Press Release
December 1, 2021 3:00 PM
E.DSO awards Piclo Flex for 'Market Facilitation' at the 1st Digital DSO Power Award
Launched for the first time in 2021, the E.DSO ‘Digital DSO Power Award’ has the ambition to be a recognition for the most meaningful and relevant digital innovative initiatives contributing to the shaping of the new role of Distribution System Operators.
This year 3 ex-aequo awards have been granted by a prestigious and knowledgeable selection committee and were disclosed at today’s 4th E.DSO Stakeholder and Innovation Council event.
EDP Redes Spain has been rewarded for the ‘Active Networks Management’ project as best contribution to ‘System Operation’.
Fluvius has won the prize with the initiative ‘DSO Boost Customers Insights with Data’ for the best ‘Customer Engagement’ contribution.
Piclo Flex, an independent marketplace for trading energy flexibility online, has been rewarded for the ‘Market Facilitation’ category.
On the same occasion, a ‘Career, Academic & Merit Award’ has been granted to Ronnie Belmans, Professor Emeritus at the KU Leuven, Advisor to the board of EnergyVille and Advisor at the Florence school of regulation. Nikos Hatziargyriou, Professor in Power Systems at the Athens National Technical University also received the award. This special recognition wants to acknowledge the eminent contribution made to the progress of network technologies in electricity distribution.
Finally, a ‘Knowledge Sharing Merit’ was also awarded today to Gridspertise, headed by Robert Denda as Sole Administrator and CEO and Head of Innovation & Industrialisation at Enel Global Infrastructure & Networks, as a recognition of how remarkably the new venture is fostering the digitalisation of advanced metering, networks and field operations.
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About Piclo
[This notice was updated on 11 June 2025]
Piclo is the world’s leading independent marketplace for energy flexibility. Our mission is to accelerate the decarbonization of electricity grids by connecting flex sellers - such as EV and battery operators, and DER aggregators - with every potential buyer, everywhere.
Through Piclo’s platform and services, flexibility providers can maximize the value of their assets by accessing a wide range of commercial opportunities across multiple markets and geographies. At the same time, flexibility buyers - including utilities, system operators, and energy retailers - gain access to the world’s largest pool of vetted flex sellers. Our platform helps them procure, operate, and settle flexibility services in a secure, streamlined, and scalable way.
Piclo operates across the USA, Europe, and Australia. Today, over 250 flex sellers - including Octopus Energy, Enel X, and Sunrun - have registered more than 350,000 assets, representing 30+ GW of flexible capacity on the platform. Flexibility buyers on Piclo include NESO, National Grid, SP Energy Networks, Northern Powergrid, E-Distribuzione, E-Redes, and Powercor.
To date, Piclo has enabled over $100 million and 3+ GW in flexibility contracts through its marketplace.
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