Energy management system · Energy storage
At a time when sustainability is crucial, more and more companies are investing in energy storage systems. Battery storage helps reduce peak loads and provides greater independence from the grid. But do companies really make optimal use of their energy storage?
Energieopslag
Without smart control, batteries charge and discharge at random times, leading to unnecessary costs and wasted energy. The solution? Smartbox: a smart energy management system that strategically and fully automatically controls generation, storage and consumption based on real-time data and energy rates.
Explanation
An energy storage system is a big step in the right direction in terms of sustainability and cost savings. It allows companies to store energy and use it later, making them less dependent on the electricity grid. But without smart management, the full potential remains untapped.
When is the battery charged and discharged? At what time is the stored electricity used, and how do you prevent excess energy from being lost or even costing money?
Many systems charge and discharge without taking energy rates, peak consumption or feed-in restrictions into account. This leads to inefficient use and unnecessary costs. To really benefit from energy storage, strategic management with Smartbox is necessary.
Smartbox
Smartbox is an advanced energy management system (EMS) that makes energy storage systems and solar panels smarter and more profitable. This energy management system monitors energy consumption and storage in real time.
In addition, it fully automatically adjusts the charging and discharging behavior of batteries based on current energy rates and consumption patterns. The batteries charge when the electricity price is low and feed back into the grid when prices are high.
Smartbox actively responds to energy markets such as EPEX, the imbalance market, control, reserve and emergency power and intraday trading. With a Smartbox, companies not only optimize their own energy consumption, but also take advantage of opportunities such as peak smoothing and energy transactions.
In this way they prevent grid congestion and unnecessary costs, and they supply energy back to the grid at strategic moments. This provides an additional income stream.
Through direct integration with sun, wind, batteries, charging stations, generators and cooling, Smartbox is a total solution for efficient energy management.
Smartbox
Smartbox is one platform in three versions, matching the size of the energy storage system. Smartbox Lite applies the EPEX price for commercial small-scale consumption of solar, battery and generator (up to approx. 10 assets). Smartbox Regular also markets the flexibility of the battery on balancing markets (FCR, aFRR) via aggregators, up to approximately 50 assets, including wind and cooling.
For large-scale consumption, industry, agriculture and multi-site there is Smartbox Pro: 50+ assets, a customized management strategy and asset insight down to cell and string level. Would you like to become a provider of this innovative energy management system? Please contact us.
Smartbox
Get started with smart EPEX control for smaller connections.
Suitable for
Small business connections
3×63 / 3×80 A
Smartbox
Control, monitor and trade your energy flexibility.
Suitable for
Small & large connections
SMEs and smaller companies
Smartbox
Advanced control at scale for large installations.
Suitable for
Large connections
Industry, agro & multi-site
Smartbox Portal
Companies and installers only really know how much energy installations save when they have insight into the figures. The Smartbox Portal on my.smartboxpower.com and the Smartbox app (iOS and Android) provide real-time insight into storage capacity, energy consumption, EPEX prices and feed-in, so that every kilowatt hour is used at the right time.
The platform shows how much energy an energy storage system stores, when it is discharged and how this translates into cost savings or revenue.
Installers easily manage multiple installations from one central environment. The portal provides detailed consumption data and performance analyses, allowing them to tune systems more efficiently and advise customers proactively.
Profit forecasts based on customer profiles immediately show how much a company saves or earns with its energy storage system. In addition, integration with radiation meters and weather stations ensures even more accurate predictions of expected energy production.
Integration
Easily connect Smartbox to existing and new energy assets.
Partners
We would be happy to add your energy company to this list.
Smartbox Power
We are Smartbox Power, founded by a team of specialists in energy, automation and software development, with one clear mission: making sustainable energy available automatically, efficiently and profitably.
We saw companies struggling with negative energy prices and manually switching off their installations to avoid costs. That had to be smarter. That is why we developed a system that controls in real time based on market prices and energy consumption, without installers, energy companies or end users having to deal with this on a daily basis.
We continuously develop the Smartbox software from our R&D team in the Netherlands. With new functions, connections and management strategies, we allow energy storage to evolve with an increasingly dynamic energy market.
We are growing rapidly in the Netherlands and aim to achieve a market leadership position in the field of smart EMS systems in Europe in the coming years.
Please contact us
Behalen jouw klanten echt het maximale rendement met hun energieopslagsysteem? Sluit je als energie-installateur aan bij Smartbox en bied je klanten een systeem dat niet alleen energie opslaat, maar ook strategisch laadt en ontlaadt op basis van realtime data en marktprijzen. Neem vrijblijvend contact met ons op.
