by AF 0105 g3 — January 8, 2010—EDSA, a leading developer of power analytics solutions for the design, testing and management of complex electrical power systems, unveiled its Paladin SmartGrid software platform. The company says the software solution removes a major obstacle to the widespread use of alternative energy.
Paladin SmartGrid is a “master controller,” enabling the use of on-premise and distributed energy sources such as solar, wind or local co-generation without jeopardizing the reliability of the legacy utility grid, says EDSA.
Paladin SmartGrid is now nearing final testing at an undisclosed customer site and is scheduled for commercial release by the second quarter of 2010. Paladin SmartGrid optimizes energy consumption on site employing multiple energy sources, whether they are focused on a single objective such as minimizing annual energy cost, carbon footprint, peak load, or public utility consumption or a combination of objectives that vary by time, costs, energy source reliability, etc. As organizations increasingly seek to supplement their utility power with on-premise power generation, Paladin SmartGrid:
- Serves as a master controller for intelligent microgrid designs, monitoring and electricity trading (i.e., selling power back into the public grid);
- Monitors the microgrid’s power quality, utilization and capacity in real-time, in order to offer excess capacity to the Smart Grid;
- Monitors all transactions between public electric service and microgrid infrastructure; and
- Maintains rate and pricing information for management of private-public exchange.
For more information, see the EDSA Web site.
