{"id":11015,"date":"2026-08-19T19:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/?p=11015"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:22:49","slug":"the-strategic-dimension-of-power-system-flexibility-opportunities-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/en\/empty\/the-strategic-dimension-of-power-system-flexibility-opportunities-in-europe-11015","title":{"rendered":"The Strategic Dimension of Power System Flexibility: Opportunities in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Institut\u00a0fran\u00e7ais des relations\u00a0internationales<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key findings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report draws lessons for China from the experiences with the European electricity transition for scaling up renewables in the power market. The report emphasises the importance of market design for attracting least cost sources of caron-free flexibility to provide system reliability. It emphasises the importance of&nbsp;best practice approaches to&nbsp;interconnection&nbsp;planning. It also insists on the importance of developing residential demand-side flexibility (DSF). Residential DSF is cited as a growing source of&nbsp;peakloads&nbsp; and&nbsp;can lower the cost of the transition to carbon neutrality in most countries.&nbsp;Residential DSF can work when efficient pricing, infrastructure, and digital tools align to make DSF easy and worthwhile&nbsp;for consumers.&nbsp;It also&nbsp;requires winning consumer support for DSF and overcoming a variety of institutional barriers, including the fragmentation of markets and regulatory uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifri.org\/en\/studies\/strategic-dimension-power-system-flexibility-opportunities-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ifri.org\/en\/studies\/strategic-dimension-power-system-flexibility-opportunities-europe<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press contact :<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Voltalis:<\/strong><br>Emma Corson, PR &amp; Corporate Communication Manager<br>07 60 89 81 89<br>emma.corson@voltalis.com<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institut\u00a0fran\u00e7ais des relations\u00a0internationales Key findings This report draws lessons for China from the experiences with the European electricity transition for scaling up renewables in the power market. The report emphasises the importance of market design for attracting least cost sources of caron-free flexibility to provide system reliability. It emphasises the importance of&nbsp;best practice approaches to&nbsp;interconnection&nbsp;planning. 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