ESFORIN Change Makers

Energy trading is no longer about how much energy you trade, but about how smartly you orchestrate flexibility. In this episode of ESFORIN Change Makers, we talk to Jean-Baptiste Cornefert, Managing Director Trading at enercity, about the rise of a new trading and he explains why the old trading playbook is reaching its limits. Here's what you'll learn:

⚡ Why value in the energy market no longer derives primarily from volume, but from #flexibility

🎼 How the role of the trader is shifting from price optimiser to flexibility orchestrator

🤖 Why AI is core to trading, yet humans stay in the loop: "traders who use AI will replace those who don't"

🔥 Where untapped flexibility is hiding beyond batteries: district heating, CHP plants, heat pumps, industrial load and EV fleets

🌱 Why decarbonization and profitability are not a contradiction

His picture of the future: a network of interconnected energy islands in which traders manage flexible portfolios of batteries, heat, virtual power plants and electric vehicles. We also talk about our joint work with enercity on EV fleets as a flexibility source.

"ESFORIN Change Makers" is the podcast about #EnergyFuture, the digital energy transition and the people shaping it.