KIWI POWER LTD

Their core work

Kiwi Power is a London-based demand response technology company that develops platforms enabling buildings and industrial loads to provide flexibility services to electricity grids. They build software that aggregates distributed energy resources into virtual power plants, allowing businesses to earn revenue by shifting or reducing electricity consumption during peak periods. Their technology spans building energy management systems (BEMS), occupant behaviour modelling, and automated demand-side response — bridging the gap between energy consumers and grid operators.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Kiwi Power's early H2020 work (2015-2016) focused on foundational building energy technologies — sensors, retrofit, occupant behaviour modelling, and energy performance contracting, with a strong tilt toward ESCOs and building-level simulation. By 2017-2018, their focus shifted decisively toward market-facing demand response: aggregator business models, monetisation of flexibility, smart home interoperability, and advanced AI techniques like deep reinforcement learning for load profiling. The trajectory shows a company moving from contributing building-level energy components to positioning itself as a full demand response aggregation platform provider.

Kiwi Power is moving toward AI-driven flexibility aggregation and market integration, making them a strong partner for projects involving grid services, virtual power plants, or consumer-facing energy flexibility.

How they like to work

Kiwi Power operates almost exclusively as a participant (7 of 8 projects), with their only coordination role being a small Phase 1 SME instrument for their own platform (KDRP). They consistently join large, well-funded Innovation Actions and Research projects, contributing their demand response platform as a technology component within bigger consortia. With 109 unique partners across 23 countries, they are a highly networked SME that brings commercial DR technology into research-driven projects rather than leading the research agenda themselves.

Extensive network of 109 unique partners spanning 23 countries, reflecting participation in large-scale demonstration projects across Europe. Their geographic reach covers most EU member states, with particularly strong connections to Southern and Western European energy markets through projects like Sharing Cities and FLEXICIENCY.

What sets them apart

Kiwi Power brings a rare combination: they are a commercial demand response operator that also engages deeply in EU research, meaning they can offer real-world grid flexibility infrastructure as a testbed for research innovations. Unlike purely academic partners, they provide access to live aggregated loads, commercial DR contracts, and operational virtual power plant software. For consortium builders, this means a partner who can demonstrate and validate energy flexibility concepts in actual market conditions, not just simulations.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DELTA
  Most technically advanced project — applied deep reinforcement learning and multi-agent frameworks to demand response flexibility profiling and virtual power plants.
• KDRP
  Their only coordinated project (SME Phase 1) — directly about commercialising their own low-cost demand response platform, revealing their core commercial product.
• HOLISDER
  Largest single EC contribution (EUR 282,275) and focused on human-centric energy management with consumer empowerment and OpenADR interoperability.