EPOC® Energy Management System (EMS)

Key Takeaways

The EPOC® Energy Management System (EMS) supports the operational planning of the entire fleet of facilities at your (energy) site.
Site-wide schedules are regularly and intelligently optimized based on up-to-date information.
Direct market access (day-ahead market, intraday trading, and balancing energy market) offers economic opportunities that must be considered alongside the technical requirements.
⁠Transparent visualization of energy data makes existing flexibility options visible and usable.
Integration with the modular EPOC® Suite allows for flexible expansion.
As a site-wide energy management system, EPOC® EMS builds on the existing control system, while operational staff retain full decision-making authority at all times.

Operating Energy Systems Cost-Effectively and Controlling Them in a Targeted Manner

The demands placed on industrial and municipal energy systems have changed significantly in recent years. Volatile energy markets, the increasing integration of electricity and heat flows, and new operational management requirements are leading to increasingly complex decisions.

With EPOC® EMS, the CONENGA Group looks not at individual plants, but at your site’s entire energy system. The energy management system automatically generates optimal schedules based on current and historical operational and market data. The operator no longer has to manually create complex schedules or adapt them to changing market conditions. Generators, storage systems, and consumers are automatically coordinated with one another. This process takes into account technical constraints as well as market requirements and operational specifications.

Thanks to direct market connectivity, available flexibility can be utilized in a targeted manner. EPOC® EMS connects directly to day-ahead markets, intraday trading, and balancing power markets, and automatically incorporates successful auction results into subsequent dispatch planning. This helps reduce energy costs and generate additional revenue.

As part of the EPOC® Suite, EPOC® EMS has a modular design and can be expanded at any time to include additional systems, functions, and marketing options.

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Why Traditional Business Strategies Are Reaching Their Limits

For many years, energy systems were designed to ensure the safe and efficient operation of individual facilities. Under today’s conditions, this approach is often no longer sufficient.

Electricity prices are constantly changing, heating demands fluctuate, and different systems influence one another. Decisions that seem sensible for a single system therefore do not automatically lead to the best outcome for the entire site.

If you want to make the most of the available degrees of freedom, you must take into account how all the components interact.

Energy Park System Diagram – Generation, Distribution & Conversion, Use

EPOC® EMS offers a customized solution for the entire site

Each location has different requirements for an energy management system. That is why every EMS project begins with a joint analysis of the existing energy supply. EPOC® EMS consolidates information from all relevant areas to support the operational planning of the entire energy system.

Factors taken into account include, among others:

Power Generation Facilities
Thermal and electrical storage systems
Electricity and Heat Consumers
technical limitations

Based on this analysis, the CONENGA Group develops a mathematical model of the entire energy system. This model incorporates generators, storage facilities, consumers, and all relevant technical and economic constraints. The model serves as the basis for subsequent optimization and is tailored to each specific location.

Resource Planning for a Planning Horizon

Scheduling for a 96-hour planning horizon

Automatic Generation of Optimal Schedules

Based on the mathematical model, EPOC® EMS automatically generates optimal schedules for the operation of the entire energy system. In doing so, the system takes into account, among other things:

current operating data
historical operating data
Electricity Price Forecasts
Weather and Load Forecasts

The schedules are recalculated regularly and automatically adjusted to reflect changes in operating conditions. This ensures that an up-to-date and economically optimized deployment plan is available at all times.

Direct Market Access

Die automatisierte Einsatzplanung bildet gleichzeitig die Grundlage für die Vermarktung vorhandener Flexibilitäten. EPOC® EMS enables direct connection to:

Day-Ahead Markets
Intraday Trading
Balancing Power Markets

Marketing is automated. Results from auctions and trading transactions are immediately incorporated into further operational planning. This not only leads to savings in energy consumption but also creates additional revenue opportunities.

Integration with Existing Systems

EPOC® EMS ergänzt vorhandene Leitsysteme und wird über standardisierte Schnittstellen angebunden. The existing control system remains in place. EPOC® EMS calculates setpoints and automatically provides them to the control system. The control system then takes over control of the plant.

Automatic operation can be disabled at any time. Operating personnel retain full control at all times and can adjust or override schedules or setpoints as needed.

Transparent presentation of all energy data

Alle relevanten Energie- und Betriebsdaten werden übersichtlich und kundenspezifisch dargestellt. This makes it possible to track energy flows and schedules and identify further opportunities for optimization. The data collected also provides a solid foundation for further analyses and feasibility studies. The CONENGA Group supports its customers with customized analyses and reports. When used in combination with EPOC® Connect, energy data can be collected, analyzed, and visualized across multiple locations.

A model of the entire energy system. This model represents generators, storage facilities, consumers, and all relevant technical and economic constraints. The model serves as the basis for subsequent optimization and is tailored to each specific location.

Modular and expandable

EPOC® EMS grows with your company’s needs.

New facilities, storage systems, energy consumers, or additional locations can be integrated into the existing system at any time. New marketing options can also be added.

As a module of the EPOC® Suite, EPOC® EMS can also be combined with other solutions from the CONENGA Group. These include, for example, EPOC® Boiler, EPOC® Dryer, and EPOC® Steam Manager.

FAQs About EPOC® EMS

What are the benefits of EPOC® EMS for me?

Potential savings in self-consumption (lower costs, increase in the “self-consumption rate”); additional potential through optimized and automated sales

For which locations is EPOC® EMS suitable?

EPOC® EMS is suitable for energy utilities and production sites with multiple generators, storage facilities, or interconnected energy flows.

Does the existing control system need to be replaced?

No. The system is integrated via standardized interfaces and complements the existing infrastructure.

Which markets can be considered?

Depending on the specific application, factors such as the day-ahead market, intraday trading, or other marketing options (such as balancing power trading) can be incorporated into the operational planning.

Does EPOC® EMS replace operational staff?

No. EPOC® EMS provides support through analyses and optimized schedules, thereby increasing the overall level of automation for the facilities and the network. This reduces the workload on operating personnel, while the responsible individuals on site continue to make the decisions.

What are the requirements?

For fully automated operation, it is necessary for the individual systems to receive setpoint values from the EMS and be able to start up autonomously. If this is not the case, we are happy to provide the process-specific EPOC® modules (Boiler, Steam Manager) required for integration.