’s Proven Results
Sultan Aliyev
Market Design and Demand Response Senior Specialist at ENTSO-E
Flexibility as the Backbone of Europe’s Power System
Q&A
An open floor discussion. Bring your questions about the future of demand-side flexibility, regulatory developments, grid resilience, or the technologies enabling a smarter, more flexible European energy system.