Nätkraft Borås Flex Pilot (2025-2026)

Two sources combined: an independent trade-press article (Energi.se, “Nyhetssvepet: Fem energihändelser (v 46-25),” week 46 2025 ≈ mid-November 2025) and corroborating Flexia Consulting LinkedIn posts, on a new local flexibility-market pilot launched by Nätkraft Borås.

The pilot

• Nätkraft Borås, which owns a large share of the electricity grid in Borås, launched a small-scale local flex-trading pilot for winter 2025/26, following a förstudie (feasibility/pre-study) conducted since spring 2025
• Two participants in the initial pilot: Borås Energi och Miljö (contributing its kraftvärme/combined-heat-and-power production) and a small elhandelsbolag (electricity trading company) with a larger battery storage installation (batterilager) connected to the grid
• If the pilot performs well, the plan is to expand participation for the following winter season
• Run in collaboration with Flexia Consulting, described in the trade press simply as “ett konsultföretag specialiserat på flexhandel” (a consultancy specialized in flex trading) — Flexia’s own account (via LinkedIn) states it conducted the förstudie that served as the decision basis for launching the pilot, and continues supporting the startup/development phase
• No flex-market platform (NODES/SWITCH) is named for this pilot — like Kinnekulle Energi‘s Götene Flex, this appears to be a small-scale, informally-run pilot rather than a platform-based market, though this is not explicitly confirmed either way in the sources

Quoted participants

• Markus Alsbjer — chef för nätutveckling och drift (head of grid development and operations), Nätkraft Borås: “This is really exciting. This could become another driver for a smart and sustainable grid in Borås. If the pilot goes well, the plan is for more [participants] to join next winter season.”
• Darijan Jelica (Flexia, via LinkedIn, commenting separately on the pre-study): “The conditions for local flex in Borås are assessed as very good, since during the pre-study we found several resources with strong potential to support Borås’s local grid in the form of local production and battery storage.”
• Ronny Johansson — Affärsområdeschef Elnät, Nätkraft Borås (via a separate Flexia LinkedIn testimonial): confirms Flexia conducted “a thorough pre-study that formed an important decision basis” for launching the local flex market, and that Nätkraft Borås looks forward to continuing the collaboration through startup and ongoing development

What this establishes

• A new, small-scale Swedish local flexibility-market pilot not previously documented anywhere in the wiki — worth a mention alongside Effekthandel Väst, E.ON’s SWITCH markets, and Kinnekulle Energi‘s Götene Flex in the Swedish market landscape, clearly flagged as early-stage/pilot rather than an established operating market
• A second confirmed Flexia client relationship distinct from Mölndal — this one involving a full förstudie-to-launch engagement rather than ongoing market operations

What remains open

• Whether/how the pilot has performed since winter 2025/26 began, and whether it has since scaled per Alsbjer’s stated conditional plan
• Whether the pilot runs on any software platform or is fully manual/bilateral

Relevance to existing wiki

• Flexia Consulting — second distinct client engagement type (förstudie + pilot support)
• Swedish Flexibility Market Landscape — a new, very early-stage entrant to the Swedish local flex market landscape