FlexIMa

Expanding renewable energy generation is an indispensable step for climate change mitigation but it also poses new challenges: To ensure security of supply, the electricity system must be able to easily balance fluctuations in electricity generation and demand. This requires more flexibility in the system – for example in the form of electricity storage, by means of sector coupling or through the targeted control of energy consumption.

The aim of FlexIMa is to develop scenarios for a market-driven ramp-up of flexibilities and to prepare recommendations for a suitable market design and regulatory framework. As part of the project, IKEM will analyse existing incentives and barriers to flexibility in the electricity system from a legal perspective.