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Historic moment ahead: On Saturday (8th of Feb), Baltic countries (🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹) will disconnect from the Russian power grid and synchronise with the Continental European electricity system. Following this weekend, for the first time, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will no longer be dependent on Russia's electricity infrastructure. Instead, they will fully integrate with the European grid, strengthening their energy independence and security. Here's the timeline: ⚡ Saturday, 8th Feb: The Baltic states will disconnect from the Russian power grid in stages, starting with Lithuania and ending with Estonia. ⚡ 33-hour' island mode': From Saturday morning until Sunday evening, the Baltic grid will operate independently, balancing supply and demand without external connections. It's a good opportunity to see whether the Baltic grid is strong enough to function independently and if balancing and reserve markets work as intended. ⚡ Sunday, 9th Feb: The Baltic grid will synchronise with mainland Europe via Poland, completing the transition. At Sympower, the excitement around this event was high, given that a big chunk of our development team is located in Estonia (Sympower was actually born there!). After some casual brainstorming at the beginning of the week, our engineering team built a real-time frequency monitoring web application to track the event! This tool uses per-second sampling of grid frequency, letting us observe any fluctuations during the transition. This was a true passion project — what started as a Slack conversation quickly became a fully functioning web tool, thanks to our team's incredible collaboration and enthusiasm. Kudos to Neeme Praks (聂米), Rik van der Vlist, Tõnis Ojandu, Frank Parejo, Jaak Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Steve Mägi, Erkki Lindpere, Teet Vaher, Mahmoud Safar, Salva Labajos Samos, this was really cool to watch! 📈 Wanna follow the Estonian grid frequency in real-time with us? 👉 Check out the page: https://lnkd.in/eWGFC-eV 💡 PS. When visiting the page, scroll down for more information about the event and the development timeline! #BalticGrid #EnergyIndependence #EnergyTransition #DesynchronisationEvent #balticsyncro

It’s updates time! ⚡ 👋 We kept growing this quarter - reaching 250 team members!🚀 Welcome everyone, happy to have you all onboard! Jaap, Kasparas, Olja, Otto, Lars, Denis, Zuzanna, Aggrey, Yannis, Christian, Bridgitta, Jörgen, Egon, Florian, Thomas, Vitali, Vladimiros, Tamas, Pauline, Zsombor, Matthias ⚡ We also acquired Flextools, a Nordic flexibility technology provider, from Norwegian energy group Å Energi, which adds 250 MW to our portfolio and new employees to the team! Welcome Flextools! Kęstutis, Pragati, Morten, Felix, Georg Krog, Veronika, Ciarán, Øivind, Victoria, David, Karan, Jez Reel, Mathias, Jason, Geir This quarter is also full of events 👇 🔒 We got ISO 27001 certified! It means our security practices meet internationally recognised best practices, giving our partners and clients confidence that their data is protected. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gW3WxmRm 🌐 Our Data & ML Manager, Ellissa Verseput, participated in a panel discussion at the AI in ClimateTech Meetup. She joined industry leaders to discuss the crucial role of data and AI in the energy industry and how they contribute to the value optimisation of flexible renewable assets. 🗣️ We hosted a webinar focusing on the future of BESS in the Nordics. We covered effective strategies to minimise risks, safeguard profitability, and finance BESS projects in an increasingly volatile market! Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/eZF7ZUg4 🔋 We were at Energy Storage Summit 2025, sharing our expertise on BESS solutions and how they can support businesses. It was great to connect, exchange insights, and discuss the future of #EnergyStorage. ⚡We co-hosted a lunch dialogue in collaboration with MEP Sigrid Friis and MEP Benedetta Scuderi at the European Parliament to raise awareness on why demand-side flexibility is essential for Europe's #EnergyTransition. 💖 For the first time, we opened the doors of Sympower and hosted an exciting event at our office in collaboration with Girl Code. The evening was filled with insightful discussions, and inspiring talks with industry experts—all in celebration of women in tech! 🌿 Our Analytics Engineer Nout Neijmeijer went to London to give a lecture at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources! It was a great opportunity to explain how flexibility providers work in practice. Browse our open positions: https://lnkd.in/eippPw3D

🌷 We believe women should be celebrated more than just one day a year, which is why we're dedicating the entire month of March to highlighting our amazing colleagues and the incredible work they do at Sympower! 🌸 Today, we're excited to introduce Viola de Groot, our Scrum Master and Agile Coach! #empoweringwomen #womenintech #energytransition #cleantech

🔋 The #BESS race is on! With growing electricity demand and renewable energy expansion, the Nordic region is emerging as a key investment opportunity for battery energy storage systems. In our recent webinar “Rise of Batteries: Unlocking the Long-Term Business Case for BESS,” our energy market experts shared key insights to help BESS owners and developers secure long-term revenue: 💡 Renewables & electricity demand will drive the need for BESS — Nordic electricity consumption is expected to double by 2040, with Finland set to meet half its new demand through wind energy. This growth highlights the need for large-scale BESS to manage market volatility. 💡 Beyond the FCR boom — While frequency markets have dominated BESS revenue, the shift to wholesale and mFRR markets unlocks new value streams. With 15-minute market intervals arriving soon, BESS operators can explore fresh arbitrage opportunities. 💡 Read the full article to find out more, find the link in the first comment! The full webinar recording is also available in the blog post 👆 Edward Treloar, Florian Brunsting, Anders Tonhammar Lööf, Gunnar Egidius, Oscar K., Jani Helolahti, Stanislav Kiselev, Jason Erwin, David Malmberg #BatteryStorage #EnergyStorage #DemandResponse

Meet us at Renewable EnergyTech!⚡️ In the coming days, our experts — Dimitris Orfanos and Vladimiros Tzeiranidis — will attend the international exhibition for green and smart energy, an event that fosters networking and partnerships across the circular economy and renewable energy sectors. This is a great opportunity to meet our team, exchange insights, and discuss the future of energy flexibility and demand response. We look forward to connecting with you there! 📅 13-15th March 2025 📍 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki International Exhibition & Congress Center 👉 Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/g6YJ2Nwu #EnergyTransition #EnergyFlexibility #RenewableEnergy

⚡ Phasing out of fossil generation sources and boosting EU competitiveness: The European Commission’s goal is clearer than ever. To achieve this, the Clean Industrial Deal will focus on reducing energy prices and accelerating industrial electrification. For the first time, it places demand-side flexibility and energy storage at the heart of the European Commission’s strategy. Entire industrial value chains, producers, NGOs, industry associations and consumers have welcomed this decision, recognising that hashtag #EnergyFlexibility is key to: ✅ Lower energy costs ✅ Strengthen energy security ✅ Generate new revenue for industries The framework has been set. Now, it's time for national action. Together with SolarPower Europe, Cepi, and the European Environmental Bureau, we urge policymakers to act now. 👉 Read our take on the Clean Industrial Deal: https://lnkd.in/eH7xNb5S Małgosia Rybak, EMBA, Simon Bushell, Mathilde Chareyron, Walburga Hemetsberger, Cosimo Tansini #CleanIndustrialDeal #EnergyTransition

🇬🇷 Greece’s renewable generation is accelerating rapidly — but flexibility must keep pace. Over the weekend, Greece saw #solar generation push gas plants almost entirely out of the daytime energy mix. While this is a positive sign for the country's #EnergyTransition, it also revealed a growing challenge: limited downward flexibility. With less gas capacity online, fewer resources were available to reduce generation when demand dropped. As a result, downward capacity prices for FCR and mFRR spiked despite only modest volumes being procured. ❗ It’s absolutely crucial that all available flexibility resources, including aggregated loads, can participate in balancing markets. With solar generation growing rapidly, ensuring every available tool can be used to balance the grid will be key to maintaining stability and supporting Greece’s renewable future. Read more from Styliani (Stela) Sarri: https://lnkd.in/esqMk6bj Graph source: Balancing.services #EnergyFlexibility #RenewableEnergy #DemandResponse

🌷 Happy International Women’s Day! With Women's Day coming up tomorrow, we want to take a moment today to celebrate all the cool things our incredible Sympower women have been part of over the past few months! 🌸 Our Strategy and Innovation Director, Olivia, participated in a panel discussion during the European Sustainable Energy Week. The panel was centered around flexibility and customer engagement. Olivia debunked myths, highlighted real-life success stories and shared practical tips. Listen to the discussion: https://lnkd.in/ekjXYx_P 🌸 Our Data Team Lead, Ellissa, hopped on stage in front of 1200 people during Lead Dev London to share her lessons from leading and scaling our, at the time, newly formed data team. You can watch her talk on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eXFNRvkq 🌸 Our Senior Public and Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Cinzia, shared her energy flexibility and energy markets knowledge on the Reimagined Energy Podcast. She discussed the evolution of Demand Response, the current regulatory landscape, and the recent changes in the European Parliament. Listen to the podcast: https://lnkd.in/eAuJ-rqp 🌸 Our Software Engineering Team Lead, Sonja Duijvesteijn, gave an insightful talk on refactoring code and people at the Girl Code event in our Amsterdam office. The evening was filled with inspiring discussions and talks from industry experts—all in celebration of women in tech! 🌸 Our Head of Innovation, Olivia, joined the Energ’Ethic Podcast to share her 7-year journey with us at Sympower! Olivia talked about her experiences as a woman in energy leadership and the importance of innovation in navigating the energy transition. Listen to the podcast: https://lnkd.in/ejExVfry 🌸 Sonja, Ellie and Ellissa hosted the Girls’ Day at our office—a fantastic initiative that introduces girls aged 10 to 15 to the exciting world of science, technology, and IT! We think it’s super important to inspire more girls to dive into these fields, especially with the gender gap in STEM. #internationalwomensday #womensday #womenintech

The manual Frequency Restoration Reserve (mFRR) Energy Activation Market (EAM) launch in the Nordics already shows its impact. On the first full day in SE2, SE3 and SE4 (Sweden's bidding zones), prices reached almost 2000 EUR/MWh ❗ in the up direction and -100 EUR/MWh in the down direction. This reflects a shift in Nordic balancing markets due to new stricter balancing requirements under the Nordic mFRR EAM — balancing energy cannot be exchanged to the same extent from neighbouring price areas to cover imbalances. This might lead to increased local price volatility, making flexibility more critical. For energy-intensive industries and flexibility providers, this means: - Higher exposure to more extreme imbalance prices - Increased financial risk for those without exposure to flexibility markets - Greater revenue potential for those who can respond to market signals As price volatility increases, #EnergyFlexibility becomes more valuable. At Sympower, together with Flextools, we help businesses navigate these changes by optimising and monetising their flexibility — turning market shifts into revenue opportunities. #mFRR #ElectricityPrices #DemandResponse

Big news: we’re now officially ISO 27001 certified! 🔒 From day one, security has been a top priority for us. Now, with over 2.5 GW of resources under management, ensuring the highest standards of data protection, resilience, and compliance (including #NIS2) is more critical than ever. 💡 ISO 27001 is the gold standard for information security management. It means our security practices meet internationally recognised best practices, giving our partners and clients confidence that their data is protected. This certification is the result of a year-long effort of reviewing, refining, and strengthening our systems. But security isn’t a one-time achievement or a certificate — it’s an ongoing commitment. Our independent audits ensure we stay at the forefront of cybersecurity, protecting the systems that power businesses across Europe. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gW3WxmRm #ISO27001 #CyberSecurity #EnergyTransition