BALANCE OF POWER
An interactive film-based game about the smart energy future
You are a journalist filming Energy Minister, Irene Jansen, on her road to Presidency. The process highlights some very real dilemmas about the future electricity system. Listen as a sustainable entrepreneur, an energy supplier, and a grid operator state their individual cases for the future, based on very different motivations. Help Irene make the right choices.
Get it right and everyone will benefit. Get it wrong and you risk blackouts and protests.
Why play?
To facilitate learning and discussion, this documentary game presents real-life energy system challenges and future scenarios. It helps players to understand the different roles within the system and the implications of different decisions. And… it is fun.
How to play
When played individually, the film takes around 20 minutes to unfold, but you can also play this game as a group, using the questions raised as a starting point to discuss issues and opportunities around entering the flexibility market. Interested? Download some workshop formats and suggestions.