Energy storage systems
(BESS - Battery Energy Storage System) with zenon
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Use an energy solution from an independent supplier and reap the benefits of energy storage, at any scale, from battery power, whether residential or utility applications. The zenon software platform helps you control, monitor, and optimize system operation, as well as interconnect your assets with other entities in the smart grid environment.
What Energy Storage Solutions Can Do for You
In the era of smart grid transition, the use of energy storage technologies plays an increasingly important role. Surplus energy can be dynamically stored and released at defined locations within a power grid. This allows for the economical use of energy in certain network segments and even the self-sufficient operation of microgrids. In addition, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) can help stabilize the grid and offset—through selective charging and discharging—the volatile supply of renewable sources such as solar photovoltaic (PV) or wind power.
BESS enables better use of energy, energy quality and exploitation of connected assets. Energy storage assets operating safely and cost-effectively is now a major concern for operators, investors and customers from all segments of an industrial grid ecosystem.
The zenon Software Platform is a solid foundation for operating BESS. Various functions and templates allow you to set up control, monitoring and reporting quickly and easily with great interaction with any other power system on the market. Here’s how a BESS application can be optimized with zenon:
Build your stand-alone solution from a comprehensive set of functions
The zenon platform can be used for monitoring both the power system and BESS installations, as well as ancillary installations:
- Process data acquisition and real-time visualization via a human-machine interface (HMI)
- System Analytics & Reporting
- Data gateway for utility systems and cloud-based systems
- Monitoring and control of “Balance of Plant” (BoP) equipment
Features and Key Benefits
- Real-time monitoring of battery banks, strings, and modules
- Dashboards with real-time key performance indicators (KPIs) with elements such as state of charge (SoC), state of health (SoH) and depth of discharge (DoD)
- Vendor-agnostic connectivity for battery management systems (BMS) and power conversion systems (PCS)
- Support for IEEE 1547 and SunSpec
- Seamless integration of BoP components — more than 300 protocols supported
- Industrial protocol gateway for interconnection with third-party systems (DNP3, IEC 60870, ICCP, OPC-UA and many more)
- Structured Alarm Processing
- Sequence of Events (SoE)
- Built-in historian for long-term data archives
- Dynamic reporting and analytics
- Programmable flexible logic (IEC 61131-3)
- Mobile event notification (email, SMS, VoIP)
- Role-based access control
- Internet of Things (IoT) gateway for cloud integration
- HTML 5 Web Preview Service
What zenon has to offer:
- High performance and scalability, for on-premises BESS, control center, and cloud-based solutions
- Hardware independence and compliance with any battery technology, battery management systems, and inverter models
- Effective operations management through intuitive HMI and comprehensive asset integration
- Engineering simplicity through configurable functions, templates, and automated engineering
- Multitude of integrated cybersecurity measures to support defense-in-depth architectures.
Flexible platform for integrated BESS operation
A BESS installation must function effectively in the context of the dynamic network environment. On the one hand, this involves the strict control and monitoring of the internal components and states of the storage system, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), BMS, SoC, DoD, or SoH indicators.
On the other hand, the BESS system needs to interact closely with the output systems to best fulfill its purpose. This can include distributed energy resource generators (DER), consumers, utility control systems such as distribution management systems (DMS) or distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), grid interconnections, or specific aggregator, planning, or forecasting tools.
zenon represents a powerful tool to support the optimal functioning of BESS in any way and in any business environment. With a comprehensive set of out-of-the-box functions and a unique collection of protocol drivers and data interfaces, zenon supports the administration of the energy storage process as well as effective coordination with the auxiliary system scenario.
Connectivity & Networking
The continuous exchange of data with diverse systems is considered a primary enabler for the optimal functioning of smart grid solutions. In addition to the connection of fundamental components such as BMS or charge controllers, a set of BoP components contribute to the effective operation of the industrial BESS system. A major success factor is a flexible platform that is open to integration from any system and can easily adapt and extend whenever the solution needs to grow.
zenon offers a unique spectrum of connectivity options, including a wide range of industrial and power protocols, proprietary device protocols, and web-based protocols. With zenon, the task of connecting to industrial hardware and accessing data from surrounding systems becomes simple and fast.
Standards and tools for rapid project completion
zenon engineering is supported by standards and tools that enable simple combinations of solution components. For example, zenon’s BESS Application Library supports the simple integration of components such as BMS, inverters and various BoP devices via pre-defined application templates based on standard data models such as SunSpec. This makes creating and commissioning the overall solution a simple and enjoyable task.
Safety
One of the main concerns in modern energy storage applications is ensuring strict confidentiality and integrity for your solution. You can utilize various features in this context, such as central user authentication and authorization, protocol encryption, central logging, or file tamper recognition. In addition, zenon is perfectly suited to work in combination with state-of-the-art security tools.
