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The smart battery storage brAIn is able to compensate for reactive power and prevent exceeding reserved capacity. In some cases, it is also possible to achieve a real reduction in reserved capacity for the customer, since higher energy consumption is covered by electricity stored in batteries. However, for some customers, we may even advise increasing this capacity as the financial effect that the brAIn storage can generate would be much greater, even at the cost of a higher monthly fee for higher reserved capacity.

All this happens thanks to continuous online monitoring and the ability to predict future consumption based on a wide range of past, current and future data, such as consumption patterns, weather forecasts and energy prices.

With the brAIn battery storage, we are able to provide our customers with higher tolerance for deviations - that is, for the difference between planned and actual consumption, or production of electricity. This tolerance can range up to 100 percent. We can also take full responsibility for any deviation on our shoulders. Through the service called FUERGY Energy Management as a Service we can save costs on electricity purchased from the supplier.

The smart battery storage brAIn can not only store excess energy from solar panels, but it mainly helps the power grid to manage system deviations. In other words, by properly timing the charging and discharging of batteries, surpluses or shortages of electricity in the power grid are handled. Such grid assistance is also called non-certified ancillary service.

The brAIn storage thus effectively replaces certified and predominantly fossil-based providers of ancillary services, thereby reducing the load on the electricity grid without producing emissions . Our brAIn battery storage systems can save tens of percent of emissions, also for customers who lack suitable conditions for installing a local energy source.

Thanks to a wide range of collected and maximally transparent data, we can evaluate the emission savings for any time period. After deducting the input carbon footprint of the installed storage and energy sources used in our solutions, the customer receives data on his net emissions savings. These are expressed in tons of CO2 equivalent and can be used for the customer’s ESG report.

The batteries used in our storage systems are far from the end of their useful lives. However, in the event that we still need to dispose of some, we count on SEWA a. s., which is a proud member of the European Recycling Platform.

Upcycling is a relatively new term that means turning waste, discarded or unnecessary materials and products into new ones. In this way, items see another high-quality use, which has a positive impact on the environment.

After usable capacity drops below a certain limit, the batteries from our storage can be further utilized as a backup energy source or uninterruptible power supply, a so-called UPS.

The heart of the brAIn smart battery storage is the EMS energy management system. The system was developed on our proprietary mosAIc software platform and controls the battery storage via the FUERGY Control unit.

The EMS performs many essential tasks. It monitors the current situation at the customer site and in the whole power grid, weather forecasts, the development of energy prices or solves interruptions in the supply of electricity. **It is the EMS that decides how much electricity and from what source the brAIn will store or release, in such a way that it is beneficial not only for the customer, but also for the power grid. Thanks to the EMS, the brAIn storage can better manage locally produced energy and help stabilize the grid in exchange for a financial reward.

Last but not least, the EMS also charges and discharges the batteries as gently as possible, thereby extending their lifespan.

A portion of the brAIn’s battery capacity can also be used as a backup power source or UPS, which provides protection in the event of both micro and longer-term power outages. This is possible thanks to the fact that a certain part of the total storage capacity is constantly charged and is not included in the provision of non-certified ancillary services. When allocating a part of the capacity, however, it must be considered that the battery storage will generate a lower financial effect and thus its payback period extends

One of our goals is to provide brAIn smart battery storage users with online monitoring, reports and evaluations, including:

• online and historical data regarding the production and consumption of your delivery point,
• automatically generated electricity production and consumption plans,
• reports on the financial rewards achieved from the provision of non-certified ancillary services
• and many more.

The smart battery storage brAIn will save companies from laborious preparation of the electricity production and consumption plan, which must be shared with their energy supplier.

This is possible thanks to integrated algorithms, on the basis of which patterns of the energy behavior of the delivery point are created, and then compared with predictions such as the weather forecast or the expected development of electricity prices. The company’s electricity production and consumption plan is subsequently adjusted.

FUERGY provides comprehensive energy solutions. This means that professional design, installation, management, maintenance and service of the entire system is a matter of course during the lifetime of the storage.

The monthly fee, which depends on the installed storage capacity, includes online monitoring and system diagnostics, regular service, and replacement of the fan every 5 years and condenser every 10 years.

Online supervision and diagnostics are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are tailor-made. Each installation of the brAIn smart battery storage is unique, which is also reflected in the need for service and maintenance.

Our smart battery storages use non-flammable LiFePO4 batteries from Pylontech, which guarantees a 15-year lifespan. The fact that they are non-flammable - only smoldering in the event of a short circuit - allows them to be installed not only outdoors, but also indoors.

The lifetime of the batteries themselves is 15 years, guaranteed by the manufacturer. At FUERGY, we have our own hardware components and an energy management system (also called EMS), thanks to which our storage is managed as carefully as possible. This is combined with a long service life including an annual battery degradation of only 1.5 to 2 percent.

The battery capacity of the smart battery storage brAIn can be easily adapted to the growth and needs of the company so that it always achieves the best possible economic and ecological benefits. However, it is most advantageous to include battery storage initially in the construction project itself. Proper preparation can save time and money.

The brAIn by FUERGY solution is compatible even with already installed technologies, such as other types of batteries or energy storage. However, managing systems from third parties may not lead to equally good results.

Compatibility with different technologies also gives us room to switch to new, more energy-efficient ways of storing energy, whether in the form of hydrogen storage or batteries based on sodium, sulfur or titanium.