The chapter 1.4 “Climate and energy” is at the heart of the energy policy agenda in the new Coalition agreement. It sends out clear signals: more renewable energy, more energy efficiency and significantly more flexibility in the energy system. Together with other energy-related measures in the chapters on industry, infrastructure and digitization, it becomes clear that the transformation of energy supply is a cross-cutting task and one of the central priorities of the Federal Government.
But what does that mean in practice?
The flexibilization is defined in the new coalition agreement as a central element of a stable, sustainable energy supply. The aim is to manage loads more dynamically, to better integrate power generation and to more actively integrate consumers into the energy system.
In order to implement this, the Federal Government is announcing the following measures, among others:
These political guidelines make it clear that flexibility is no longer an issue of the future, but a guideline for business and industry.
The pressure to act is increasing for manufacturing companies, energy-intensive companies and medium-sized industrial companies. Fixed prices and rigid load profiles are a thing of the past. However, without insight into energy consumption and optimization of it, flexibility remains theory. This is where intelligent energy management systems such as FlexON come into play, which optimize and automatically control power consumption. Anyone who invests in flexibility now not only gains economic benefits, but also improves their regulatory position.
We at Encentive support industrial companies in translating requirements into concrete measures. With FlexON, our intelligent energy management platform, we offer a solution that analyses energy flows, develops optimised timetables and manages consumers accordingly. flexON adapts electricity consumption to market prices, network utilization or our own generation. For example, load is automatically shifted to periods of low stock market electricity prices or high PV production. Charging e-trucks or your own battery storage system can also be optimised precisely for these periods of time.
Solutions like this are no longer just a technical gimmick. They are a prerequisite for modern, resilient industrial processes. And they help companies to prepare themselves for the future — ecologically, economically and in regulatory terms.
The energy revolution is not a future project ahead of us. It is taking place now — and it affects industry in a very specific way. The 2025 coalition agreement clearly shows that anyone who makes energy consumption transparent, manages intelligently and enables flexibility makes a contribution to climate protection and at the same time secures competitive advantages. For companies, energy optimization is thus becoming a key competence for a sustainable and successful future.
More and more companies are planning to invest in battery storage systems. Whether to cut peak loads, optimize self-consumption or as part of a multi-use approach: Expectations are high. But storage systems are bought too often before it is clear what they can really do in a specific application. A well-founded battery-simulation can prevent just that.
FlexPower and encentive enable companies to automatically optimize their electricity consumption on the intraday electricity market for the first time.
In a changing energy system, the ability to store and control energy is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage - especially for industrial companies. But this does not always require classic battery storage systems. Companies can store electricity without batteries - by intelligently utilizing existing systems and processes.
