• Current System Integration
  • Ancillary Market Participation
  • Advanced Scheduling and Control
  • Tailored Revenue Models
Learn how Fusebox integrated with the European power utility's systems to enable market participation, advanced control, and tailored revenue models.

Client: A European-based energy utility company
Objective: Develop a robust, integrated platform for effective control over energy asset portfolios, ensuring seamless communication and operation between the sites, Fusebox, and the client’s existing systems.

 

Challenge:

The client sought to enhance their ability to manage assets and participate in energy markets across Europe, with a focus on communication, bidding, and asset control logic. Their aim was to optimize data exchange, asset scheduling, and pricing logic while ensuring compliance with international energy communication standards and seamless integration with TSOs infrastructure.

 

Solution: Fusebox’s Energy Flexibility Platform Integration

The project involved building a comprehensive system where the Fusebox platform communicates seamlessly with the client’s IT infrastructure, TSOs, and asset data concentrators. The integration supports transmission grid reliability and system balance while ensuring real-time asset control and portfolio optimization.

 

Key Development Steps:

  • Establishing Communication Protocols: Creating the necessary communication infrastructure.
  • Asset Command and Measurement Logic: Developing communication flows to transmit asset commands, gather real-time data from connected assets, and report asset performance to both platforms.
  • Integration with TSO (Transmission System Operator): Integrating the Fusebox platform with a regional TSO through a Management System to facilitate market participation, bidding, and energy trade automation.
  • Power Plant Scheduling: Developing power plant scheduling logic that integrates API-based data flow with XML communication protocols to ensure the timely execution of schedules and orders for energy market participation.
  • Market Pricing and Revenue Share Logic: Implementing go-to-market pricing logic, asset cost calculation (for merit order), and revenue-sharing mechanisms. This includes flexibility for the client to customize revenue-sharing models.

 

Results:

  • Enhanced Market Participation: The client now participates more effectively in ancillary energy markets, increasing market reach and revenue generation.
  • Real-Time Asset Control: The system ensures seamless communication and real-time data exchange between assets, TSOs, and energy management systems, allowing the client to optimize asset usage for energy flexibility.
  • Efficient Bidding and Scheduling: The integrated platform streamlined bidding and scheduling, improving accuracy and speed in market operations, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Revenue Optimization: With the custom-built revenue share logic, the client can optimize revenue by dynamically calculating asset costs based on real-time TSO data and market performance.

 

Conclusion:

The collaboration between Fusebox and the client successfully delivered a powerful, integrated solution for participating in energy markets, optimizing asset management, and ensuring efficient communication. This case demonstrates Fusebox’s ability to provide energy flexibility solutions tailored to specific market needs, ultimately driving value for partners.