With a decade of experience in the energy sector, Rodrigo García, a graduate in Energy Resources, Fuels and Explosives Engineering from UPM, and holder of master’s degrees in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, is part of Optimize Energy. The company was founded in 2022 with a clear mission: to help renewable asset owners manage energy and risk in increasingly volatile markets. The main takeaway is that Optimize Energy positions itself as a key player in stabilizing revenues and maximizing the profitability of renewable assets in a constantly evolving electricity market, by leveraging opportunities in previously underutilized markets.
At Optimize Energy, the growing complexity of the energy landscape is strongly emphasized. They have observed how the volume of “curtailments” — renewable energy that cannot be utilized — has been steadily increasing since 2019. While there may be a slight easing for wind power in 2025, the global trend is clearly upward due to the massive deployment of renewables and grid infrastructure that is not improving at the same pace. To mitigate this economic impact, solutions such as enabling participation in SRAP, hybridization with batteries, and involvement in the new voltage control market are proposed. According to Optimize Energy, the introduction of quarter-hourly markets has been a key step forward, improving the efficiency and accuracy of the power system, facilitating better integration of variable renewable energies and aligning balancing services, which directly benefits asset managers. In addition, they highlight that wind power holds an advantageous position over photovoltaics in terms of additional revenues from balancing services, having achieved on average an extra 15–25%, compared to 10–15% for photovoltaics, in a context of progressive replacement of synchronous generation with asynchronous generation.
By optimizing the operation of renewable assets and reducing energy waste, Optimize Energy’s work directly contributes to SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), ensuring that the green energy generated is used as efficiently as possible. At the same time, their support for greater renewable integration and improved system flexibility has a positive impact on SDG 13 (Climate Action), facilitating the energy transition and the reduction of carbon emissions. Every megawatt-hour of renewable energy that is effectively managed and utilized represents another step toward a sustainable and more climate-resilient energy future.
In a world where energy volatility is the new normal, are we truly prepared to fully harness the potential of our renewable energy sources, or will we remain mere spectators to their waste? Technology and specialized asset management are no longer just an advantage—they are an essential necessity to build the energy future we aspire to.
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