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FLEXIQ

FLEXIQ

Design, operations, and fleet management solutions to optimize a Hybrid project’s customer value

Achieve optimum performance

For hybrid plant applications, where there is a mix of renewable and energy storage systems and technologies, operators need a unified and dynamic control & software platform to enable optimized system performance. From origination to operation, GE’s FLEXIQ digital platform provides the design, operations and fleet management solutions needed to optimize a Hybrid project's design and value.

ORIGINATION
 

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Hybrid Architect

This state-of-the-art modeling tool evaluates Hybrid renewable power plant project economics and optimizes system configuration to maximize value. Hybrid Architect aligns engineering design with project economics through an integrated platform that simplifies the Hybrid power plant design and helps to maximize value.

  • Simulate Plant Operation

    Simulate Plant Operation
  • Improves Plant Design

    Improves Plant Design
  • Project Life Cost

    Project Life Cost
  • Calculates Various Revenue Streams

    Calculates Various Revenue Streams

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Simulates plant operation hour by hour for the entire projected project life.

KEY BENEFITS
Reduces the time required for Hybrid system design from days to under one hour and helps size key equipment for improved plant design as part of the results.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Improves plant design and configuration for enhanced return on investment.

KEY BENEFITS
Helps evaluate of multiple generation source combinations. Enhances revenue for energy arbitrage and reduces deviation for load following through smart dispatch algorithm.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

Quantifies project life costs including CAPEX, OPEX, financing, depreciation, tax liability and incentives, and capital reserves.

KEY BENEFITS
Provides Li-ion battery life models for NMC and LFP chemistries that calculate battery degradation for specified battery usage profile.

Provides detailed results ranging from KPIs (NPV, IRR, LCOE, CAPEX, configuration, etc), to annual plant performance (AEP, revenue, curtailment), to plant hourly operation details.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Calculates financial stats for global regions while allowing for the “stacking” of various value streams to provide an overall view.

KEY BENEFITS
Calculates financial stats for global regions while allowing for the “stacking” of various value streams to provide an overall view.

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Plant Control

Built on GE's Mark*Vle platform, it addresses standalone storage, hybrid, and PV applications. Integrated monitoring and control platform designed to dispatch and optimize the operation of the different generation source in conjunction with one another.

  • Application Services

    Application Services
  • Active Power Response

    Active Power Response
  • Supervisory Control Functions

    Supervisory Control Functions
  • Real-time & Historic View

    Real-time & Historic View
  • Cyber security

    Cyber security

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Application service serve as the building blocks for the system, such as ramp rate and power firming, scheduled dispatch, frequency response, and reactive power services.

KEY BENEFITS
With a variety of Active and Reactive power applications, Plant Control can be customized at the beginning of a project and the modified as the grid changes to maximize hybrid project capability.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
This level of response allows projects to capture some of the most lucrative services like FFR and future proof against more stringent grid requirements.

KEY BENEFITS
Provides fast (150 mS) active power response to support value added grid services (i.e. FFR)

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Supervisory control functions enable operators to remotely command plant operation, and third-party system coordination or integration.

KEY BENEFITS
Provides the ability to monitor performance through either GE's, or a customer's own Remote Operations Center (ROC).

WHAT DOES IT DO?
SCADA application that provides tools for a real-time and historical view of plant performance, operations and maintenance.

KEY BENEFITS
Allows you to see performance and plan for maintenance in real-time.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Cyber security features & remote operations for continuous diagnostics & monitoring.

KEY BENEFITS
Helps provide the security for robust and reliable operation.

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Dispatcher

The Dispatcher is a supervisory controller that generates a battery charge and discharge schedule over a look-ahead period of 24-48 hours. The schedule is sent to the real-time plant controller (Plant Control) as a reference to be followed and is updated every 1-30 min or as conditions change.

  • Dynamic Schedule

    Dynamic Schedule
  • External Forecasting

    External Forecasting
  • Services

    Services

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Replaces the fixed scheduled power feature with a dynamic schedule that optimizes the value of the plant.

KEY BENEFITS
Allows your plant to proactively respond to the changing wind and solar conditions, to maximize performance and minimize battery degradation.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Connects to external forecasting services, utility SCADA systems and non-GE plant controllers using standard protocols.

KEY BENEFITS
Allows you to utilize a variety of forecasting services on the market.

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Supports services like energy shifting, energy (price) arbitrage, renewables smoothing, BESS life management, and load following and the ability to stack multiple services.

KEY BENEFITS
Facilitates your projects ability to pursue multiple revenue streams at the same time.

To evaluate the potential value Dispatcher could bring to a project, GE commissioned the independent engineering firm DNV to perform a comparison study to industry norms and concluded the following:

  • Dispatcher could provide up to 7.5% additional revenue through energy arbitrage.

  • Delivered 21.8% more energy by capturing excess energy.

  • Drastically reduced ramping violations (0.1% compared to 1.5%).

  • Was evaluated to be secure and scalable from a software platform standpoint.

Click here to download the summary DNV report

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MD (Monitoring & Diagnostics)

MD is a fleet performance tracking app that provides the ability to easily monitor asset performance and health and simplify their management.

  • Energy Storage System Health

    Energy Storage System Health
  • Improved visibility & Security

    Improved visibility & Security
  • Predictive Analytics

    Predictive Analytics

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Tracks the health of energy storage systems along with key factors that affect battery degradation.

Digital twin models of capacity and degradation to allow adjustment of use and/or augmentation plans.

KEY BENEFITS
Provides the ability to modify augmentation plans and save on CAPEX

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Tracks performance KPIs and trends at the fleet, site, and asset level.

Automates & customizes reports to manage stakeholder relationships.

Complies to multiple ISO & GDPR, NIST, EC/ITAR standards.

KEY BENEFITS
Provides the ability to perform next-level analytics, while keeping your data secure

WHAT DOES IT DO?
Uses a combination of statistical and machine learning methods to transform data into actionable insights.

Facilitates identification of root causes to avoid production loss through proactive O&M.

KEY BENEFITS
Allows you to proactively plan out maintenance in order to minimize downtime.

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