All Articles about Flexibility

Investitionen in Batterien: Chancen und Risiken

Battery Investment: Opportunities and Risks

Battery energy storage systems are becoming a cornerstone of Germany’s energy transition. We explore the financial opportunities and risks in Germany’s wholesale and balancing markets.

Line graph showing electricity consumption (NH3 refrigeration machine and overall usage), optimized schedule, and energy prices throughout the day.

FlexPower and Encentive Drive Improved Energy Flexibility for Industrial and Commercial Users

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.

Power Consumption in Data Centers is high for computing

How flexible can Data Centers be in their Electricity Consumption?

Data centers account for around four percent of total electricity consumption in Europe and North America. As demand grows, the question of how flexibly they can use power is becoming increasingly urgent.

FlexPower takes over dynamic power procurement for the “green” heat supply on Überseeinsel district in Bremen

Since December 1, 2024, the Hamburg-based power trader CFP FlexPower GmbH has been responsible for the dynamic procurement of electricity for Bremen’s Überseeinsel. The Überseeinsel urban development project is part of Bremen’s Überseestadt district and is creating a new residential and business quarter on 16 hectares.

German Energy Policy Brief before 2025 elections

German Energy Policy Election Special

With Germany on the brink of a pivotal election, we want to share our high-level views on energy policy and the key considerations for voters. We’ve outlined five fundamental theses to keep this concise and to the point.

The Great Decoupling

Electricity (cross-product) price volatility has historically been closely linked to overall price levels. This trend seems to have ended in 2024 in Germany, as low marginal cost renewables are pushing the overall wholesale price level down, while peakers such as gas and batteries need to finance their investments in relatively few but increasingly expensive production hours

Revenue of Batteries from Selling their Flexibility in different Contract Types

How to Purchase Power in the 20s and 30s, Part III: Flex HL (Battery) Shapes & How to Sell Flexibility & Hedge Price Volatility

This blog post is the third in a series of articles about hedging price volatility using standard shapes such as wind and PV, as well as more novel and somewhat non-standard ones, such as the FlexHL (Battery). While the first two articles were explainers for consumers, this one is for suppliers who are looking to sell their flexibility, i.e. BESS owners.

PPA Hedge mit Flexibilität aus Batterie-Struktur gegen Preisvolatilität

How to Purchase Power in the 20s and 30s, Part II: Hedging Price Volatility in Consumption with FlexHL (Battery) Shapes

In this subsequent blog, we extend our discussion from part I and look at how to use Flex HL (battery) shapes to hedge against price volatility.

A new index by FlexPower shows the current and historical value of flexible dispatch resources in energy trading

New Index Calculates Value of Flexibility in the German Electricity Market

The FlexIndex measures on a daily basis the revenues that operators of flexible assets can achieve in Germany’s short-term spot market. The index is based on a reference battery with a storage capacity of one megawatt-hour and a power of one megawatt.

The “science” of modelling past and future revenues of battery energy storage systems (BESS)

The Battery Specific Science of Revenue Modelling

Over the last year we became increasingly involved with the “science” of modelling past and future revenues of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and now decided to shed some light on this practice. We believe that customers are being sold a lot of voodoo for science and that the incentives in this industry are not at all well aligned.