Events
2023

22.03 Energy Club Reception

In Ukrainian

Topic: smartEn: Empowering active consumers in the clean energy transition

Date: March 22, 2023
Start time: 14:00 CET (UTC+1), 15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Organizer: Energy Club
Format: closed meeting of Energy Club
Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation into Ukrainian)

Speaker: Stefan Dörig, Chair & Brieuc Giard, Policy Officer, smartEn
Moderator: Artem Martyniuk, Vice President of Energy Club
We are excited to invite you to a presentation by smartEn, a leading European business association striving for a decarbonised and decentralised energy system thanks to the active participation of all consumers. During the presentation, smartEn will provide an overview of their association and explain in detail how they work, what specific areas they are active in, and how their members contribute to a more flexible and resilient energy system, highlighting the revenue opportunities stemming from their business models.

smartEn will highlight their efforts to drive the decarbonisation of the electricity sector through the cost-effective integration of renewables and the smart electrification of heating, cooling and transport. They will present and discuss how demand-side flexibility can be a game changer for the energy system.

This presentation is a unique opportunity to learn more about smartEn and their mission to put consumers at the core of a decentralised and decarbonised energy system. We look forward to your participation.
Meeting schedule
  • Presentation of the speaker (45 minutes)
  • Q&A (15 minutes)
About the speaker
Stefan Dörig, Member of the management board at tiko Energy Solutions and Chairman of the board at smartEn. Former Energy Counsellor at the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union. Historian and economist. Proud owner of a Maltese dog called Patron.

Brieuc Giard, Policy Officer at smartEn, background in European affairs and international relations, former student at the College of Europe in Natolin.
About the company
smartEn is a European cross-sectorial business association integrating consumer and digital-driven solutions. They aim to empower consumers – from industries, buildings, transport – in the clean energy transition through their active participation. By activating their demand-side flexibility, consumers can help integrating more renewables in the energy system, favor system efficiency, providing benefits for consumers, the environment, and the grid. smartEn's areas of focus include energy storage, digitalization, and system integration. Their members include companies across the whole energy value chain, including aggregators, energy solution providers, EV manufacturers, etc.. smartEn advocates at EU level for policy measures that promote the penetration of renewable energy, energy efficiency at system-level, the active role of consumers, in order to achieve the energy transition in the most cost-efficient way.