Hamburg, April 29, 2025 – Energy tech companies encentive and FlexPower have joined forces to better integrate industrial and commercial electricity consumers into the energy market. Their shared goal is to unlock untapped flexibility potential in energy consumption, creating both economic and environmental benefits for businesses.
By natively integrating their platforms, the two companies bridge a gap that has long separated two key areas: on-site energy management (“behind-the-meter”) and short-term electricity procurement in wholesale markets (“front-of-the-meter”). Encentive provides intelligent optimization tools that generate flexible, price-optimized load schedules on the customer side. FlexPower, in turn, ensures efficient electricity sourcing based on these schedules, leveraging short-term markets, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and virtual battery solutions for added security and customization.
“Flexibility is the new currency in the electricity market,” says Max Amir Dieringer, CEO of FlexPower. “Those who can respond quickly to market signals gain not only an economic edge but also help stabilize the grid. By seamlessly integrating encentive’s load optimization with our flexible, modular sourcing models, we enable businesses across Germany to take full control of their energy consumption and procurement.”
The partnership addresses a structural challenge in the industrial sector: many manufacturing companies are locked into fixed-price contracts that isolate them from market dynamics and prevent them from benefiting from low or even negative electricity prices. Meanwhile, price volatility is driving up risk premiums on conventional contracts.
“We often see companies treat energy procurement as an afterthought because they perceive it as too complex,” Dieringer adds. “For many, PPAs were out of reach. But for us and our clients, they’ve become a standard tool. On top of that, opportunities in short-term markets have gone largely unnoticed or untapped. The result: companies that fail to take a holistic view face avoidable financial risk. Now, we can eliminate that risk — and turn it into a competitive advantage. Real risks become real opportunities.”
The joint solution from Encentive and FlexPower tackles this challenge head-on. By leveraging flexible loads, businesses can actively participate in energy markets, reduce exposure through PPAs or virtual batteries, and cut costs. At the same time, the approach supports companies in meeting their sustainability goals—without incurring excessive additional expenses.
“With FlexPower, we can directly link our optimized load schedules with flexible electricity sourcing on short-term markets,” explains Torge Lahrsen, Co-Founder and Managing Director at encentive. “This gives our customers a powerful lever to reduce their energy costs—without adding complexity.”
The partnership is effective immediately, with the first pilot projects already underway.
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FlexPower GmbH | Jasmina Utzat | Communications | jutzat@flex-power.energy
encentive GmbH | Tess Höke | Senior Marketing Manager | hoeke@encentive.de