Xendee’s Adaptive Microgrid Control Technology Achieves 79.4% Operational Cost Savings
23 Julio 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
The recent results of multiple controller
installations reveal significant cost reductions in every case with
Xendee’s newly released adaptive microgrid control technology.
Xendee Corporation, provider of the leading design and operation
platform for distributed energy systems and Electric Vehicle (EV)
fast-charging infrastructure, has completed multiple projects of
their OPERATE controller software technology, showing significant
cost savings over existing hardware and rule-based microgrid
controller technologies.
“With more players entering the microgrid market and building
more microgrids and EV infrastructure, the need for efficiency and
accuracy in every stage of the project development process is
increasingly important,” said Michael Stadler, Co-Founder, CTO, and
CMO of Xendee. “And an integrated approach to the different project
stages is also crucial to achieve the optimal cost savings.”
Through their standardized, research-based approach, Xendee’s
microgrid modeling software has shown significant reductions in
design times of up to 90% during the feasibility study and
technical design process compared with manual and traditional
approaches. And with doubling Xendee’s customer base over the last
year, this growth continues to fuel product development for both
the design and operation stages of development.
Now with the same methodologies in the background as the DESIGN
product, and with smart AI-enabled forecasting, Xendee is releasing
OPERATE, the next and final step for microgrid deployment - their
adaptive Model Predictive Controller (MPC). This adaptive
software-based microgrid control technology can achieve up to 80%
cost savings compared to existing hardware and rule-based microgrid
controllers during real-time operation, and is now available for
asset owners and integration partners (e.g. SCADA systems, etc.)
looking to partner with Xendee and implement OPERATE.
Xendee’s OPERATE MPC technology leverages AI and machine
learning to control and monitor Distributed Energy Resources or
microgrids in an adaptive way based on weather forecasting, load
forecasting, and other dynamic factors.
Additionally, by controlling a microgrid using the same
optimization algorithm that was used during the design stage, the
projected savings based on tax incentives, multi-node operation,
and balancing carbon and cost will carry through to real-time
operation of the assets.
Multiple calibration projects have been completed, which
validate the superior cost savings. One renewable-based microgrid
controller installation involving batteries, most recently
completed at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and
supported by CalTestBed showed up to 79.4% total cost savings
compared to the existing controller. Another project completed in
the Midwest, involving generators, PV, and batteries demonstrated
up to 65% demand charge cost savings.
“The savings that we were able to demonstrate using Xendee are
very impressive and above industry standard,” said Jan Kleissl,
Director of UCSD Center for Energy Research. “This kind of
efficiency is needed in the industry as we work together to reduce
carbon emissions and do it in a way that’s economically
sustainable. Therefore, this project has the potential to be scaled
to our UCSD campus-wide microgrid, including our electric vehicle
chargers that are in the process of being upgraded.”
Xendee is accepting a few additional project locations or
partners for system integration in 2024. If you would like to
explore Xendee’s OPERATE controller or discuss potential
partnership, please reach out to solutions@xendee.com.
About Xendee Corporation
Xendee is an award-winning software platform built to integrate
the feasibility analysis and proposal building, portfolio
assessment, detailed engineering, and operation of Distributed
Energy Resources and EV fast-charging infrastructure. It is the
only integrated provider of Microgrid design and Artificial
Intelligence-based Microgrid operation optimization software.
Xendee’s techno-economic generative algorithms can produce an ideal
investment solution and operation schedule to meet organizational
goals which can include reducing costs, cutting CO2 emissions, and
increasing resilience. Explore how Xendee can empower your
organization by setting up a call with us at xendee.com/demo.
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