TEP ENERGY GMBH

Their core work

TEP Energy is a Swiss private consultancy specialized in energy systems modeling, demand forecasting, and scenario analysis for policy and planning purposes. They build quantitative models that project how energy demand evolves across sectors — households, transport, industry, and tertiary buildings — under different policy and technology assumptions. Their work supports national and European energy strategy by translating complex socio-technical trends (digitalisation, prosumer behavior, circular economy) into actionable demand scenarios. They contribute analytical depth to large EU research consortia focused on heating/cooling roadmaps and energy efficiency pathways.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

TEP Energy's early H2020 work (2016–2019) focused on established infrastructure topics — district heating and cooling networks and national heating strategies through HRE and REFLEX. By 2019–2023, their focus shifted decisively toward understanding new demand-side dynamics: digitalisation, prosumer behavior, circular and shared economy models, and how these societal trends reshape energy consumption. This evolution reflects a move from supply-side infrastructure planning to demand-side behavioral and systemic modeling.

TEP Energy is moving toward modeling how societal megatrends (digitalisation, circular economy, prosumer behavior) transform energy demand — a capability increasingly needed as energy planning shifts from infrastructure-centric to behavior-centric approaches.

How they like to work

TEP Energy operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never as coordinator, suggesting they provide specialized analytical contributions rather than project management. With 30 unique partners across 12 countries from just 4 projects, they work in relatively large consortia (averaging ~10 partners per project). This pattern indicates a specialist contributor comfortable embedded in broad, multi-country research teams where their modeling expertise complements partners handling policy, engineering, or field work.

Despite only 4 projects, TEP Energy has built a broad network of 30 partners across 12 countries, reflecting their participation in large pan-European energy research consortia. Their Swiss base positions them as a non-EU partner contributing cross-border analytical expertise.

What sets them apart

TEP Energy occupies a niche as a Swiss SME that bridges quantitative energy modeling with socio-economic trend analysis — combining hard numbers with soft drivers like consumer behavior and digitalisation. Their consistent focus on demand-side modeling across multiple sectors (buildings, transport, industry) makes them a valuable partner for any consortium needing credible energy demand scenarios. Being Swiss-based and an SME, they offer independent analytical capacity outside the large national research institutes that dominate this space.

Highlights from their portfolio

• NEWTRENDS
  Their largest funded project (EUR 238,712) and most thematically ambitious — modeling how digitalisation, prosuming, and circular economy reshape energy demand across all sectors.
• HRE
  Heat Roadmap Europe is a flagship EU initiative that directly informed national heating and cooling strategies across member states — high policy impact.
• sEEnergies
  Bridges energy efficiency and renewables integration, quantifying synergies that are central to the EU's Energy Efficiency First principle.