Make sense of the noise
Electricity flows like a river, and until recently it flowed in one direction. With the rise of renewable energy, however, the flow can be reversed, and this muddies the water.
Decentralised energy generation and storage may be a necessary and wonderful thing, but it creates a lot of complexity that needs to be resolved. There are five main challenges facing Distributed Energy Resources (DER), and our technology solves every single one.
Stormcloud
Intelligence, Orchestration & Optimisation
Stormcloud is a smart, digital platform that securely connects every device, delivering insights to allow optimisation, and orchestration of the entire system. And like all great technologies, it serves many functions.
By enabling variable energy resources to respond to the needs of the network at any given time, it’s an invaluable grid balancing tool. And by visualising household energy data, it’s an App that helps homeowners monitor the health of their devices, and the entire system as a whole.
But that’s just the beginning. It also facilitates fleet monitoring, dispatch and market participation in virtual power plants. And with the addition of the analytics module - Stormcloud IQ - it provides advanced, fleet wide analytics too.
And imagine if a home or business could respond to energy price fluctuations, constantly adjusting to save, and actually make money too. This is within reach in the not too distant future.
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Droplet
Connectivity & Edge Computing
Droplets create the interface between Stormcloud and fleets thousands of devices from batteries to inverters to loads and electric vehicle chargers. They securely gather real-time, rich and reliable data that can be used to make operational changes to the device.
Cloud Droplet | Virtual
Connects remotely to the device through a cloud API, providing visibility and orchestration between other Droplet connected devices.
eDroplet | Embedded
Allows OEMs to deliver their technology with a smart controller already built into the system. Embedded during the manufacturing process, it’s the lowest cost of entry to future opportunities of the grid.
Droplet | Hardware
Integration and local optimisation for multiple devices at the edge. Easily connects with a huge variety of brands and models. Different versions available to suit different environments. Widely used and trusted around the world.
And you’re also connecting to a whole lot more
Droplets connect your devices to Stormcloud, but they also connect your system to a world of opportunity that simply didn’t exist before.
System owners now have access to virtual power plants, and energy retailers can develop a host of new products to better serve their customers. Manufacturers can relax about compliance, knowing Droplets will grant them entry to heavily regulated markets, and will also prepare them for incoming standards like IEEE 2030.5
Overall it’s an elegant solution that delivers behind the meter insight, and prepares everyone for upstream market changes.
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