Energy flexibility, which pays off during ongoing operations
fEnOMS™ Orchestrate coordinates flexible consumers, PV, BESS and other energy systems so that your site can respond more cost-effectively to electricity prices, load profiles and operational conditions.
For sites that wish to make active use of their existing flexibility and significantly reduce their electricity costs.
Many sites have flexibility – but lack effective coordination with financial impacts.
Rising electricity prices, volatile markets and new energy components such as PV or BESS are increasing the complexity of day-to-day operations. At the same time, many consumers, storage systems and generators are still viewed in isolation rather than as an economically controllable integrated system.
Electricity costs are rising, even though investments have already been made.
Many sites have already invested in efficiency, on-site generation or storage. Nevertheless, energy costs remain high because the systems are not optimised in conjunction with one another.
The PV system and BESS are running, but they are not working together as well as they could.
On-site generation and storage facilities are in place, but are not consistently utilised to ensure the site as a whole operates in a cost-effective manner.
Consumers do not respond to price and load signals.
Energy-intensive processes often run on a fixed schedule, even though shifting them to different times could bring economic benefits.
Flexibility is available, but cannot be utilised in operational terms.
There is technical leeway, but in day-to-day practice this is not systematically translated into decisions or management actions.
Betriebsentscheidungen erfolgen ohne standortweite Logik.
Individual systems are optimised locally, whilst the overall system remains uncoordinated.
Monitoring is in place, but active optimisation is lacking.
Data and dashboards provide transparency, but do not yet lead to more economical driving.
Why individual optimisation is no longer enough.
Anyone who considers consumption, PV, BESS and other systems in isolation is squandering economic potential. Only when load profiles, electricity prices, technical constraints and operational requirements are brought together does an optimisation strategy emerge that is truly effective in practice.
This is precisely where fEnOMS™ comes in: not with isolated interventions, but with site-wide coordination of your energy system.
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) in particular often come with an EMS. Some are rudimentary, whilst others offer extensive configurability.
Our system fully integrates this storage into your site’s energy system and utilises it not in isolation, but in coordination with consumers and other generators at your site.
In this way, through comprehensive control and optimisation, the individual systems are transformed into a well-coordinated orchestra that performs its task professionally and harmoniously – helping you to operate your site with greater profit margins.
This is how fEnOMS™ turns energy data into cost-efficient plant schedules.
fEnOMS™ combines data, forecasts and operational conditions to form an active control and optimisation logic. This results in economically viable operating strategies for consumption, generation and storage – tailored to real-world operations.
Peak load reduction
fEnOMS uses peak shaving to control flexible consumers and generators in such a way that peak loads do not arise in the first place.
This lowers grid charges and reduces power consumption – whilst ensuring full process reliability.
Optimising self-consumption
Consumption, storage, cooling and charging are optimised in real time to match the home’s own energy generation (usually from PV systems, but also from other consumers).
This increases independence from the grid and leads to a sustained reduction in energy purchases.
Zero feed-in
fEnOMS uses local storage, consumers and thermal buffers to consume surplus energy directly on site, thereby reducing the load on the grid connection point.
This reduces the load on the grid connection and makes it easier to obtain planning permission for the site.
Intelligent EV charge management
Charging processes for electric cars and electric lorries are controlled proactively based on PV forecasts, grid load and operational requirements.
This ensures that power limits remain stable, charging times are predictable and connection costs are kept low.
Thermal Flexibilisation
Through pre-cooling and pre-heating, we utilise the systems’ thermal storage capacity to shift the load.
This creates valuable flexibility through heat or cooling – without the need for any additional hardware.
CHP Optimization
The CHP plant is operated dynamically on the basis of costs, emissions and process energy requirements.
This increases cost-effectiveness, improves primary energy utilisation and ensures that operating hours are used in a targeted manner.
Multi-Use Battery Storage
The storage system operates for several applications simultaneously – always in a way that minimises wear and tear on the system and maximises value.
Each cycle therefore delivers maximum economic benefit and extends the system’s service life.
Consumer - Producer Coordination
All systems – consumers, generators, storage facilities, cooling, heating and charging points – are coordinated within a single integrated schedule.
This creates an optimised overall system rather than competing individual control systems. This is true site orchestration.
Real-time optimisation
fEnOMS continuously updates timetables based on weather conditions, demand, fares and technical constraints.
This ensures that every opportunity for optimisation is automatically seized – reliably and without the need for manual intervention.
Orchestration does not stop at a single system.
fEnOMS™ is designed for sites where multiple energy elements interact. It is precisely in such situations that economic potential arises: when flexible consumers, PV, BESS, load profiles and operational constraints are considered together.
Rückkühler, Verdampfer und Kompressoren
Ladestation für Flurförderfahrzeuge
PV-Anlage
Batteriespeicher
Blockheizkraftwerk
Wärmepumpe
flexible Produktionsprozesse
Hybride Thermalöl-Kessel
Bidirektionales Laden von EV (PKW)
Bidirektionales HV-Laden von EV (LKW)
Which sites are particularly well suited to orchestration.
fEnOMS™ is particularly relevant for sites where multiple energy-related decisions converge. In such cases, orchestration can extract significantly greater economic benefits from existing infrastructure. This makes the platform suitable for all industrial and logistics sites that not only wish to systematically monitor, analyse and document their energy consumption, but also want to automatically reduce their electricity costs and CO₂ emissions.
Production sites with multiple consumption areas
Logistics and warehouse sites
Companies with multiple sites
Sites with PV, BESS or other energy sources
How fEnOMS™ operates automatically whilst the system is running.
fEnOMS loads plant data, measurement data and operational parameters, and combines these with external signals such as weather and electricity data.
Based on this, our algorithms calculate economically viable operating modes, taking into account operational and technical constraints.
Optimised setpoints and control signals are fed back to the systems at short intervals.
Via our portal, the impact of these measures can be continuously evaluated in a transparent and traceable manner. You can analyse costs and savings at any time.
fEnOMS™ Monitor is already included in Orchestrate.
In addition to active optimisation, you also benefit from transparency, reporting and alerting functions. This ensures that the impact of the orchestration can be tracked during ongoing operations. As a result, fEnOMS™ becomes a comprehensive energy optimisation and management system.
Monitoring
An up-to-date overview of consumption, output, load profiles and costs.
Reporting
Exportable reports, key performance indicators and time series for operations, management and energy management.
Alarming
Alerts in the event of unusual trends, load peaks or breaches of limit values.
Benchmarking
Comparison of measurement points, systems or locations.
Integration
Integration of smart meters, sub-metering, system data and self-generation data.
Extensibility
Optionally available with modules for multiple sites, PV, BESS or further optimisation.
This is how the connection works.
This is how we’ll work together to shape the future of your site.
1 - Initial consultation
We will assess your site’s current situation, target scenario and relevant facilities. You will receive an initial assessment of how energy flexibility can be implemented at your site.
2 - Data Check
We analyse existing load and generation data, as well as performance data from installations and grid connections. Based on this, we provide you with a detailed assessment of the potential savings.
3 - Implementation
Working alongside your technical team, we connect your system’s metering points, building management systems and/or control systems (PLCs) to our solution. You’ll immediately gain a complete overview of energy flows and costs.
4 - Operation & Fine-tuning
Our system now begins to send signals to all controllable consumers and generators. Peak loads are reduced, cost-optimised decisions regarding CHP plant operation are made automatically, and electricity consumption is shifted to times when electricity prices are low or when power is being generated by the property’s own PV system.
In many cases, it is possible to get off to a good start using existing data and systems. Let’s have a chat about it, with no obligation!
Frequently asked questions about our system, orchestration and energy flexibility.
Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about fEnOMS™ Orchestrate, the integration of existing systems, and the interplay between monitoring, orchestration and energy flexibility.
If your question is not listed here, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. We will be happy to help.
What is the difference between fEnOMS for monitoring and reporting and the version designed for reducing electricity costs and orchestration?
fEnOMS Monitor provides transparency: consumption, costs, load profiles, anomalies and reports are made visible and can be analysed. fEnOMS Orchestrate goes one step further and uses this data to actively and economically coordinate and optimise flexible consumers, PV, BESS and other energy systems.
Which systems can be integrated?
Is the system only suitable for refrigeration systems?
No, even though we are known as experts in refrigeration systems, we can interface with any system that has a control system and even analyse it using additional sensors, even if it does not provide any information.
The solution is generally suitable for industrial energy systems, industrial and logistics sites, as well as sites with multiple energy sources and flexible consumers; refrigeration systems are just one of several possible applications.
Can PV systems and BESS be taken into account?
Yes. PV and BESS can be taken into account as part of the site’s energy system and integrated into the transparency and orchestration framework, so that self-consumption, load shifting and cost optimisation work together more effectively.
Is the optimisation carried out automatically or subject to approval?
Our system operates fully automatically and requires no further intervention. To ensure this, it is important that the correct operating parameters and conditions have been agreed upon.
What data and interfaces are required?
Für eine Einschätzung der Einsparpotenziale benötigen wir in der Regel vorhandene Verbrauchsdaten, Messwerte aus Smart Metern oder M-Bus-Zählern sowie Daten aus Anlagensteuerungen und ggf. weitere Informationen wie PV-, Wechselrichter- oder Speicherwerte.
Für die Lösung selbst reicht eine zusätzliche lokale Steuerung (z.B. die SPS von WAGO – PLC200) als Edge-Device und Gateway. Hierüber verbinden wir uns mit Gebäudelöeittechnik und Anlagensteuerungen sowie allen ansprechparen Messstellen.
Die Lösungen sind datengetrieben, kommen ohne zusätzliche Sensorik und mit wenigen Schnittstellen aus.
How quickly can a site be connected?
Ideally, we will integrate our own control system into your network as a so-called edge device. Your IT department must enable access, and your plant engineer must implement the processing of our control signals.
From our side, everything can in principle be completed within a few days. Ultimately, however, such an implementation is a small project and, as a rule, takes around 2–3 months to complete.
The exact time required depends on which systems are already in place and how complex the site is.
Let’s talk about the potential for orchestration at your site.
If you’d like to make the most of your existing flexibility, integrate PV and BESS more effectively, and significantly reduce your electricity costs, let’s work together to find the right configuration for your site.
Ready to take the next step towards actively optimising your electricity costs? Request a demo now and arrange an initial consultation with us!