Tech@Lunch May - Capitalise on rising energy prices

Volatile electricity prices, driven by the rise of renewable energy and local grid congestion, are increasingly threatening the profitability and financial stability of energy-intensive manufacturing companies. But what if this volatility could become an opportunity rather than a risk? For those who know how to respond to it, it's also a powerful lever to cut energy costs and generate additional income.

During this Tech@Lunch, Théo Tuerlinckx (Flanders Make) and Carlo Manna (VITO/EnergyVille) will show how the EneMaX project is turning this challenge into a concrete opportunity. The key insight: most production processes have more built-in flexibility than companies realise. By intelligently shifting or adjusting electricity consumption in response to market prices, manufacturers can unlock significant savings, and even earn money by feeding that flexibility back into the energy market.

As uncertainty looms over tomorrow’s market price and renewable energy availability, colleagues from VITO/EnergyVille are providing their expertise to assess flexibility potential in the near future and help manufacturers to plan their production for the coming hours/days/weeks in the most cost-effective way.  

They will demonstrate a digital web tool that makes this accessible in practice: a straightforward way for any manufacturing company to quickly evaluate how much flexibility their processes hold, what it's worth in euros, and what the return on investment could look like.