Granular Energy

As we wrap up the year, we wanted to thank our clients, partners, investors, network and our stellar employees for a fantastic year. Just to list a few achievements: ⚡ We helped SmartestEnergy UK, npower Business Solutions, Drax Group, A2A and many more suppliers launch new transparent green tariffs 🚀 We launched in Japan where we partnered with JERA Co., Inc. , and in the US, working in programs with Constellation and Dominion Energy 📃 We completed the first 24/7 clean energy auction in partnership with Nord Pool, National Grid ESO and AFRY 🫂 We welcomed 8 full time new colleagues, and worked with another 6 great contractors and interns 🍾 We held 3 company offsites in Amsterdam, London and Brussels 💻 We launched tens of new platform features and functionalities for clients 🔒 We achieved Soc 2 type 1, Soc 2 and ISO 27001 certification 🌍 We became a B-Corp! Our mission of paving the way to a 24/7 carbon-free grid is well under way, and we're excited to see what 2025 holds!

A few weeks ago, we were lucky to have Maartje van der Molen join our team. She's our first People Manager, responsible for all things people: building processes, jumping on ad-hoc matters, culture building, offsite handling... In her own words: "I’m here to build the best performing team to achieve our mission!"

🎉 We are happy to announce that we are partnering with naturemade VUE to bring hourly transparency to Switzerland! Switzerland's GO system will move from annual matching to quarterly matching as of January 1 2027, yet some consumers want more transparency today. Together with naturemade we are helping develop a renewable energy label around hourly matching and invite suppliers in Switzerland to join a pilot to discover the customer potential of hourly matched products. #renewableenergy #247CFE

Lots of #247CFE news from November! Read the newest edition of Carbon-Free Chronicles to get caught up.

Our team members Toby Ferenczi, Eleonore Lazat and Benedict Shegog will be attending the UK REGO Day 2024 tomorrow! ⚡ We’re looking forward to insightful discussions, new connections, and contributing to the conversation about the transition to greener energy solutions. If you’re attending, let’s connect! 🤝 #RenewableEnergy #REGO #UKREGO2024

🔐 Security milestone: we have achieved ISO 27001 certification! Our security-first approach means we can guarantee to our customers: 🔍 Independent validation of our robust information security practices 🌐 Assurance that sensitive data is protected by internationally recognized standards 🤝 Confidence in a partner who demonstrates a systematic approach to managing information risks

How might 24/7 CFE energy trading benefit the power system and power markets? The UK's National Energy System Operator is leading a project studying this with analysts AFRY, hourly matching enabler Granular Energy and market operator Nord Pool. The early results presented recently are super interesting (full webinar and slides: https://lnkd.in/eT8AqD7A). 7️⃣ takeaways, 7️⃣ key slides: 1️⃣ 24/7 will significantly benefit transparency, grid decarbonisation, and better investment signals (especially for flexibility). 2️⃣ The modeling is holistic and novel. It answers key questions such as costs, implications for balancing/dispatch, demand effects, and trading. 3️⃣ 24/7 drives demand response, as hourly certificate prices will vary during the day. (Low/zero when there is plenty of CFE and high when there isn't). 4️⃣ (‼️battery people) 24/7 is likely to be a boon for batteries, hourly certificates could contribute *more* than wholesale revenues in the future. 5️⃣ A trading pilot is being set up for hourly certificates (in line with EnergyTag standards), this is Nordpool's bread and butter, results will be interesting. 6️⃣ Over 40 energy companies are working with provider Granular Energy. Many customers of all sizes are getting hourly transparency today. 7️⃣ Hourly certificates can finally bring energy source traceability to power markets, rewarding clean generation and flexibility over fossil.

Tokyo Metro is committed to 24/7 carbon-free electricity within their "Metro CO2 Zero Challenge 2050". With JERA Co., Inc., we're providing insights into how the renewable generation from Tokyo Metro's virtual PPA and non-fossil certificates sourcing match against their consumption on an hourly basis. This is the first roll-out of our solution in Japan, aligning Tokyo Metro’s operations with global best practices for renewable energy traceability. Thanks to our partner JERA Cross for pioneering hourly matching to Japan. See what Nikkei says: https://lnkd.in/eXUR8qGd #RenewableEnergy #CarbonFreeFuture #247CFE

What does future clean energy procurement look like? We believe it's important to move towards an hourly matching system for green electricity claims. Catch up on recent content explaining the topic: ⏲️ Bruno Menu talks about hourly matching in France (and in French): https://lnkd.in/ejudcwxx ❓ Eleonore Lazat answers questions on 24/7 carbon-free energy: https://lnkd.in/efZQ8ebu 📈 Toby Ferenczi shares results from our pilot hourly auction: https://lnkd.in/enUEf6wS #carbonfreeenergy #247cfe #greenprocurement

As we head to Brussels for our company offsite, get to know Camille L. and what it's like to be on the commercial team with us. A few titbits of what Granular Energy means to Camille: 🧶 Tight-knit vibes 🔗 Little ways to connect ➕ Positive, energised culture 👩🏫 Curious, learning-focused people https://lnkd.in/eCEWTy2z