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Amsterdam headquartered Photon Energy has reported being the first company officially listed as an energy aggregator by the Polish Energy Regulatory Office (URE).
The company, which operates in Poland through its subsidiary Photon Energy Trading PL, intends to provide aggregation of electricity, system services and flexibility services across all major Polish power grid operators starting 1 December 2024.
This follows Photon Energy’s acquisition in 2022 of Lerta SA, the third largest Polish demand side response aggregator and the integration of the company’s technology and infrastructure.
As of December 2024, all of Lerta’s services in Poland will be delivered under the Photon Energy brand.
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“Energy flexibility and aggregation play a crucial role in supporting the stability and efficiency of Poland’s energy grid,” said Piotr Wypyszynski, Flexibility and Ancillary Services manager at Photon Energy.
“By enhancing our aggregation capabilities, we are contributing to a more resilient and adaptable energy system that can better accommodate the demands of the modern energy market.”
Major Polish grid operators, across whose areas Photon Energy intends to provide aggregation activities, include Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA, Enea Operator, Energa-Operator SA, Stoen Operator, Tauron Dystrybucja SA and PGE Dystrybucja SA.
With the energy aggregator status, Photon Energy is enabled to monetise the energy flexibility of generators and prosumers to provide essential ancillary and flexibility services to enhance the stability and efficiency of Poland’s electricity grid.
Georg Hotar, CEO of Photon Energy Group, adds that at this “pivotal moment … we are in pole position in the nascent Polish system and flexibility services market and intend to leverage our DSR aggregation experience across the entire spectrum of possibilities open to energy generators, energy storage systems and energy consumers in providing flexibility to the Polish power grid.”
Lerta has a contracted capacity of 389MW to PSE, the Polish TSO, for 2024.
