Elia Group and Powerledger join forces to unlock flexibility for energy consumers

Powerledger, a technology solutions provider for renewable energy trading and Elia Group, the group of transmission system operators in Belgium and North and Eastern-Germany, have announced a joint research and development project to explore the potential of peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading.

• Elia Group and Powerledger want to give consumers a more active role in the energy system as flexible consumption and digitalization is becoming increasingly more important. 
• They will evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading using the traXes-platform - the one-stop-shop for Energy Service Providers developed by Elia Group, and xGrid - Powerledger’s software platform for peer-to-peer energy trading. 
• The two companies have signed a Memory of Understanding (MoU)