Delta Green launches platform in CEE for households to provide grid balancing

Czech energy startup Delta Green has launched a platform enabling households to provide grid balancing for transmission system operators. The company claims it is the first in Central and Eastern Europe and among the first in Europe to implement such a solution.

Delta Green said it just became the first in the CEE region to launch a platform that lets ordinary households help stabilize the energy grid, arguing it’s never been done before at this scale in the region.

The startup stressed the innovation comes at a critical time when European flexibility needs are projected to more than double, from 220 TWh in 2025 to 530 TWh by 2033, according to the latest projections by ENTSO-E.

Flexibility could bring benefits to consumers, and savings to grid operators, but also reduce electricity prices and grid investments.

The platform transforms ordinary households into active participants in the energy market

The platform transforms ordinary households into active participants in the energy market, allowing them to adjust electricity consumption or supply power in response to grid demands – a capability that directly addresses Europe’s growing flexibility challenges, the company underlined.

“A standard home solar system with battery storage can save up to EUR 40 per month. In Germany and France, where millions of homes have solar setups, 10% participation could offset the output of several power plants, reducing fossil fuel reliance and boosting grid resilience,” co-owner and Chief Product Officer of Delta Green Jan Hicl said.

Delta Green says its platform is the Airbnb of grid balancing

The company added its tech is already saving consumers money and reducing fossil fuel reliance. One can think of it as the Airbnb of grid balancing, Delta Green said.

The company is now working on expanding its services beyond the Czech Republic to both Western and Eastern Europe, for example the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland), Italy, and Romania.

Delta Green was established in 2008 as Nano Green under the Nano Energies group. It rebranded itself last year. The company is jointly owned by David Brožík, Prokop Čech, Lukáš Beneš, and Jan Hicl.

Demand-side flexibility could deliver over EUR 300 billion in benefits for European consumers

A recent study from the Smart Energy Europe Association (smartEn) demonstrates that demand-side flexibility could deliver over EUR 300 billion in benefits for European consumers by 2030. Grid flexibility from available assets, including household systems, could contribute a projected EUR 4 billion in annual savings for European grid operators.

According to the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), grid expansion and flexibility measures potentially could reduce electricity prices by 11% by 2035 and by 30% in 2040 in a net zero scenario.

The European Union needs EUR 584 billion in grid upgrades by 2030. Flexibility solutions, combined with grid optimization, could lower the much needed grid investments from an anticipated EUR 67 billion to EUR 55 billion annually between 2025 and 2050.