Northlands Energy EMS. Powered by world-leading AI.
Holistic energy management across solar, battery, grid and generator. It controls load through our smart meter breakers, and geysers through our official partnership with Plentify.
Something has to decide
Your building can now draw on the sun, a battery, the grid and sometimes a generator. Something has to decide, moment to moment, which of those to use. That is the work of the Northlands Energy EMS.
- Solar first. Use what the roof makes, then store what is left.
- Battery held back. Save it for when grid power is expensive or unavailable.
- Solar kept in step. Match output to what your site is using and what your battery can take.
- Load and geysers controlled. Load through our smart meter breakers, and geysers through Plentify.
Grid, generator and solar each get their own main at Northlands Corner.
Four sources of power, one picture of your site
Power moves on site. Data moves to the Northlands Energy EMS, which watches every source and controls load and geysers. The solid lines are power and the dotted lines are data and control.
On sites with an ATESS and SolarEdge setup, we match solar output to what your site is using and what your battery can take, and schedule the battery around your time-of-use tariff.
We built our own platform to watch over our sites
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Checked every minute
Battery sites on our monitoring platform are checked every minute. If the grid drops or a battery runs low, our team is alerted on WhatsApp.
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Planned or surprise
Planned off-grid running is told apart from a surprise, so an alert means something. Our team also gets a daily digest.
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Your own dashboard
Solar, grid and battery on one screen, with savings priced from your actual bill.
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Reconciliation
Plant and tenant meters are reconciled, so you can see where energy goes missing.
Layout sketch only, no live data. Your own login shows your site.
The battery follows the tariff.
Off-grid follows a plan.
Battery scheduling around time-of-use
On ATESS and SolarEdge sites, we schedule the battery around your time-of-use tariff, so it is ready for the hours when grid power costs most.
- Lower-cost hoursBattery charges
- Sun hoursSolar first
- Higher-cost hoursBattery carries load
An illustration. Your periods follow your tariff.
Planned off-grid running
Our sites can run on solar and battery for planned periods, with the grid there when it is needed.
- On gridNormal running
- Off-grid, by planSolar and battery
- On gridThere when needed
An illustration. Each site runs to its own plan.
All four sources meet at Northlands Corner
Our flagship shopping centre has solar on the roof, a battery room, a generator and the grid. When the generator runs, we see it and count its hours.
- 799 kWp SolarEdge PV
- 2 × ATESS PCS500
- 1.4 MWh HV lithium-ion BESS
- 1 MW diesel generator
Geyser control through our Plentify partnership
We are an official Plentify partner and sales channel for smart geyser control. Their HotBot controller fits beside an existing electric geyser and heats water when solar power is available or tariffs are lowest, while keeping hot water ready.
HotBot is Plentify’s product. Talk to us about whether geyser control suits your property.
Official partner and sales channel forPlentifySee how HotBot works →
Tell us what your site runs on today.
Start with a free site assessment. We’ll look at your solar, battery, grid and generator as one system.