RE:FLEX

Electricity systems across NPA region are increasingly shaped by high shares of renewable generation. While this transition is essential for decarbonisation, it also creates variability in electricity availability and prices SMEs struggle to manage. SMEs lack practical evidence on how much operational flexibility they can realistically provide, which processes can adapt without disrupting output, and how flexibility can deliver measurable GHG reductions. RE:FLEX addresses this shared challenge. The project aims to demonstrate how energy-intensive SMEs can optimise business performance in renewable-driven electricity systems while reducing GHG emissions and maintaining outputs. The project tests how SMEs can align with periods of higher renewable availability, reducing reliance on fossil marginal generation and avoiding renewable curtailment. Using AI-enabled modelling and pilot testing, project delivers transferable evidence on SME flexibility, operational limits and carbon impacts