Flexibility empowers building owners and industries to decarbonise and electrify - tackling high costs and global competition
Flex for growth
Faced with high energy costs and fierce global competition, building owners and industries need to rethink how and when to use energy.
Reduce costs and boost competiveness - energy storage and flexibility is a proven driver of growth for energy intensive consumers.
PHLECKS.
At the forefront of innovation, we redefine what is possible in demand-side flexibility and thermal energy storage, merging advanced strategies with visionary insights to transform energy-intensive industries. Our expertise breaks conventional boundaries, enabling businesses to optimize energy use, enhance grid resilience, and unlock sustainable flexibility for a cleaner, more efficient future.
FAQs
How does flexibility work in industrial settings?
Flexibilty allows industries to adjust their electricity consumption in response to grid signals, market prices, or own renewable production. This can involve:
Shifting non-critical processes to off-peak times
Curtailing power loads for valuable seconds and minutes
Increasing consumtion in sync with excess renewables
How does thermal energy storage benefit industries?
Thermal energy storage involves storing excess thermal energy (heat or cold) for later use. With this type of flexibility industries can overheat or undercool indutrial processes for valuable seconds and minutes, which can:
Reduce peak demand charges
Improve process efficiency
Enable better integration of renewable energy sources
The economic incentives for adopting flexibility?
Our research shows that flexibility can reduce electricity cost with up to 30 % on certain asset types, which is a combition of:
Peak shaving and load shifting vs. high spot prices
Participation in energy markets for flexibility
Reduced carbon emissions and improved ESG performance
Types of most suitable asset and processes?
80% of common industrial thermal processes can be electrified, which makes them on average 50% more energy efficient. In the applicable asset and processes resides 40-75% flexibility potential, which includes:
Electrical heating elements in e.g. hot water
Induction heaters for melting e.g. cast iron
Electrical heaters for e.g. drying, evaporation
The choice depends on temperature requirements, storage duration, and integration with existing processes.
How can industries get started with flexibility?
We can help educate internal stakeholder and onboard them on the necesarry steps to execute:
Audits to identify flexible loads and processes to estimate the value potential and effort for realisation
Engagement with aggregators for market participation
Pilot projects to validate performance and ROI
What are the main challenges with flexibility for the industry?
The biggest challenge is the lack of knowledge transfer to understand the simultanious opportunities of electification, thermal energy storage and flexibility - which can reduce ROI on new decarbonization investments with a factor of 3.
High upfront capital costs if not included new investments
Integration complexity with existing OT systems
Lack of awareness or technical expertise
Regulatory and market access limitations for some markets