How flexibility creates value for your business
Flexibility is the ability to shift when your business uses energy, and how much it uses at a given moment, without reducing your overall level of activity or production. Because electricity prices vary throughout the day, that ability can create value in three ways.
Lower costs. Shifting consumption from expensive to cheaper periods can lower your energy costs, and reducing your peak demand can cut your grid costs.
New revenue. At sufficient volume, and with equipment that can respond quickly, your flexible capacity can earn revenue by helping balance the grid.
A stronger role in the energy transition. By adjusting your consumption to the needs of the grid, you help integrate more renewable energy and strengthen your sustainability profile.
How much value you can capture with flexibility depends on how much consumption can be shifted, how quickly it can respond and how easily your equipment can be controlled. At Mind Energy, we assess that potential with you and turn it into a business case covering investment, risk and expected return.
Unlocking the value of flexibility
Flexibility starts with establishing which parts of your consumption can be shifted, by how much and for how long. Your equipment is then connected to a control system, so consumption can be adjusted automatically in response to prices or the needs of the grid, within limits you define. When we operate your flexibility in the electricity markets, we handle the activation, so no one in your organisation has to follow the market or intervene during the day.
Anything that does not have to be used at a fixed moment. Cooling and heating hold their temperature for a while, so they can run ahead of time or pause within the limits your process allows. Charging, pumping, drying and batch processes can often be scheduled, and batteries can store energy until it is needed. What matters is whether the timing of the consumption is genuinely tied to a specific time of day, and whether the equipment can be controlled.
That depends on how much consumption can be shifted, when it can be shifted and how large the price difference is between those periods. At sufficient volume, and with equipment that responds quickly, revenue from helping balance the grid can add to the value. Your consumption data shows what can be moved, and market prices show what it is worth, so the figure varies considerably between businesses. A review of your own data is what turns an estimate into a number you can act on.
Not beyond what you agree to. You decide which parts of your operation can be adjusted and by how much, and everything outside those limits stays exactly as it is. The starting point is always to establish what can be shifted without disrupting your business, so your level of activity remains the same.
It starts with a conversation with one of our advisors about how your operation runs. From there, we assess where your flexibility potential lies and what it is worth, and define the equipment needed to capture it. For smaller volumes, that can be a matter of scheduling, while faster response calls for automated control. Once the equipment is installed, we can operate your flexibility in the electricity markets.
The dimensions of an energy strategy
Besides Flexibility, your energy strategy covers Trade & Risk and Sustainability. The three dimensions are interconnected, and each one covers a range of business needs, ambitions and choices. At Mind Energy, we help you design all three around your business profile, so your energy setup supports how your business plans, adapts and builds resilience and long-term value. The result is a future-fit energy strategy that strengthens your competitiveness.
Administration is what keeps the strategy running. We define your administration requirements and design the right service setup for billing, data, reporting and governance, including automated sustainability reporting and documentation, and give you access through our self-service platform, My Energy.
Sustainability
Back your sustainability ambitions with credible action. Through guarantees of origin and asset-specific sourcing such as PPAs, you decide, among other things, how much of your consumption is covered by renewables, whether the assets meet recognised sustainability standards, and how closely generation is matched to your consumption in time.
Explore SustainabilityTrade & Risk
Balance energy price against your risk appetite to secure stability. Based on how much energy weighs on your margins and how predictable your consumption is, we combine forward, fixed and spot buying to achieve the lowest possible price, while ensuring predictability in your budgeting and long-term financial planning.
Explore Trade & RiskAdministration
Gain insight into your business's energy use through efficient administration. Our self-service platform, My Energy, brings your costs, consumption, sourcing mix and invoices into one overview that updates automatically. That transparency strengthens decision-making and simplifies sustainability reporting.
Explore AdministrationFlexibility
Unlock your energy flexibility and respond to market signals by shifting consumption from high- to low-price hours, while maintaining the same level of activity. We assess your potential, advise on the right setup and operate your flexibility in electricity markets, giving you the opportunity to lower your costs, create new revenue streams and help balance supply and demand in the electricity grid.
