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Ultrafast EV charging is putting new pressure on existing grid capacity. Viva Energy wanted to deliver up to 600 kW of EV charging at sites where existing grid connections could be less than 100 kVA. Grid upgrades could take years, if additional capacity was available. Rather than wait for more grid capacity, Viva Energy coordinated onsite solar, battery storage and EV chargers to deliver high-power charging within existing grid limits. See how coordinated DER management can help accelerate electrification while working within grid constraints.

Getting every asset to work reliably together is the harder test, for a commercial solar and battery site. At this multi-building site, SwitchDin worked through wireless communication dropouts, metering configuration issues and an isolated battery network to bring solar PV, battery storage and metering under coordinated control.The result is a stable, compliant DER system, delivered without traditional SCADA infrastructure and ready for ongoing optimisation. Read the case study to see what it took to bring the site under a coordinated control.

DER complexity shouldn't become operational complexity. A commercial site with multiple OEMs, buildings, networks and protection systems needs more than individual devices that work. It needs a control architecture that brings everything together. SwitchDin integrated PV, BESS and metering through a single Edge Controller, creating a stable and compliant DER system while navigating networking, configuration and interoperability challenges. See how SwitchDin simplifies DER management across complex C&I environments.

Interoperability is not a one-time result. It has to hold as software, standards and device ecosystems continue to evolve. SwitchDin’s Utility Server, FlexGateway, now passes all 61 published tests in the CSIP-AUS v1.2 test suite. While CSIP-AUS was developed for the Australian energy market, the underlying challenge is global: enabling distributed energy technologies from different manufacturers to communicate consistently and integrate at scale. SwitchDin began this work before customers had to ask for it. The majority of the CACTUS server tests are now embedded into its continuous integration pipeline, helping ensure conformance continues to be tested as FlexGateway evolves. This is proactive engineering in practice. It reduces integration uncertainty, supports more dependable multi-vendor interoperability and helps prevent technical issues from reaching a customer’s critical path. Kudos to our technical experts for making this happen. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gsK_DADV #DERIntegration #UtilityServer #DistributedEnergy #CSIPAUS

What happens when adding more rooftop solar starts putting grid stability at risk? For Horizon Power, ageing infrastructure and growing rooftop solar had pushed Onslow’s local network to its hosting limit. The utility could no longer approve new solar connections without risking grid stability. DER orchestration gave Horizon Power the visibility and control to dynamically manage rooftop solar and batteries, helping maintain network stability while continuing to support renewable energy growth. Read the case study to see how Horizon Power maintained reliability.

Diverse DER, One view, One control Endeavour Energy manages a growing fleet of distributed energy resources across its network. Using IEEE 2030.5, it brings diverse DER into a single interface, giving network operators the visibility and control to manage a distributed fleet as one. See how Endeavour Energy is simplifying DER visibility and control at scale.