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Battery Optimizer of the Year

We are proud that ESFORIN has been nominated as "Optimizer of the Year" at the Energy Storage Investment Awards 2024.

This recognition as a leading company in the field of battery energy storage optimization is proof of our team's commitment and innovative strength!

Innovation Forum Stadtwerke Cottbus

Together with Stadtwerke Cottbus GmbH, we organised an innovation forum for municipal utilities. On the grounds of the Stadtwerke Cottbus CHP plant, participants were given practical insights into flexibility marketing. Our experts also focussed on other topics: time-variable tariffs with Thies Stillahn from Exnaton, green heat with Jan Feldmann from Uniper and battery participation concepts with Christoph Lienert from green flexibility.

TOP AGRAR

In an interview with Top Agrar, our CEO Christian Hövelhaus and COO Christoph Gardlo explain how flexible biogas plants can benefit from ESFORIN's cross-market flexibility marketing.

1KOMMA5° and ESFORIN

What is electricity trading on the day-ahead and intraday market? How do supply and demand influence the electricity market? How do 1KOMMA5° and ESFORIN work together to achieve the best possible results for the dynamic electricity tariff "Dynamic Pulse"? Find out more in the 1KOMMA5° article.

Battery storage ranking

ESFORIN SE has achieved 2nd place (!) with a portfolio of over 100 megawatts in the battery marketer ranking of the Zeitung für kommunale Wirtschaft (ZfK). Find out more in the online article.

GLOBAL CLEANTECH 100

Among 25,435 nominations, ESFORIN was included in the "Global Cleantech 100" list by the Cleantech Group! We are proud to be recognized alongside many leading companies driving innovation in the cleantech sector - because it reflects our vision: Working together for a green and secure energy system.

WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE German Magazine

We are delighted about the great cover story in WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE with our CEO and founder Christian Hövelhaus, who recognized the signs of the energy transition back in 2014!

ENCAVIS AG

Together with Encavis AG, we are contributing to a green and secure energy system. Flexibility is always in demand - renewable energies can also have a positive impact on stabilizing the grid.

Munich Mercury

Together with Bavarian companies such as UPM in Augsburg and sonnen from Allgäu, we are driving the energy transition forward. Read more in the Münchner Merkur article.

WAZ article

Essen start-ups raise millions: What they are planning now. A report on ESFORIN's Series B financing round.

A holistic approach to the energy transition

Christoph Gardlo (COO of ESFORIN) reports on the energy transition in an article for the VIK Association of the Industrial Energy and Power Industry: E.g. Does the energy system need a core overhaul or a new coat of paint? What needs to be in the energy transition toolbox? What are the to-do's?

Case study of our flex marketing

Thank you InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG and WAGO for the innovative collaboration. Together, we are enabling the success of the energy transition. The marketing of electricity flexibility not only reduces CO2, but also stabilizes the grid.

WORLD

Our CEO Christian Hövelhaus in an interview with WELT on how the industry can make a significant contribution to the energy transition and grid stabilisation.

Interview HANDELSBLATT

Interview with Christoph Gardlo and Handelsblatt about the restructuring of the energy system and how ESFORIN enables the integration of more renewables with flexibility marketing.

German Sustainability Award

We are super proud to announce that we are nominated for the Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis (German Sustainability Award) !! As our flexibility marketing enables CO2 reduction and grid stabilisation.

HANDELSBLATT

German article in the newspaper "Handelsblatt": This is how solar power can be sold on the stock exchange. The two companies Sonnen and Esforin see the new model as a contribution to grid stabilisation. However, the return for private households is completely open.

FOCUS magazine

"Under high voltage" - An article worth reading in Focus magazine on how German start-ups are helping to save energy. For example, how ESFORIN optimizes power consumption and tado develops smart thermostats.

Saving CO2 with flexibility

Our flexibility marketing helps our customers make a significant contribution to decarbonisation. Our CEO and COO explain how. Take a look now!

BUSINESS WEEK

Our CEO Christian Hövelhaus was interviewed as an expert in WirtschaftsWoche on the topic of digitalisation in the power market and flexible electricity prices. For energy-intensive companies in particular, the price fluctuations on the power exchange offer opportunities.

Biogas Journal

Biogas Journal reports how flexible biogas plants can benefit from the high prices on the power exchange. ESFORIN was asked how additional revenue can be optimised.

Direct marketer delivering in real time

We are "Direct marketer delivering in real time"! The "VisuFlex" project of the Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.). (FNR) shows that flexibilised biogas plants can compensate for the fluctuating power generation of volatile energy producers.

EEG as an opportunity for more flexibility marketing

Christoph Gardlo in an interview with Dr. Franziska Lietz from RITTER GENT COLLEGEN Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
via the EEG levy as an opportunity for flexibility marketing - more systems can now market flexibly.

WirtschaftsWoche

"Every industrial company gets its own algorithm adapted to its electricity needs," Christian Hövelhaus told WirtschaftsWoche.

Deutsche Welle

"How algorithms are driving the energy transition", recommended online article by Deutsche Welle about ESFORIN SE.

Newspaper for municipal economy

"Intraday market: flexibility marketer sees great opportunities for municipal utilities.
The company ESFORIN optimises electricity generation and consumption according to the price situation on intraday markets. While it initially focused on industrial customers, it now wants to increasingly target municipal utilities." Article worth reading in the ZfK

WAZ reports about ESFORIN

"Die Energiewende beschleunigen", recommendable report about ESFORIN's impact to enhance the energy transition in the newspaper WAZ.

Daily Mirror

"Several hundred megawatts of capacity are now in our portfolio and react, albeit quite differently, to changes in electricity prices at lightning speed," Christian Hövelhaus said in the report worth knowing in the Tagesspiegel.

energate Interview

"We are implementing the energy transition economically and in a way that serves the grid," says Christian Hövelhaus in an energate interview about ESFORIN SE and our flexibility marketing.

Podcast Convoco!

Be sure to listen: The C! podcast with Dr. Corinne Flick & Christian Hövelhaus: "From the energy crisis to the energy transition - how can we get there?".

Ecosummit

We were live on site in Berlin at the ECOSUMMIT. Our CEO Christian Hövelhaus presented our company ESFORIN in a short pitch.

Industry as electricity storage

Worth reading article from Handelsblatt about us: Industrial plants can serve as a kind of storage for electricity from renewables. This should relieve the strain on grids and mitigate price extremes. One important player: ESFORIN.

TenneT "Flexibility Dialogue"

Our COO Christoph Gardlo presented as an expert at the Tennet "Flexibility Dialogue" the opportunities and challenges of flexibilities in the power market. The presentation and dscussion are worth a look!

Interview Christoph Ostermann

German article: "Deshalb habe ich mich auch an der ESFORIN SE beteiligt – ein Spezialist für Flexibilitätsvermarktung, ohne den meiner Meinung die Energiewende nicht gelingt. Das Unternehmen balanciert Angebot und Nachfrage am Strommarkt aus, was unsere Netze stabilisiert. Das wiederum vermeidet für die Industrie teure Blackouts." Christoph Ostermann in FOCUS Online

Interview FOCUS Online

"Without us, the energy transition won't work - or will cost billions more." [...] The grids are groaning under the unpredictable wind and solar power. A conceivable solution that does not cost billions more: intelligent flexibility marketing.

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Thomas Crabtree | Country Manager Netherlands
+31 630852747
thomas.crabtree@esforin.com

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

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Denis Grynbaum | Country Manager France
+33 6 84 01 15 82
denis.grynbaum@esforin.com

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

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We are specialised in developing solutions customised to your personal requirements. And you can also righty expect this based on the information you receive from us.

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Swagath Bhat | Business Development Sales Manager
+49 201 22038 142
swagath.bhat@esforin.com

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

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We are specialised in developing solutions customised to your personal requirements. And you can also righty expect this based on the information you receive from us.

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Theodora Trah

Dr. Theodora Trah | Marketing & Projects
+49.201.22038-153
theodora.trah@esforin.com

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

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We are specialised in developing solutions customised to your personal requirements. And you can also righty expect this based on the information you receive from us.

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Christian Muth

Christian Muth | Head of Sales Utilities
+49.201.22038-146

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

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Christian Irion

Christian Irion | Senior Sales Manager
+49.201.22038-143
christian.irion@esforin.com

ESFORIN SE | +49.201.22038-100 | info@esforin.com | Ruhrallee 201 | 45136 Essen

As specific as your need: Our answer

We are specialised in developing solutions customised to your personal requirements. And you can also righty expect this based on the information you receive from us.