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Demand-side flexibility is critical for balancing increasingly variable power generation. Explore demand response mechanisms, aggregation models, and digital platforms enabling consumers and industry to adapt consumption in real time, strengthening system efficiency and reliability.

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Europe’s flexibility: What EU‑DREAM has learned from 1,000+ households

The EU‑DREAM survey reveals an energy transition that will succeed not by gadgets alone, but by clear value, open standards and human‑centred design, writes Gianfranco Chicco.

Guest/partner contributor
19/05/2026

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A common language for data centre flexibility

Global demand for digital infrastructure is accelerating rapidly, driven by AI, cloud computing, advanced manufacturing and electrification, with Eamonn Lannoye examining the impact of large-scale loads on power systems.

Guest/partner contributor
18/05/2026

Europe’s data centre challenge – from energy demand to grid support

Data centres are no longer a niche demand category that the European power system can absorb without active management, ENTSO-E states in a new study.

Jonathan Spencer Jones
15/05/2026

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Unlocking demand flexibility with grid edge intelligence

As DERs reshape electricity networks, Itron highlights the need for grid edge intelligence and DERMS to enable real-time visibility, flexibility and control for a more resilient, affordable energy future.

Enlit Editorial Team
12/05/2026

Why we are solving the wrong problem over grid resilience

When the grid is under stress, the usual response has been to add more generation and build new transmission lines, writes Jeremy Ellis.

Guest/partner contributor
11/05/2026

InterPED’s approach to positive energy district energy management

InterPED is developing interoperable models, predictive control strategies and local market mechanisms for multi-vector flexibility in positive energy districts.

Guest/partner contributor
08/05/2026

AI and date centre roundup: Facing the energy challenge

We spotlight a faster way to estimate AI energy consumption, a solid state transformer for workloads and a new architecture for data centres as flexible assets.

Jonathan Spencer Jones
02/05/2026

EDF to optimise 1.2GWh battery project for BW ESS in England

It's the longest duration battery EDF has contracted to date and will be used to deliver flexibility to the UK's power system.

Yusuf Latief
28/04/2026

How a Dutch starch manufacturer is electrifying without a grid upgrade

Avebe tapped Schneider Electric for an industrial electric boiler and turned into a prosumer, negating the need for upgrading an existing grid connection.

Yusuf Latief
28/04/2026

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