In this column, Manel Sanmarti (CEO of Bamboo Energyrecapitulates a path that is also that of the sector itself: from the first scientific developments in the IREC - Catalan Institute for Energy Research until the consolidation of demand-side flexibility as a key element for the decarbonisation of the Spanish electricity system.
Some key points that stand out:
๐ธ La anticipaciรณn tecnolรณgica: una ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ต/๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ, incluso antes de su plena implementaciรณn en Espaรฑa.
๐ธ La validaciรณn del modelo: ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ y la entrada de la demanda en servicios de ajuste.
๐ธ La ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐รฉ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ: especialmente tras la volatilidad energรฉtica en Europa (2022โ2024).
๐ธ El momento actual: con e๐น ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถรณ๐ป (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ), la flexibilidad deja de ser una promesa para convertirse en infraestructura crรญtica del sistema elรฉctrico.
Today, active demand management, supported by AI and advanced optimisation, is no longer a theoretical concept: it is an operational tool for traders, industry and system operators.
โก๏ธ Puedes leer la columna completa aquรญ ๐
https://kiosco.eleconomista.es/e-paper/viewer.aspx?publication=Suplementos&date=28_03_2026&tpuid=907#page/84
