Yves Langer

Independent Electricity Market Design Advisor | Market & Grid Operators | Pricing, Congestion, Balancing & Algorithms

Liège, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

I help electricity market and grid operators and related organisations make better decisions on complex electricity market design questions. My work focuses on market rules, pricing mechanisms, congestion management, balancing arrangements, cross-border coordination, and the analytical or algorithmic tools needed to support implementation. Before founding Smart Vision, I held market design and R&D responsibilities at the Belgian power exchange. I contributed to foundational European electricity market projects, including the development of COSMOS/EUPHEMIA, flow-based market coupling, and XBID. Today, I provide independent specialist support to market operators, transmission system operators, consulting teams, and organisations facing complex design or implementation choices. Typical assignments include: - framing market design options and trade-offs; - reviewing pricing, congestion or balancing mechanisms; - translating regulatory, operational and algorithmic constraints into workable choices; - supporting modelling, optimisation and decision tools; - facilitating technical workshops and expert discussions. My approach is calm, precise and close to implementation: enough technical depth to keep the design robust, and enough clarity to help teams make decisions.

Experience

  • Power Markets Advisor & Founder at Smart Vision
    Oct 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 10 mos

    Independent specialist support for electricity market and grid operators, TSOs, consulting teams and related organisations facing complex market design or implementation questions. Focus areas include electricity market design, pricing mechanisms, congestion management, balancing arrangements, cross-border coordination, modelling, optimisation and algorithmic implementation. Typical work: - market design studies and expert reviews; - pricing, congestion and balancing mechanism analysis; - decision support for regulatory, operational and technical trade-offs; - analytical and algorithmic support; - workshops and technical clarification for mixed expert audiences.

  • Senior Market Development Manager at Belpex - part of EPEX SPOT (EEX Group)
    Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Head of R&D at Belpex - part of APX Group
    May 2011 - Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Responsable technico-économique at Belpex
    Nov 2007 - Apr 2011 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Optimization and Modeling Consultant at n-Side
    Oct 2005 - Oct 2007 · 2 yrs 1 mo