The developers of energy flexibility apps & services turn available flexibility – which exists in the operation of assets – into CO₂ reductions or cost savings.
In effect, energy-consuming assets are turned on when the energy mix in the grid contains the most renewable energy (e.g. when the sun is shining) or when energy is the cheapest (often, those are the very same time hours). Next to shifting start times of processes, another prominent use case of energy flexibility are buffers and batteries.
Usually, this requires the software to plan a few hours ahead. No one likes assets to turn on and off suddenly.
Value drivers
How we believe FlexMeasures can make a difference
Real-time data intelligence & integration
Energy flexibility services need to interact multiple times per day or hour, with AI/ML support. We equipped FlexMeasures with:
Support for real-time updates
Forecasting for the upcoming hours
Schedule optimization
Uncertainty models
Dealing with uncertain forecasts and outcomes is crucial.
FlexMeasures is therefore built on timely-beliefs, so we model this real-world aspect accurately.
Service building
Building customer-facing services is where developers make impact. We make their work easy.
Well-documented API
Plugin support
Plotting support
Multi-tenancy
Simulate & Operate
Enabling both simulations and real-time operations makes FlexMeasures a unique tool
Grounded decisions: Run multiple What-if scenarios during project planning, e.g. to decide on battery size.
Less friction: After simulations, go directly to pilot. It’s the same code!
Eyes on the prize: At any time in the project’s life, go back to simulations seamlessly, to make new strategic decisions.
Architecture
How the FlexMeasures EMS becomes the centerpiece of flexible energy solutions
Features
A more detailed view
Dashboard
An online dashboard shows maps, graphs and an order book to act on new intel.
Asset management
Manage their assets manually through the dashboard or automatically through the API. Group them to view aggregated data (e.g. per building or microgrid)
Open-source
By consisting entirely of open-source digital technologies, your platform will gain new feature opportunities at no cost.
Compliant
The API design follows the Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF), which provides a strong and widely accepted architecture to define roles and processes in modern smart energy systems, and connect them with markets.
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Automatable with APIs
A well-documented Application Programming Interface (API) allows your sensors and other software to communicate with the FlexMeasures platform in an automated fashion.
Monitoring 24/7
Your platform is monitored continuously such that operators can be notified immediately if problems occur.
Robust benchmarking
Insightful evaluation of new prediction models and information sources, by plotting their probabilistic performance against time of day and time ahead.
Secure
Your platform is only served over HTTP Secure and uses a secure hashing algorithm to store user credentials.
AI / Machine learning
Machine learning models which allow robust forecasts of energy, weather and pricing data are part of FlexMeasures. When we design custom smart scheduling, we can schedule actions that take risk into account.
Stable codebase
Low technical debt and a high coverage of functionality via automated tests.
Hit the ground running
Did you know that we offer hosting support of FlexMeasures and help with developing services?
