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OPTIMAX® for Virtual Power Plants

Major software components and modules

3 Forecasting & Planning 3 SCADA Functionalities

Modules 3 planning horizons available: Data
- Day ahead
Load - Intra-day Visualization
Forecasting - Real-time Module
Module Direct Control and
Non-controllable 3 objective functions available Monitoring
loads for real-time operation: Data
- Asset scheduling and execution
Renewable Archiving
- Ancillary service calls & Demand Response
Generation - Power Pool Balancing Module
Data integrity
Module requirements

Trading 2 objective functions available for day Reporting

Module ahead or intra-day planning horizons: Module
Invoicing support
Bid Generation - Minimize operational cost (efficient operation)
Decision Support - Power production surplus/shortage
Links to Trading
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OPTIMAX® for Virtual Power Plants
System architecture
OPTIMAX® for Virtual Power Pools
Excel configuration Forecast and Trading
Daily
Load and Renewable Forecast
Application server Flexibility Indication (¼) Hourly
Trading Decision Support and Interface

Monitoring Day-Ahead & Intra-Day Planning Daily

Day-Ahead Schedule Generation
Trading and Intra-Day Schedule Generation (¼) Hourly
portfolio Optimization Engine Power production surplus/shortage (Flexibility Indication)
SCADA/DCS
management
Real-Time Optimization seconds
Alarms & Events Power Pool Balancing
Automatic Asset Dispatch
Data Historian
Ancillary Service and Demand Response Calls
Plant Schedule
Real-time gateway (OPC-UA/Modbus) Aggregation / Disaggregation / Forecast Importer

Real-time gateway (Modbus TCP, IEC 60870-5-104)

Unit …
Unit 3
Unit 2
Unit 1

Pool 1 Pool 2
Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 2
Unit 1

Unit 1

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OPTIMAX® for Industrials and Commercials
Major software components and modules

3 “active” site modules 3 “passive” site modules

available 3 planning horizons available: available
- Day ahead
Load - Intra-day
Reporting
Forecasting - Real-time
Module
Module
Non-controllable 3 objective functions available ISO 500001
certification aid
loads for day ahead or intra-day
planning horizons: Data
Renewable - Peak shaving Visualization
Generation - Energy cost minimization Module
Module - Power production surplus/shortage Executive-level
3 objective functions available dashboards
Data
Trading for real-time operation:
- Asset scheduling and execution Archiving
Module
Provide links for - Demand response Module
energy trading - Ancillary service calls Data integrity
requirements
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OPTIMAX® for Industrials and Commercials
System architecture

Weather/Load Trade €
OPX for Industrial Delivery
Forecast import Schedule export
and Commercial obligations

Docker

Optimization Engine Web-

Server
Microservice #1 Microservice #2 Microservice #4 Operation
Real-time Day-Ahead Intra-Day Active Site Module
Database Microservice #3 Microservice #5
Read/write data
Real-time Passive Site Module

Technical units
Edge gateway Cloud support

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