FlexBeAn project

Make your contribution to the FlexBeAn project, a research project conducted jointly by Creos, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg.

A huge challenge: the energy transition

Over the last few decades, the production of renewable energies has steadily increased in Luxembourg, and this increase is set to accelerate in the coming years. From 16.5%1 in 2022, the share of renewable energies in the country's overall energy consumption should reach 37.3%1 in 2030. However, this transition to renewable energies is not without its major problems, particularly in terms of supply. How can we guarantee a constant supply of electricity in the future when renewable energy sources are fluctuating and certain sectors are undergoing rapid electrification, such as mobility with electric vehicles and heating with heat pumps?

To meet this enormous challenge, Creos has been investing massively for several years in strengthening its network and implementing intelligent solutions. This is a major step towards the energy transition, but if it is to have every chance of succeeding, the active participation of consumers - be they households, SMEs, industry or e-mobility players - is essential. By adapting their consumption to fluctuations in renewable energy, they can optimise the capacity of the electricity grid. But how, and to what extent?

1 Figures from "Luxembourg's Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan for the period 2021-2030 - Preliminary draft update".

A key aspect: the flexibility of electricity consumers

This is precisely the aim of a research project conducted jointly by Creos, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. Entitled Flexibility potentials and user Behaviour Analysis (FlexBeAn), the aim of the project is to study and model the flexibility potential of electricity consumers (households, industry, SMEs, e-mobility players).

In practical terms, the project will focus on three areas: technical, behavioural and economic.

  • The first will focus on the technical potential and limitations, and assess the extent to which consumers in all sectors can reasonably be expected to be flexible, and at what point in time.
  • The second will help to better understand the behaviour of the various stakeholders and their motivations for adopting a more flexible attitude to electricity consumption.
  • The third will look at how this flexibility can be exploited and analyse how this potential could be mobilised through incentive measures based on developments in the energy markets over the next few years.

Let's work together to accelerate the reduction of our carbon footprint

In the long term, this innovative project will provide the information needed to achieve the following objectives.

  • Energy consumers in all sectors (households, SMEs, industry and e-mobility stakeholders) will play an active part in the energy transition and will become key players in the energy market in the future.
  • The facilities of distribution system operators (DSOs) and the decentralised energy resources of prosumers (both consumers and producers of electricity) and businesses will be economically optimised.
  • The carbon footprint of energy consumption will be reduced more rapidly thanks to an acceleration of the energy transition, in particular by reducing investment in the grid without hampering the increased integration of renewable energy sources.

But for these ambitious goals to have a chance of being achieved, we need to join forces. Make your contribution to the FlexBeAn project, whether you are a private household, an SME, an industry or any other business. If you are a private household, a questionnaire is now available to assess your flexibility potential. In the near future, you could also support LIST researchers by subscribing to their service on the Smarty+ platform.