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Cooperation
between energy
market players:
a real boon for flexibility
M
anaging the electricity system is increasingly challenging
and requires constant attention at all times, both day and
night. Elia has a number of regulation tools, also known
as reserves and ancillary services, for that purpose.
The Vynova site in Tessenderlo has contributed to Elia’s reserves
for some years now.
“We contribute to Elia’s reserves through our electrolysis
machines. They feed into both the primary reserve, which deals
with frequency, and the tertiary reserve, through the interruptibility
product Interruptible Contract Holder (ICH).” Michel Ceusters,
Vynova Group
This kind of cooperation between Elia and industrial consumers
is a real win-win, whether it is organised through an aggregator
or not. It enables Elia to diversify the range of electricity market
players and thus bring more flexibility to the market.
“Cooperating with Elia on reserves is
worthwhile for us because it helps us
to reduce our energy bills.”
“Cooperating with Elia on reserves is worthwhile for Vynova because
it helps us to reduce our energy bills. Since the Tessenderlo site
is probably Belgium’s second-biggest consumer of energy, being
able to participate in the energy market via reserves makes a real
difference to us.” Michel Ceusters, Vynova Group
“Renewable generation means that Elia needs more flexibility to
keep the grid balanced. However, when this form of generation is
combined with computer intelligence and new market players (like
aggregators), it can also provide new sources of flexibility. To that
end, Elia has launched an ambitious programme to fundamentally
redesign all the ancillary services markets with a view to opening
them to all kinds of new technologies (such as batteries, or demandside management) and new market players (like aggregators) and
integrating them at European level.” James Matthys-Donnadieu, Head of
Market Development at Elia
“Since the Vynova site in Tessenderlo is
probably Belgium’s second-biggest consumer
of energy, being able to participate in the
energy market via reserves makes a real
difference to us.”
TO FIND OUT MORE, SEE INTERVIEW WITH VYNOVA GROUP
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