The energy market is currently in the middle of a large transition: Moving from the monopolistic market model, with large energy producers covering the whole chain of activities with focus on carbon-based commodities, towards local decentral energy production by the customer itself and based on renewable energy. Availability of the right data now determines whether energy will be sold or bought, produced or consumed, delivered or stored [1]. Customers often become prosumers and will be more actively involved in the management of flexibility of energy consumption and generation, which leads to a new energy ecosystem. If the traditional energy companies can’t pick up the pace and adapt to these renewed and complex circumstances, newcomers will take over the current market with their ‘disruptive’ initiatives. A complex situation with new business models in a traditional market Traditional players are not only struggling with their large asset portfolio, but also with […]