Connect to and optimizes Distributed Energy Resources (DER), enabling you to deliver energy propositions that save cost and carbon for you and your customers.
Introduction
Gridshare optimizes multiple DERs based on each home's unique energy needs and
patterns. With Gridshare's API, automate site-level optimization by setting
devices to Gridshare's Smart Mode.
In Smart Mode, devices will follow a personalized plan produced every day for
each site. This plan predicts how much energy a customer will consume and
produce daily and optimizes against the customer's energy tariff or another
selected price curve, such as a retailer's wholesale energy cost.
Prerequisites for Smart Mode
To enable Smart Mode, the site must have:
- A tariff
- A geographical location (latitude, longitude)
Gridshare requires at least three days of telemetry data to generate a useful
forecast of a site’s energy patterns. The forecast will continue to be refined
as data is collected. We recommend waiting until a site has three days of data
before activating this mode — although the mode will be available immediately.
Gridshare requires a 0.125 degree of accuracy for the longitude and latitude of
each site. This is necessary for retrieving weather forecasts that are used to
generate daily energy production predictions. In some cases, less accurate
latitude/longitude may be appropriate to protect customer privacy.
Assign a tariff to a site
To create a tariff for a site, use the Create Periodical Tariff or the Create Dynamic Tariff endpoint.
The Create Periodical Tariff endpoint is a POST request to enter a
customer tariff that changes periodically.
The Create Dynamic Tariff endpoint is a POST request to enter a tariff
that is expressed as a time series and updated at any frequency. This endpoint
can be used by energy retailers and utilities to optimize fleets against, for
instance, wholesale energy costs. By assigning one tariff to a group of sites,
and setting devices into Smart Mode (see below), you can automatically manage
your customer load curve to reduce (in this example) your wholesale energy
costs.
Set a device to Smart Mode
Set a device to Smart Mode by using the Change Operation Mode endpoint. This
is a PUT request that takes Gridshare operation modes as input.