The flexibility market is the current orientation for smart grid discussions in Europe and beyond, but remains in the research status due to difficulty to overcome commercial viability, regulatory and “big data” issues. Discussions about future grid infrastructure and energy market in developed countries are influenced by cellular grid ideas. One such smart grid project has been driven in Denmark (Ecogrid, 5 min energy market with high Internet and Communication Technology need.

Nowadays, the “flexibility” gathered by aggregators is limited to industrial “flexibility” with significant energy consumption, as associated transaction cost excludes middle to small loads. Easy Smart Grid empowers also these small and middle loads, generators, and storage.

The regulatory constraints are considered higher in developed countries than in emerging countries, and existing subsidies also hide the real cost of energy production for European Islands (e.g. Canary Islands, Guadeloupe). These subsidies could be drastically reduced with more renewable energy in the system and Easy Smart Grid is increasing its exchanges with relevant actors in this area.