Next Kraftwerke Belgium, Schaarbeek

Who we are: Founded in 2009 Next Kraftwerke is the operator of a large-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and a certified power trader on different European exchange markets (e.g. EPEX and EEX). Our VPP bundles about 3, 800 medium- and small-scale power producing and power consuming units. It includes among others generators such as biogas, wind, and solar. By interconnecting our clients’ units we have created a sizeable digital platform of flexible power producers and consumers. To put it in a nutshell: We are a power plant operator without any power plants.

What we do: We are specialists for short term trading. With our business model we seize the chance that the value of power fluctuates: 96 times a day, every 15 minutes. We are able to produce and consume electricity when prices are best for our clients (peak load operation resp. demand response). Our traders directly trade the aggregated power of the interconnected units on different energy exchange spot markets.