🟠 Energy Management and Demand Response: Finding sustainable growth in a critical emerging sector

​This event is part of The Drop 2024. To attend, you must have a ticket to The Drop. Apply for a Drop 2024 ticket.

​Session Overview: The IEA forecasts that 500GW of demand response capacity must be online by 2030 to stay on track and achieve net zero by 2050. This corresponds to a 10x increase in deployment levels from 2020. What will be the role of venture-backed companies in delivering this shift? And where should founders and investors focus their time to capture the commercial opportunities?

​Key Questions:

• ​What is the role of demand response in the future of the electricity grid?

• ​What is the interface between energy management and demand response?

• ​What are the characteristics of defensibility in energy management?

• ​Are there defensible business models in demand response?

• ​How will the market evolve over time?

• ​What is the role of grid regulation in defining this sector? Where is the white space for founders and venture investors?

• ​What are the primary risks to investing in this area?

• ​What are the geographic considerations that companies and investors should keep in mind?

​Who should attend? Founders, investors, grid operators, utilities, energy retailers.