Flexibility from renewable energy sources (RES) is essential to ensure a secure, efficient, and resilient European power system as the share of renewables continues to grow.

ENTSO-E advocates for unlocking the full flexibility potential of RES, particularly during periods of high generation and low demand. This requires improving the observability and controllability of RES assets and implementing market incentives that reward system-friendly behaviour.

To achieve this, ENTSO-E calls for:

• The rollout of smart and granular metering systems to make assets observable;
• Standardised control interfaces and data exchange between plant operators, Balance Responsible Parties, and system operators;
• Financial and regulatory frameworks that encourage RES to adjust generation dynamically and participate in balancing and system services.

By leveraging flexibility, RES can play an active role in maintaining grid stability, supporting system defence, maximising renewable integration and minimising overall costs for consumers.

ENTSO-E remains committed to working with the European Commission, ACER, Member States, regulators, DSOs and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that flexibility from RES becomes a cornerstone of Europe’s decarbonised electricity system.

ENTSO-E Position Paper available here.

ENTSO-E Report available here.