The technology group Wärtsilä today announced the release of GEMS 6 (Greensmith Energy Management System, version 6), the latest generation of its award-winning software platform proven across grid-scale deployments globally. With this latest release, GEMS continues to be the most advanced energy management solution available today, deployed across more than 70 grid-scale systems in nine countries, integrated with a multitude of thermal and renewable generation assets as well as load and weather forecasting data.
“Greensmith Energy is proud to announce the latest innovation in our product portfolio with the release of GEMS 6,” said John Jung, President and CEO of Greensmith Energy. “With this industry-leading energy management platform, we will enable our utility and IPP customers to integrate and optimize all of their energy resources to improve resiliency and flexibility during a time of tremendous transition – paving a viable way towards a 100 percent renewable energy future.”
GEMS 6 offers a groundbreaking set of capabilities not before seen in the energy industry. The software platform has been used to integrate the broadest array of generation assets including solar, wind, hydro, storage and thermal. GEMS 6 is component-neutral to provide maximum flexible and has integrated 16 different batteries to date, each according to the application needs of each project. GEMS 6 can be used independent of energy storage and will be commercially available in 2019.
Using software-based intelligence and machine learning to enhance grid systems and networks, GEMS 6 offers the widest library of algorithms and applications available in the industry.
“The software release also means that regardless of hardware mix, GEMS 6 has the ability to deliver more reliability and value for any grid operator looking for a single platform to control all assets,” Jung added.
With GEMS, renewable energy sources and engine systems can now be equally modeled and simulated in a virtual environment using real-time data, which allows GEMS to be lab-tested, rather than on-site, and offers significant cost efficiencies in testing time, outages, and time-to-market. GEMS also integrates weather and load forecast data to optimize an entire grid system.
GEMS can operate autonomously and automatically, based on either a rule-based engine or machine-learning, to act and function according to different or specific conditions sensed within integrated systems such as solar and/or the grid itself. GEMS is capable of processing more than 100,000 points of data per second in default mode and uses data analytics to improve the way in which it optimizes energy storage and the overall grid system into which it is integrated.
Caption: GEMS 6 is the latest generation of the award-winning software platform proven across grid-scale deployments globally.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Magnuson
Senior Vice President, Global Marketing
Greensmith Energy, a Wärtsilä Company
Tel: +1 (415) 531 9199
lisa.magnuson@greensmithenergy.com
Greensmith Energy, a Wärtsilä Company
Wärtsilä closed the acquisition of Greensmith Energy Management Systems Inc in July 2017. As the leading provider of energy storage software and integration services, Greensmith’s mission is to make energy storage a fundamental part of a more resilient, intelligent and distributed energy infrastructure. Greensmith’s GEMS software platform optimizes the performance of energy storage and integrated grid assets by lowering costs and maximizing system return on investment.
www.greensmithenergy.com
Wärtsilä Energy Solutions
Wärtsilä Energy Solutions is leading the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. As an Energy System Integrator, we understand, design, build and serve optimal power systems for future generations. Our offering includes ultra-flexible internal combustion engine-based power plants, hybridised solar power plants, energy storage & integration solutions, as well as gas to power systems. Wärtsilä’s solutions provide the needed flexibility to integrate renewables and secure power system reliability. Wärtsilä has 68 GW of installed power plant capacity in 177 countries around the world.
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Wärtsilä in Brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasizing sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximizes the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2017, Wärtsilä's net sales totaled EUR 4.9 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
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