Platform / Vertical 04

Industrial.

Process loads, heavy motor starting and demand charges. Here the shape of the load costs more than the energy it consumes.

What makes this load different

An industrial site is defined by its process. Shift patterns, batch cycles and motor starts produce a load that is neither flat nor smooth, and the network charges are built around exactly those excursions.

Demand charges set by a few excursions per month, not by total consumption
Motor starting and inrush that dominate the short-term current profile
Power factor and harmonic distortion penalties from drives and rectifier loads
Shift patterns and batch cycles that make the load calendar-driven rather than weather-driven
Process criticality that varies by line — some interruptions are inconvenient, others destroy a batch
On-site thermal or cogeneration assets that have to be dispatched alongside the electrical system

Layered architecture from edge sensing through cloud analytics to closed-loop control dispatch

Live

Shave the peak, not the energy

A two-shift process load peaking at 3 MW on live Western Sydney weather, with a 3 MW array and an 8 MWh battery. Because the network charge follows the worst half-hour of the month, the figure to watch as you resize the battery is peak grid draw cut — not the energy total.

Platform modules

How the engine is configured here

Resource acquisition

Site resource history combined with metered process data, aligned to shift and production calendars.

Design & sizing

PV sized against daytime process load, storage sized against demand-charge exposure and power-quality requirements rather than energy alone.

Digital twin

Process load modelled by shift and batch cycle, storage dispatched for peak shaving and power-factor support, with motor-start events resolved.

Feasibility

Savings decomposed into energy, demand charge and power-factor components, with year-by-year trajectory across the asset life.

Data export

Dispatch and power-quality logs, and exportable series for real-time simulation and protection studies.

Design basis

Standards and criteria applied

Wiring rules, cable selection and current-carrying capacity for industrial installations
Switchgear and controlgear assemblies, and protection coordination including motor protection
Harmonic and power-quality limits for equipment connected to the distribution system
Grid connection of inverter energy systems, and battery energy storage installation and safety
Reliability assessment methods for industrial and commercial power systems
Emergency and critical-supply provisions for the parts of the process that require them

The applicable set is confirmed at kick-off and depends on jurisdiction, connection point and the reliability target agreed with you.

Run the platform against your site.

Send a location and a load profile — we will come back with a sized system and a ten-year trajectory.

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