By:
Andy Colthorpe
People that are sceptical of the ability to decarbonise the energy system are often simply not aware of the solutions that already exist. One major example of this is how the renewable energy and energy storage industries are rapidly adding digital capabilities to control how their resources interact with energy markets.
Smart software and artificial intelligence (AI) can forecast everything from how much electricity will be generated and when it will be generated, to the right strategies for putting that electricity into different market opportunities.
When Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), one of the pioneers of adding digital capabilities to batteries, was acquired by energy storage technology provider and system integrator Fluence in October last year, it cemented a relationship between the two companies going back to 2019.