Millions more energy assets are entering Europe’s homes
Europe’s residential energy system is expanding across every major asset category. Between 2020 and 2030, PV capacity is expected to increase by 5.2x, yearly EV registrations by 3.5x, total installed heat pumps by 4x and residential battery capacity by an increasible 38x.
But growth alone is only half the story. As PV, batteries, EVs and heat pumps increasingly co-exist in the same homes, what were once individual devices need to become interconnected energy systems, where flexibility is leveraged at scale.
Europe already has around 69.5 million residential DERs, with around 15 million installed across Germany, the Netherlands and the UK alone. Connecting this diverse asset base requires more than one approach.
For compatible assets, cloud connectivity can scale rapidly – essent migrated thousands of EVs in less than one quarter – while flexible EV trading can lower electricity procurement costs by up to ~50%. For heterogeneous, multi-asset homes, gateway connectivity provides the reliable local communication and real-time control needed to coordinate multiple energy assets and stack value from numerous use cases.
APIs provide access to specialized capabilities without requiring every component to be built from scratch. 82% of organizations already take an API-first approach, while digital business models are expected to account for 45% of utility revenue by 2033.
But flexibility also depends on what happens underneath the API: reliable asset communication, secure infrastructure and a platform capable of handling a growing number of devices and requests.gridX’s unified API allows energy companies to focus engineering resources where they create the most value – their own logic, products and customer experience – and complement with gridX’s secure, stable and scalable connectivity platform.
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