Navigating the technical, legal and operational challenges of low-voltage flexibility • ECOFLEX Project final event • September 11, 2025

After three years of collaboration, experimentation and innovation, the ECOFLEX Project is coming to a close. You are warmly invited to our final event, where we will present key results, lessons learned, and discuss future perspectives for unlocking flexibility at low voltage levels.

Supported by the Belgian FOD Economy, ECOFLEX brought together 8 partners to explore how electric vehicles, energy communities and multi-energy assets can contribute to a more decentralised, smart and sustainable grid. With real-life demonstrators and advanced energy management systems, the project has delivered concrete solutions for unlocking flexibility on the ground.

Programme

09:00 Welcome & Registration

09:30 Introduction – TWEED & FLUX50

09:35 Generic presentation of the ECOFLEX project – VUB

09:40 Context & Regulatory Framework

• Flexibility products & DSO-TSO coordination - Elia

• Flexibility at LV level in Flanders - Fluvius

• Planning, integration & legal changes for flexibility in Wallonia - ORES & RESA

• Flexibility from local energy communities in Brussels - Brugel

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Project results

• The Universal Flexibility Utility Platform (UFP) : Proof of Concept & cost-benefit analysis - Haulogy & UGent

• EMS: Advanced EMS & EV scheduling demonstrator - VUB

• Grid impact simulations & examples - UGent

• Legal aspects of flexibility - UGent

12:00 General conclusions and lessons learned – VUB & ECOFLEX partners

• Key outcomes from different WPs

• Lessons learnt and challenges encountered (e.g. aFRR activation, legal aspects, etc.)

• Recommendations

12:10 Panel discussion with stakeholders of the flexibility chain – moderated by TWEED/FLUX50 With: Elia, Fluvius, ORES,RESA, Pluginvest (CPO), Flexcity (FSP), Haulogy (solution provider), etc.

13:15 Closing remarks – VUB

13:30 Networking lunch & drink

Attendance is free of charge for Cluster TWEED and FLUX50 members but registration is required.

Registration link >

Contacts

Cluster TWEED – Remy Baraka Balegamire >

FLUX50 – Marc Vermeeren >