SmartCube connects device management, operational data, portfolio management, and its commercial utilization into one platform that helps you gain greater insight, better control, and higher value from every energy asset.
Integrate sensory and operational data from individual devices into the platform and use them in operational planning and commercial strategies. This allows you to prevent critical situations in time, such as a full storage tank or exceeding maximum gas consumption.
SmartCube allows for the alignment of requirements for safe and stable heat supply with the commercial utilization of flexibility. Operational decisions are thus based not only on technological needs but also on current opportunities in the electricity and ancillary services markets.
The platform supports the involvement of district heating technologies in providing ancillary services. The system ensures that the provided flexibility corresponds to the real operational capabilities of the equipment and does not jeopardize the primary function of the operation.
SmartCube connects the operation of district heating facilities with intraday trading, allowing for a response to market developments based on current operational status, power availability, and portfolio needs. This helps to better exploit short-term market opportunities.
Every decision regarding the use of flexibility is based on the current state of the equipment, available power, operational limits, and heat supply requirements. This ensures that commercial and operational steps are only implemented to a technically feasible and safe extent.
The platform enables automated responses to changes in operational conditions, technology availability, and market developments. Based on set rules, it can adjust commercial positions and subsequent equipment management without the need for manual intervention.
District heating operations are not managed in isolation but as part of a broader portfolio of energy facilities. SmartCube thus allows for the coordination of its use with other sources, battery storage, or consumption, taking into account the overall commercial and operational strategy.
Users have access to an overview of operational changes, flexibility activations, implemented commercial steps, and achieved results. This facilitates daily operational management and the ongoing evaluation of the economic benefits of market participation.
SmartCube enables advanced management of battery storage systems according to their technical state, operational parameters, and commercial opportunities. It helps to use the battery efficiently, safely, and in accordance with the chosen strategy.
The module allows for the use of battery storage for intraday trading, provision of ancillary services, and imbalance optimization. The system ensures continuity between commercial decisions and the physical management of the equipment.
When providing ancillary services, the platform ensures the implementation of a charging strategy based on the client’s configuration. This allows clients to apply their own commercial and operational strategies according to their preferences and requirements.
Based on the configured charging strategy, the platform automatically performs the necessary changes in commercial portals and equipment management according to defined rules. The provision of ancillary services can thus take place fully automatically.
Every decision regarding the operation of the battery storage is based on its current state, particularly the SoC value, available power, operational limits, and technical constraints. This allows the battery to be managed so that its operation corresponds to the real capabilities of the device.
Battery storage is not managed in isolation but as part of a broader portfolio. SmartCube thus allows for the coordination of its use with other devices and takes into account the overall commercial and operational strategy of the portfolio.
Users have access to an overview of the battery’s operational history, completed cycles, SoC changes, power utilization, and achieved results. This facilitates both operational management and the ongoing evaluation of the battery storage’s contribution.
Connect real-time monitoring with imbalance management and commercial utilization on the intraday market. With support for custom forecasts and advanced control approaches, SmartCube helps reduce imbalance costs and increase the value of the entire portfolio.
The platform provides a continuous overview of current power, equipment availability, and production status, allowing for a quick response to changes in operations and market developments.
SmartCube allows for working with custom production forecasts and using them as a basis for operational and commercial decision-making. This makes it possible to better account for the specifics of a particular portfolio and the preferred prediction method.
The platform continuously evaluates expected and realized production of renewable sources against the commercial position and helps to take timely steps to reduce imbalance costs. This supports more accurate portfolio management and a more effective response to unexpected changes in renewable production.
SmartCube connects the operation of renewable sources with intraday trading and allows for the adjustment of commercial positions based on current production, forecasts, and the market situation.
The platform allows for the use of photovoltaic power plant output for providing aFRR services using a dynamic baseline.
Renewable sources are not managed in isolation but as part of a broader portfolio. SmartCube thus allows for the coordination of their operation and commercial utilization with other technologies to optimize the resulting effect at the overall level.
By linking monitoring, forecasts, automated imbalance management, and intraday trading, SmartCube helps to reduce imbalance costs, better exploit market opportunities, and increase the overall value of the portfolio.
The development of the module was supported by the CzechInvest agency through the Technological Incubation program.
SmartCube unifies work with technical, operational, and price parameters of equipment and allows for sharing information on planned operations, their fulfillment, and evaluation, including realized revenues.
SmartCube supports the preparation and execution of trading operations on day-ahead and intraday markets with technical and commercial flexibility.
SmartCube supports working with operational rules, sensory data, and planning for the following day, helping to better align equipment operation with the goals of the entire portfolio.
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