GridGEM tackles the following problems:
Control & Monitor Energy Generation & Storage
GridGEM is a market-leading integrated control and monitoring solution to solve the problems faced within the renewables, energy storage and / or buildings markets. GridGEM’s core competence is constraints management and real-time monitoring. GridGEM is a viable solution for the problems faced by developers all over the World. In the UK, GridGEM is G100 & G99 compliant for connecting distributed energy and / or energy storage to the Grid. Take a look at the problems it can solve below and get in touch to see how we can help you.
Active Network Management (ANM)
Argand’s Active Network Management (ANM) solution is powered by our GridGEM technology, providing an “asset-agnostic” solution to interface with any network operator ANM requirement to ensure renewable and/or energy storage assets respond & comply in real time to network power flow requirements. We have completed ANM projects on all UK networks.
Power Plant Control
Argand’s Power Plant Controller (PPC) is powered by our GridGEM technology, providing an “asset-agnostic” power plant control and data acquisition solution (SCADA) to guarantee compliance with your country’s Grid standards. In the UK the key regulatory standards are G100 & G99 with network operators also demanding that your assets can respond in real-time to their Active Network Management (ANM) interfaces. Argand’s PPC can solve all of these challenges.
Export / Import Limitation (G100, UK)
Argand’s import & export limitation solution is powered by our GridGEM technology, providing an “asset-agnostic” export (& import) limitation compliant control and data acquisition solution to guarantee compliance with your country’s Grid standards. In the UK G100 is the key export limitation regulatory standard with import limits applied to energy storage and other load creating assets.
Dynamic Network Control Compliance
(G99, UK)
Argand’s dynamic network control solution is powered by our GridGEM technology, providing an “asset-agnostic” solution to ensure your generation & energy storage assets comply with the network requirements of your country’s electric Grid regarding frequency, voltage and reactive power. In the UK, this regulation is known as G99 and requires complex control algorithms to be enabled prior to connection.
✺ Case Studies ✺
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Argand Solutions - working with ESE Ltd - completed a high voltage G100 / G99 constraint management project with full micro-grid, wind, solar and battery storage integration; helping Keele to be placed as one of the top universities in the world for sustainability (UI Green Metric World Rankings, 2020).
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GridGEM was chosen by Plymouth Marjon University and their key energy contractor, Mole Energy, to provide a G100 compliant solution to manage their export constraint at their site. The project was deemed to be complex due to the distances involved and the client’s HV connected site which required significant design engineering. The system manages 2 different installations to ensure that export remains within the DNO’s required limit.
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GridGEM was chosen by Ethical Power to provide the G99 interface for active control plus the provision of a G99 fault and power quality recorder.
The system is one of only 2 that are approved in the UK market and will enable any type C or larger installation meet the existing DNO G99 requirements for real-time data recording.
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GridGEM was chosen by Vensys wind turbines, based in Germany, to provide a G99 compliant Grid controller solution for its wind turbines installed in the UK.
Argand have just completed our 1st project with this new technology solution for a 3.5MW Vensys wind turbine owned by Clean Earth Energy, supplying power to a local manufacturing business in South Wales.
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GridGEM was chosen by Black Dog Biogas to provide the solution to the complex set of problems associated with connecting their biogas electricity generating units to the Vestas wind turbine manufacturing site in the Isle of Wight in the UK.
The project had issues of parallel supply, active network management (ANM) & export limitation (G100 in the UK.)
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GridGEM was chosen by Sungift Energy as their chosen solution to enable the connection of their 240 kWp solar PV system at BREAN Leisure Park. GridGEM was chosen because it made the complex connection problem simple to overcome.
Performance Analytics & IoT Alerts for Energy Assets
GridLENZ is a software platform that provides real-time performance analytics for building energy demand, renewables and / or energy storage assets. GridLENZ integrates seamlessly with data from GridGEM and any other data stream that you may have such as inverters, a building management system (BMS) and / or API. GridLENZ has been created to provide tailored analytics for developers & owners with a focus on optimising performance, minimising losses and ensuring assets maximise their output through better performance data. GridLENZ data will also feed into our GridMAP modelling tool.
Virtual Power Plant
Argand’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) solution is powered by our GridLENZ platform, providing a RESTful API interface to allow clients to remotely control generation & / or energy storage assets both as single plants or grouped together as larger “virtual” assets to access wider market revenues. With our RESTful API you can reduce/increase power flows in real-time to respond to changing market prices and maximise opportunities.
SCADA Software
Argand’s SCADA Software solution unifies all of your monitoring & control requirements into one single place - enabling you to manage all of your connected renewable & energy storage assets.
Asset Monitoring Platform (O&M)
Argand’s Asset Management solution for real-time operation & maintenance (O&M) is powered by our GridLENZ platform - our proprietary technology for the collection, storage and analysis of data for all of your sites, providing real-time data, PPA billing and active alerting to underperformance.
✺ Case Studies ✺
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Argand Solutions - working with ESE Ltd - completed a high voltage G100 / G99 constraint management project with full micro-grid, wind, solar and battery storage integration; helping Keele to be placed as one of the top universities in the world for sustainability (UI Green Metric World Rankings, 2020).
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GridGEM was chosen by Plymouth Marjon University and their key energy contractor, Mole Energy, to provide a G100 compliant solution to manage their export constraint at their site. The project was deemed to be complex due to the distances involved and the client’s HV connected site which required significant design engineering. The system manages 2 different installations to ensure that export remains within the DNO’s required limit.
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GridGEM was chosen by Ethical Power to provide the G99 interface for active control plus the provision of a G99 fault and power quality recorder.
The system is one of only 2 that are approved in the UK market and will enable any type C or larger installation meet the existing DNO G99 requirements for real-time data recording.
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GridGEM was chosen by Vensys wind turbines, based in Germany, to provide a G99 compliant Grid controller solution for its wind turbines installed in the UK.
Argand have just completed our 1st project with this new technology solution for a 3.5MW Vensys wind turbine owned by Clean Earth Energy, supplying power to a local manufacturing business in South Wales.
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GridGEM was chosen by Black Dog Biogas to provide the solution to the complex set of problems associated with connecting their biogas electricity generating units to the Vestas wind turbine manufacturing site in the Isle of Wight in the UK.
The project had issues of parallel supply, active network management (ANM) & export limitation (G100 in the UK.)
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GridGEM was chosen by Sungift Energy as their chosen solution to enable the connection of their 240 kWp solar PV system at BREAN Leisure Park. GridGEM was chosen because it made the complex connection problem simple to overcome.
The Optimal Energy System Solution
GridMAP is our powerful software-based modelling tool. GridMAP enables clients to find the optimum investment and design specification for energy systems, including energy storage, renewables, heat pumps and electric vehicles. GridMAP will enable you and your clients to unearth and communicate the right solution for sites from domestic up to city-scale anywhere in the World. At its core, GridMAP saves you time and costs whilst enabling independent analysis.
Energy Storage Optimisation
Argand’s Energy Storage Optimisation solution is powered by our GridMAP software - enabling clients to determine the optimum investment in energy storage and/or renewables at any site, anywhere in the World. GridMAP will analyse multiple permutations to determine how best to invest whilst also powering our energy storage optimisation strategy “brain” for real-time control.
✺ Case Studies ✺
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Argand Solutions - working with ESE Ltd - completed a high voltage G100 / G99 constraint management project with full micro-grid, wind, solar and battery storage integration; helping Keele to be placed as one of the top universities in the world for sustainability (UI Green Metric World Rankings, 2020).
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GridGEM was chosen by Plymouth Marjon University and their key energy contractor, Mole Energy, to provide a G100 compliant solution to manage their export constraint at their site. The project was deemed to be complex due to the distances involved and the client’s HV connected site which required significant design engineering. The system manages 2 different installations to ensure that export remains within the DNO’s required limit.
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GridGEM was chosen by Ethical Power to provide the G99 interface for active control plus the provision of a G99 fault and power quality recorder.
The system is one of only 2 that are approved in the UK market and will enable any type C or larger installation meet the existing DNO G99 requirements for real-time data recording.
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GridGEM was chosen by Vensys wind turbines, based in Germany, to provide a G99 compliant Grid controller solution for its wind turbines installed in the UK.
Argand have just completed our 1st project with this new technology solution for a 3.5MW Vensys wind turbine owned by Clean Earth Energy, supplying power to a local manufacturing business in South Wales.
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GridGEM was chosen by Black Dog Biogas to provide the solution to the complex set of problems associated with connecting their biogas electricity generating units to the Vestas wind turbine manufacturing site in the Isle of Wight in the UK.
The project had issues of parallel supply, active network management (ANM) & export limitation (G100 in the UK.)
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GridGEM was chosen by Sungift Energy as their chosen solution to enable the connection of their 240 kWp solar PV system at BREAN Leisure Park. GridGEM was chosen because it made the complex connection problem simple to overcome.