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Leveraging the power of decentralised units

Decarbonising the electricity grid requires ensuring that there’s enough renewable energy available to meet peak demand.

Austria is transitioning towards 100 % renewable energy. This will require harmonising the supply and demand of energy across both time and location. The Green the Flex project set out to aggregate more than 2 500 decentralised units, including electric car charging stations, heat pumps, boilers and energy storage systems. By coordinating their activity, the project achieved an additional capacity of more than 6 megawatts, and a load balancing potential of 5 gigawatt hours.

Keywords

GtF, synergy, growth, green transition, climate-neutral, energy, renewables, CINEA, transport, shipping, European Green Deal, green hydrogen, greenhouse gas emission, carbon footprint, CO2, renewable energy, climate action, wind propulsion