Smart BESS Controller: Optimising BESS Agility and Intelligence at the Edge
Response latency <= 20ms
Control deviation < 0.5%
50,000+ points per gateway
- Empowering Agile and Intelligent Energy Storage Management
- Edge-Level Control: Delivers millisecond-level perception and coordinated control at the edge for rapid system response
- High Compatibility: Supports multi-protocol integration across diverse battery chemistries and storage assets
- Grid Resiliency: Enables autonomous operation under both grid-forming and grid-following scenarios
- Scalable Deployment: Available in multiple configurations to suit systems from hundreds of kWh up to multi-MWh utility scales
- Asset Optimisation: Enhances financial returns and system resilience while ensuring strict grid compliance
- Empowering Agile and Intelligent Energy Storage Management
- Edge-Level Control: Delivers millisecond-level perception and coordinated control at the edge for rapid system response
- High Compatibility: Supports multi-protocol integration across diverse battery chemistries and storage assets
Technical Features
- Protocol Decoupling: Modular algorithms support diverse battery chemistries and PCS topologies for mixed-asset integration.
- Full-Stack Control: Integrated control chain from low-level PID to high-level MGS ensures high precision and low latency.
- Edge Intelligence: Localised models execute on-site diagnostics, thermal early warning, and strategy optimisation without cloud risk.
- Predictive Accuracy: Short-term weather and historical load models deliver >95% 24/7 load forecasting accuracy.
- Self-Optimisation: Online reinforcement learning automatically updates control strategies every 24 hours.
- OTA Updates: Supports remote cloud-based firmware upgrades and configuration changes.
- Fast Response: Full-link latency from command to hardware execution is <20ms, supporting Fast Frequency Response (FFR) and voltage control.
- High Precision: Maintains voltage/current control deviation within <0.5%, with a frequency tracking sensitivity of 0.01Hz.
- Seamless Islanding: Supports seamless transfer to island mode in <10ms to protect critical loads.
- Dispatch Compliance: Accelerates dispatch response times by over an order of magnitude to satisfy strict grid utility requirements.
- Abundant IO & Communication Interfaces: Equipped with a versatile array of RS485, CAN, and LAN communication interfaces, with custom configurations available on request.
- Deep Multi-Protocol Integration: Native support for MQTT, MODBUS, IEC61850 (MMS, GOOSE), IEC60870-5-104, alongside proprietary high-efficiency communication protocols.
- High-Concurrency Ingestion: A single edge gateway supports concurrent data collection from over 100 data sources, managing the acquisition, storage, forwarding, and uploading of over 50,000 data points.
- High Device Density: Current production technical specifications support concurrent control of more than 256 physical devices per single unit.
- Customisable Adaptation Layer: Highly configurable software architecture allows flexible deployment across various hardware carriers while maintaining rock-solid operational stability.
- Localised Middleware Hub: Serves as the crucial physical link between sub-devices and the station-level EMS in utility-scale projects, handling local strategy execution and data aggregation.
- Cell-Level Fault Diagnostics: 24/7 cell-level monitoring provides > 24-hour early warning for thermal runaway and aging.
- Industrial Reliability: Control system delivers an MTBF of >50,000 hours.
- Cyber Security Compliance: Fully compliant with IEC 62443 standards for industrial control systems security.
- Dual-Mode Local HMI: Supports QT and Web HMI for on-site visual control and custom automated scripting.
- Edge Autonomy: Local logic runs independently during weak-grid or total network blackouts, eliminating cloud risk.
Commercial Value
Brownfield & Greenfield Asset Upgrades
- Legacy Asset Retrofits: Cross-generation hardware compatibility delivers cost-effective, flexible power-output retrofits.
- Curtailment Mitigation: Millisecond-level forecasting and dynamic regulation maximise renewable hosting capacity and prevent curtailment.
- Flexible Deployment: Acts as utility-scale plant middleware or functions directly as a local EMS for microgrids.
C&I and Distribution Networks
- Dynamic Transformer Deferral: Modulates BESS output and local loads to shave peaks, deferring expensive network augmentation CapEx.
- Precision Bill Optimisation: Maximises self-consumption and enforces zero-export control to slash network tariffs and retail bills.
- Accelerated ROI: Optimised charge/discharge strategies shorten C&I BESS payback periods by over 15%.
Residential & Multi-Energy
- Plug-and-Play Edge Intelligence: Auto-detects load profiles to slash commissioning time and long-term O&M costs.
- Coordinating Heterogeneous Storage: Orchestrates co-located short and long-duration storage across varying tech platforms.
- Upstream Universal Compatibility: Minimises integration complexity and engineering hours to protect existing infrastructure.
Energy Market Coordination
- Market-Aware Revenue Engine: Tracks real-time spot prices to capture arbitrage windows during market volatility.
- Active Market Participation: Shifts BESS from a passive load to an active market participant, boosting asset bankability.
- Stacked Revenue Streams: Unlocks stacked revenue across arbitrage, ancillary services (FCAS), and capacity leasing.
Uncompromising Safety & Reliability
- Defence-in-Depth: Continuous cell-level monitoring and risk algorithms ensure asset safety.
- Data Portability & Audit Transparency: Full history export for compliance auditing and post-event analysis.
- Resilient Standalone Operation: Local edge logic runs uninterrupted during network dropouts, eliminating cloud risk.
Benchmarking Performance
Industry Standard
Dispatch Response Latency100ms - 500ms
Data Sampling & Acquisition1s / cycle, 10k data points
EMS Deployment ArchitecturePure cloud-based or basic gateway
Strategy VersatilityFixed schedule/timer control
Heterogeneous CompatibilitySingle battery chemistry type
Our Controller Standard
Dispatch Response Latency≤ 20ms
Data Sampling & Acquisition10ms - 100ms / cycle, 50k data points
EMS Deployment ArchitectureEdge AI + Containerisation + Local QT HMI
Strategy VersatilityDynamic Algorithm Orchestration (Market-Aware)
Heterogeneous CompatibilityLithium / Sodium-ion / Molten Salt / Hydrogen + Multi-protocol
Core Value
Dispatch Response LatencyMeets AEMO compliance for FCAS and fast voltage support.
Data Sampling & AcquisitionCaptures transient power spikes for precise load profiling.
EMS Deployment ArchitectureFull edge autonomy; zero platform dependence for field operations.
Strategy VersatilityOptimises dispatch automatically against ToU tariffs and spot prices.
Heterogeneous CompatibilityFuture-proofs BESS integration to protect initial CapEx.
| Dimension | Industry Standard | Our Controller Standard | Core Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispatch Response Latency | 100ms - 500ms | ≤ 20ms | Meets AEMO compliance for FCAS and fast voltage support. |
| Data Sampling & Acquisition | 1s / cycle, 10k data points | 10ms - 100ms / cycle, 50k data points | Captures transient power spikes for precise load profiling. |
| EMS Deployment Architecture | Pure cloud-based or basic gateway | Edge AI + Containerisation + Local QT HMI | Full edge autonomy; zero platform dependence for field operations. |
| Strategy Versatility | Fixed schedule/timer control | Dynamic Algorithm Orchestration (Market-Aware) | Optimises dispatch automatically against ToU tariffs and spot prices. |
| Heterogeneous Compatibility | Single battery chemistry type | Lithium / Sodium-ion / Molten Salt / Hydrogen + Multi-protocol | Future-proofs BESS integration to protect initial CapEx. |
Product Technical Specifications
BESS Controller Pro+
Core Processing Hardware
ProcessorDual-core 800MHz
RAM512MB
Storage8GB eMMC
Operating SystemLinux OS
Networking & Communications
LAN Ports(auto-negotiation)2 x Independent NICs (10/100M)
4G LTESupported
Wi-FiSupported
Interface Capabilities
CAN Ports2
RS485 Ports8
Analog Inputs (AI)N/A
Digital Inputs (DI)4
Digital Outputs (DO)4 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts)
USB2 × USB 2.0
HDMIN/A
SD Card Slot1
Environmental & Compliance
Power Supply24VDC
Power Consumption< 10W
Operating Temperature-40°C to 70°C
Operating Humidity5% to 95% RH (non-condensing)
EMC Compliance> Class 3 GB/T 13729-2019
Recommended Application
Recommended ApplicationSmall-Scale C&I EMS
BESS Controller Pro
Core Processing Hardware
ProcessorQuad-core 1.8GHz
RAM4GB
Storage16GB eMMC (SSD expandable)
Operating SystemLinux OS
Networking & Communications
LAN Ports(auto-negotiation)4 x Independent NICs (10/100/1000M)
4G LTESupported
Wi-FiSupported
Interface Capabilities
CAN Ports3
RS485 Ports8
Analog Inputs (AI)2 (Supports 4–20mA)
Digital Inputs (DI)8
Digital Outputs (DO)8 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts)
USB3 × USB 2.0
HDMI1
SD Card Slot1
Environmental & Compliance
Power Supply24VDC
Power Consumption< 15W
Operating Temperature-40°C to 70°C
Operating Humidity5% to 95% RH (non-condensing)
EMC Compliance> Class 3 GB/T 13729-2019
Recommended Application
Recommended ApplicationMW-Scale C&I Microgrid EMS
BESS Controller Lite
Core Processing Hardware
ProcessorQuad-core 1.8GHz
RAM4GB
Storage16GB eMMC + 1TB SSD
Operating SystemLinux OS
Networking & Communications
LAN Ports(auto-negotiation)6 x Independent NICs (10/100/1000M)
4G LTEN/A
Wi-FiN/A
Interface Capabilities
CAN Ports3
RS485 Ports21
Analog Inputs (AI)N/A
Digital Inputs (DI)32
Digital Outputs (DO)32 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts)
USB4 × USB 2.0
HDMI1
SD Card Slot1
Environmental & Compliance
Power Supply24VDC
Power Consumption< 15W
Operating Temperature-40°C to 70°C
Operating Humidity5% to 95% RH (non-condensing)
EMC Compliance> Class 3 GB/T 13729-2019
Recommended Application
Recommended ApplicationUtility-Scale BESS Unit Controller
| BESS Controller Lite | BESS Controller Pro | BESS Controller Pro+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Processing Hardware | |||
| Processor | Dual-core 800MHz | Quad-core 1.8GHz | Quad-core 1.8GHz |
| RAM | 512MB | 4GB | 4GB |
| Storage | 8GB eMMC | 16GB eMMC (SSD expandable) | 16GB eMMC + 1TB SSD |
| Operating System | Linux OS | ||
| Networking & Communications | |||
| LAN Ports(auto-negotiation) | 2 x Independent NICs (10/100M) | 4 x Independent NICs (10/100/1000M) | 6 x Independent NICs (10/100/1000M) |
| 4G LTE | Supported | Supported | N/A |
| Wi-Fi | Supported | Supported | N/A |
| Interface Capabilities | |||
| CAN Ports | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| RS485 Ports | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| Analog Inputs (AI) | N/A | 2 (Supports 4–20mA) | N/A |
| Digital Inputs (DI) | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| Digital Outputs (DO) | 4 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts) | 8 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts) | 32 (Volt-free / Dry Contacts) |
| USB | 2 × USB 2.0 | 3 × USB 2.0 | 4 × USB 2.0 |
| HDMI | N/A | 1 | 1 |
| SD Card Slot | 1 | ||
| Environmental & Compliance | |||
| Power Supply | 24VDC | ||
| Power Consumption | < 10W | < 15W | < 15W |
| Operating Temperature | -40°C to 70°C | ||
| Operating Humidity | 5% to 95% RH (non-condensing) | ||
| EMC Compliance | > Class 3 GB/T 13729-2019 | ||
| Recommended Application | |||
| Recommended Application | Small-Scale C&I EMS | MW-Scale C&I Microgrid EMS | Utility-Scale BESS Unit Controller |
Quality Assurance
BESS Controller products have been tested and certified by authoritative organisations.
Product Type Testing Report
_01Fully certified through type testing in accordance with international grid interconnection and electrical safety standards.
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Certificate
_02Certified to withstand harsh substation environments, exceeding Class 3 EMC compliance parameters.