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Ingrid is launching a peak-shaving product in collaboration with Varbergortens Elnät, powered by Ingrid’s AI optimisation platform and a 20MW/20MWh battery energy storage system in Varberg. Co-owned by Ingrid and BW ESS, the system uses AI to predict and reduce peak loads in real time. Up to 90% of grid operators’ additional capacity needs can be reduced, enabling more efficient use of existing grid infrastructure and generating annual cost savings of several million euros. The peak-shaving product is an important part of Ingrid’s broader vision of creating a more intelligent electricity grid in Europe.
During this fall and winter, Ingrid has launched new products and services designed to unlock local grid value, one of these initiatives are through so-called peak shaving. Peak shaving helps reduce rare but high short-term peaks in electricity demand. By utilising AI and machine learning together with physical infrastructure such as battery energy storage systems (BESS), electricity is optimized to be stored when grid load is lower and then discharged during hours of highest demand. The result is a more balanced load on the power grid, lower peak demand, and more efficient utilisation of existing grid capacity.
Ingrids peak shaving product – the first of its kind in the Nordics – is being carried out together with Varbergortens Elnät to relieve pressure on the local power grid and enable continued electrification in the region. By limiting additional capacity needs during peak hours by up to 90% for local grid owners, the solution can help avoid additional costs of several million SEK.
“To solve the flexibility challenge, we need to innovate and offer a broad range of services and products for the grid. The launch of our first peak shaving product is an important step in that direction, and through close collaboration with our partners we can realise the full potential of flexibility and create clear benefits for the local grid and society as a whole,” says Axel Holmberg, CEO of Ingrid.
“With this initiative, we want to enable new actors to connect to our local grid and also contribute to stable electricity costs for customers in the region. We therefore look forward to, together with Ingrid, working to see how we can strengthen the local electricity grid and contribute to societal benefit,” says Björn Fahlgren, CEO of Varbergortens Elnät.
There is strong demand for products such as Peak Shaving that strengthen the grid. In addition to Peak Shaving agreements, Ingrid is participating in local flexibility markets in southern Sweden, both in Gothenburg and Skåne, as part of our broader initiatives to further supporting local grids and communities across Sweden. This forms part of Ingrid’s broader vision to build the infrastructure and software required to create an intelligent and resilient power grid across Europe.
About Ingrid
The future runs on electricity, but the system behind it is stuck in the past. Ingrid builds the infrastructure and software that make the power grid more intelligent, helping accelerate a resilient and clean energy transition. Our solutions include grid-scale energy storage, advanced optimisation for battery systems and renewable assets, green energy supply and offtake structures, and innovative grid services. By increasing grid flexibility, stabilising power flows and improving the utilisation of existing infrastructure, we help reduce grid bottlenecks, support the integration of new renewable generation and contribute to more stable, lower electricity prices. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Stockholm, Ingrid has 70+ employees, operates across the Nordics and is expanding throughout Europe. As of Q4 2025, we have more than 650 MWh of storage in operation or under construction, and over 250 MWh of assets optimised through our in-house trading and optimisation platform.
About Varbergortens Elnät
Varbergsortens Elnät AB manages and develops a local electricity grid serving 12,000 end customers in the municipalities of Varberg and Mark. The company aims to act as an enabler of the new wave of electrification in Sweden. In recent years, a number of customers with high power demands have been connected to the grid, such as solar and wind power parks, large-scale energy storage facilities, and fast chargers for passenger cars and heavy vehicles.
The company is a subsidiary of Elkraft ekonomisk förening, which operates in electricity grids, electricity trading, power generation, fiber networks, and energy services. Varbergsortens Elnät’s vision is to have Sweden’s most satisfied electricity and grid customers.
