Trade community

This team creates commercial propositions for customers using valuation models. They estimate the future value of energy and possible risks. That means things like the premiums and mark-ups needed to offer consumers a fair price that is as low as possible.

This team crafts purchasing strategies that are smarter than the market. They structure systems that build profiles and watch trends based on data. The more accurately we predict energy usage, the better the price the customer pays.

Eneco’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is not only a technical solution to manage distributed energy resources — it is also a valuable tool for energy trading.

• Flexibility as a tradable product

The VPP aggregates flexibility from many decentralized assets (solar, wind, batteries, EV chargers, industrial boilers). This flexibility can be offered on short-term electricity markets and balancing markets. Instead of a single power station adjusting its output, the VPP makes thousands of small adjustments that together behave like a large, controllable plant. Eneco Energy Trade ensures that the available flexibility is deployed where it has the highest value. For example: When market prices are high, stored energy can be discharged and sold. When prices are low or negative, the VPP can increase consumption (charging batteries, heating water, EV charging). On balancing markets, the VPP can quickly react to grid operator requests, helping to stabilize the system and earning revenues for providing reserve capacity.

• Customer benefits

By connecting their assets to the VPP, customers gain access to markets they could not reach individually. Eneco Energy Trade acts on their behalf, turning technical flexibility into financial value — while always respecting the customer’s operational needs.