⚡ Episode Overview

What happens when EV charging growth collides with grid reality?

In this special episode of the Charge Point Podcast, we take you inside INTERFACE Benelux - a live event where industry leaders gathered to tackle one of the biggest challenges in electrification today: grid constraints.

Through a series of short interviews recorded on-site, you’ll hear how key players across EV charging, battery storage, and energy markets are adapting — and what it really takes to keep scaling in a grid-constrained world.

You'll hear interviews with Robert (FLEXECHARGE), Tessa (Intercel), Mike (Kwetta), Peter (Floading) and Jan (FLEXECHARGE).

🎧 What You’ll Learn

•  Why the grid - not the charger - is now the main bottleneck
•  How BESS (battery storage) is becoming essential to unlock new charging capacity 
•  What “energy orchestration” really means for modern charging sites 
•  Where the real value lies in flexibility markets today
•  Why EV charging sites are evolving into full energy systems

🧠 Key Takeaways

•  EV charging has entered a new phase: from deployment → to energy optimisation
• Grid constraints are structural, not temporary 
• BESS + EMS + smart orchestration are becoming the new standard 
•  Flexibility is no longer theoretical - it’s a real business lever
•  The industry is still early - and learning in real time

🚀 Why This Matters

As EV adoption accelerates, the ability to work with the grid - not against it - will define the winners in this space.

This episode gives you a front-row seat to how leading players are already making that shift.

🔗 Links & resources 

• More info about the INTERFACE conference series: https://www.flexecharge.com/event-interface-ev-charging-meet-the-grid-in-person
• On-Demand Webinar: https://www.flexecharge.com/resources/webinars/the-power-of-co-located-batteries-unlocking-the-full-revenue-potential 

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