Energy Flexibility Initiative from the University of Stuttgart

Stefan Buettner is the head of International Affairs and Strategy at the University of Stuttgart. He says the need to incorporate flexibilization of the energy demand into the energy transition equation. With support of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, EEP further explores in the SynErgie-Project routes to a synchronized and energy-adaptive production technology for the flexible adjustment of manufacturing processes to a volatile energy supply. The flexibility potentials within the aluminium industry alone add up to 13,200 MWh - equivalent to 1/3 of Germanys total pump storage capacity. This is to identify the appetite for flexibility increases with company size and varies a lot across manufacturing sectors. Buettner: 3 out of 4 companies in the automotive sector do already consider energy flexibility of future relevance for their company. and the demand-sides view on energy flexibility could be explored better across borders and language. the energy efficiency need to be explored further.