SwitchDin helps to deliver cheap, clean energy for all

SwitchDin is an Australian Renewable Energy technology and Software as a Service (SaaS) company. Our purpose is to facilitate power grids and energy companies to accelerate the shift to a global renewable, clean-energy future. Our key products and services ensure this can happen safely, with confidence and efficiency, and with increased returns on investment. 

To do this, our platform removes barriers to adoption of clean energy. We use real-time data to orchestrate energy networks and markets efficiently. Our core mission is to stabilise the grid, increase capacity and access to clean energy, while significantly reducing costs for all. 

As an innovative Australian success story, we promote an open network interface for all industry players to share their continuously improving products and services. SwitchDin has more than a decade of experience working with Australia’s world-leading Distributed Energy Resources (DER). We have leveraged this expertise to transform from a product developer (edge computing devices, droplets) with a proprietary Stormcloud platform, into an experienced renewable energy orchestrator.

Today, the majority of Australia’s DNSPs (Distribution Network Service Providers) work with SwitchDin and use our technology to seamlessly manage their widely distributed DERs and consumer energy resources (CERs) to the grid. With a recent $10 million capital injection, SwitchDin is well-positioned to continue growing and scaling. 

Australian investment manager Ellerston Capital has become a cornerstone investor in Series A investment round, confident of SwitchDin’s strategic competitive advantages and assisting us in boosting our next period of growth. As Australia, Europe, and Asia accelerate their transition to renewables, SwitchDin is now poised to take its place in the global transition.

As renewable infrastructure costs continue to reduce and markets develop, we can make good on the global renewable energy promise and help accelerate it.

SwitchDin’s group of dedicated, experienced scientists and energy experts are innovating daily in response to the rapidly evolving energy landscape. We enable a rapid and easy adoption of clean energy solutions at global scale.

The following case study showcases how a cloud-centric deployment of the utility server can meet compliance and operational needs efficiently, as a supplement to existing on-premise OT and IT solutions. It is relevant to any forward-looking network utility that seeks to enhance their visibility and capability in managing DERs. By laying down the digital foundations for initiatives such as Flexible Exports (see Case Study below), SwitchDin is instrumental in assisting Australia’s clean energy transition accelerate to build a more resilient grid network.

Case Study Flexible Exports: SwitchDin’s recent work with one of Eastern Australia’s largest DNSPs, Endeavour Energy, is an example of how to foster a more reliable, cost-effective and innovative energy system for consumers. The purpose of this particular project is to increase solar power on the grid while maintaining grid reliability and enabling rooftop solar households to double their solar power exports, from 5kW to 10kW. 

This earns benefits to Endeavour and their consumers alike. Consumers benefit financially from investment offsets, lower bills and energy assurance. While Endeavour benefits from grid optimisation, stability and reliability. ​​Endeavour Energy’s vision is to decarbonise the grid by 2035, with Flexible Exports expected to contribute 600 MW of additional renewable energy capacity, enough electricity to power 75,000 homes for a year. 

SwitchDin MD and CEO Mario Vecchio flanked by Marcelo Carvalho left and Josh Nguyen (SwitchDin Senior Product Manager)

In a nutshell, the system demonstrates how SwitchDin’s FlexGateway™ technology now boosts greater utilisation of existing network infrastructure (the grid et al), which in turn allows for greater penetration of rooftop solar into the energy market, which supports lower cost energy for everyone, while decarbonising the electricity market. What’s not to like?

This approach is, of course, equally applicable to commercial and industry enterprises. Think Urban Renewable Energy Zones and all the commercial and industrial unoccupied rooftops. These are perfect for solar and battery power stations in Australia with the capability of generating at least 25 per cent of the nation’s annual electricity use (See Victoria University research). 

In addition SwitchDin enables flexible exports and scalable DER integration for DNSPs using a vendor-agnostic, standards-based solution to manage and orchestrate diverse CER fleets across all consumer networks including commercial, industrial and residential. The reality is that, in Australia and in most international locations, networks traditionally applied a low, flat limit to the amount of solar energy that customers could export to the grid. Most electricity distribution networks have not been designed to receive large amounts of excess solar energy. So, this approach maintains stability and reliability of the network regardless of how much solar power is generated.

With Flexible Exports customers can enable their DNSP (in this case study, Endeavour Energy) to communicate with their solar inverters. Granular, near real time data from these sites provides the ability to better operate and maintain their infrastructure.The smart upgrades using SwitchDin’s technology services and equipment mean that DNSPs like Endeavour Energy can see, in real time, where solar exports are impacting the grid and adjust outputs when required. And so keep the grid safe as well as boosting its capacity to share more clean power.

As Endeavour Energy’s GM Future Grid, Colin Crisafulli said at the launch of Flexible Exports in February 2025: “With Flexible Exports, we expect to contribute 600 MW of additional renewable energy capacity, enough electricity to power 75,000 homes for a year.” In dollar terms, that equates to more than $100 million in additional solar exports.

Additionally, with Flexible Exports, rooftop solar provides opportunities for consumers to be paid to use excess solar during negative pricing periods, as well as other available offers during peak solar times. In this Australian Energy Regulator’s wholesale markets 2025 Q2 report you can also see that as the amount of rooftop solar generated increases it directly follows the number of negative price intervals in the wholesale market.

And the best thing is that in the long run, even those without rooftop solar will be able to benefit. 

Want to see how this future is becoming reality? 

Watch these videos  ENDEAVOUR ENERGY - Flexible Exports - Technology - May 2025 as SwitchDin joins Endeavour Energy to celebrate the launch of Flexible Exports — which are already delivering real value to households, networks, and the grid.