European Clean Flexibility Study
August 1, 2025Power System Modelling and Open Source Tooling
Partner: Ember
Narratives advocating the expansion of fossil fuel generation to maintain, secure, and stabilise Europe’s electricity supply are influencing power system planning and the allocation of public funds. To inform this debate, Ember is partnering with Open Energy Transition to conduct a study on clean flexibility solutions. The main aim is to provide evidence that European countries can reduce use of expensive fossil fuel generation by rapidly deploying readily-available clean flexibility solutions, such as battery storage, smart electric vehicles, and heat pumps, while still ensuring a reliable power supply.
This study utilizes an open-source repository built on PyPSA-Eur to model the European interconnected power system and its interactions with both the transport and heating sectors.
The report quantifies how accelerated deployment of demand flexibility from batteries, EVs, and heat pumps can lower wholesale electricity prices and reduce the costly reliance on gas power plants in selected European countries by 2030 and 2040. It aims to provide policymakers, grid operators, civil society organisations, and the media with robust, data-driven insights to inform energy policy decisions across Europe.
Project Aims
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