Use Cases

  • Capacity Flex Arrangement (CFA)

    Using Flexible Capacity Arrangements (FCAs), System Operators can offer available grid capacity to Operators of Wind, Solar and other Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to avoid curtailments and increase the share of renewable energy in the grid. 
  • A virtual fuse contract

    In winter, there is a challenge in cold climate areas between certain specific times when the load is high, and power peaks in the electricity grid can appear. The peak in the grid can cause high stress to the electricity network. By capping electricity consumption between certain specific times when the load is high, power peaks in the electricity grid can be reduced.
  • FlexLab: Operating reservation contracts in the activation market

    Operating reservation contracts in the activation market.
  • IntraFlex: Trading flexibility closer to real-time

    Operating closer to real-time should allow new participants to access the markets whilst key features such as a day ahead information services, as well as an auto-rebalancing function to the intra-day market,
  • Mitnetz: Renewable curtailment alternative

    Instead of shutting down the windmills, the flexibility of a nearby industrial facility is activated to absorb the excess wind power.
  • Engene: Grid investment deferral

    Å Energi (previously known as Agder Energi) and Microsoft teamed up to demonstrate how flexibility can be used to defer grid…