Utilities, grid and independent system operators, aggregators, and OEMs must respond to the challenges posed by new renewable energy sources (solar and wind) and new technologies (e.g., electric vehicles). These innovations are essentially good but, due to their rapid development, lower the inertia of electrical grids, which in turn decreases their stability during events. The increase in new energy sources and technologies will only exacerbate the situation unless solutions are put in place.
Our technology continuously adapts, at the source (without telecommunication), in the fastest way (in less than 250 milliseconds), and at the lowest cost, the energy consumption of a load in order to help stabilize the frequency of the electrical network.
Continuous modulation
At the source
Without telecommunication
Ultra-fast
Lowest cost
The aggregation of a set of smart loads installed in various residential, commercial and industrial loads creates a virtual power plant (VPP) that provides reliability services to grids with smart decentralized loads.
These virtual power plants provide utilities with ways to reinforce grid reliability faster, cheaper and more efficiently than the operating reserves provided by conventional power plants. Our technology is the missing link for market aggregators, utilities, as well as grid operators for mass market load aggregation. This grid configuration offers many advantages to energy suppliers; production carried out closer to consumers reduces transportation and distribution costs as well as energy losses.
The SOFTload TM solution has successfully completed laboratory testing in addition to a variety of rigorous field tests, totalling more than 100,000 hours of faultless operation. Key European and North American industry players, such as Hydro-Québec, have completed a thorough validation of the technology.
SOFTload TM is designed to provide synchronous reserves, inertia or autonomous regulation. It also allows for the management of peak shifting.
SOFTload TM reads the local grid frequency, detects abnormal conditions and modulates the power (Watts) in a progressive way in order to restore the grid frequency to its normal value. The modulation follows a specific algorithm specifically programmed for the network.
*Every electrical grid must operate at a constant and fixed frequency of 50 or 60 Hz.
** “Droop” is an embedded function in every power station that aims to control the frequency of power grids.
SOFTload TM adapts to multiple grid types
The development of renewable energy (solar and wind) in the overall supply of power will largely decentralize the production and distribution of electricity around the world. The greater the proportion of renewable energy in a grid, the faster the speed and the magnitude of variations of the frequency will occur – and the more the SOFTload TM solution can help re-establish the stability and reliability of the grid.
SOFTload TM adapts to multiple equipment types
SOFTload TM may be installed on any electronic device whose power supply may vary over time. Water heaters, baseboard heaters and air conditioning units may be prime examples yet the charging stations of electric vehicles are another more obvious application given their energy intensity.
SOFTload TM adapts to all commercial and industrial loads: pumps, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, industrial processes, IT data centres, etc.
SOFTload TM adapts to all electric vehicles and high power batteries.
SSV TM is one of many SOFTload TM application in the field of distributed generation.
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