EMS portrait for gridX GmbH
- Company
- gridX GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Munich, Germany
- Energy management system (EMS)
- XENON
- Website
- https://gridx.ai/
XENON, gridX’s IoT platform, enables manufacturer-independent monitoring and management of decentralized energy resources (DERs). The IoT gateway, the gridBox, connects DERs such as photovoltaic systems, EV charging infrastructure, batteries and heat pumps, making them digitally accessible and controllable. This makes it possible to, for example, increase the self-sufficiency of homes, virtually extend grid connection points and intelligently control EV charging processes – thereby minimizing costs and CO2 emissions. XENON's modular setup allows individual scalable energy management solutions to be created faster than ever, and with the lowest development effort. Areas of application include e-mobility and home energy management.
General information
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| no application |
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| Utility service | electricity |
| Do Swiss customers belong to your target group? | Yes, they belong to our main target group |
| Other target groups | PV installers, eMobility service providers (CPO), hardware manufacturers |
Functions for real estate
Offer for utilities
Specifications
| Interfaces to utility systems |
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| Commercialisation by utilities | Yes, with white label as standard |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Individual offer developable
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| Water meter |
Individual offer developable
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| Inverter/PV system |
Standard offer available
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| Battery storage |
Standard offer available
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| Heat pump |
Standard offer available
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Standard offer available
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| Water boiler |
Individual offer developable
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| Other heating systems |
Standard offer available
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| Heat storage |
Standard offer available
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| EV-charging station |
Standard offer available
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| Smart Home elements |
Individual offer developable
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
3'000-8'000 EUR per integration, depending on the unit type and interface
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Technical information
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| Components of the product |
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| Interfaces to components |
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| Communication interfaces | LAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer available |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | In real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Other |
| Data measurement for water billing | Other |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 10 minutes, provided that the hardware such as PV inverters, charging boxes, etc are configured beforehand. |
| Software updates | monatliches automatisches Update der Hardware beim Endkunden, every zwei Wochen automatisches Update der Cloud Umgebung, zusätzliche direkte Updates bei kritischen Fehlern. |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | gridX |
| Warranty | 1 years warranty for the hardware, software as long as the contract runs |
| Lifetime | Not stated |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Not stated |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site, Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | ISO 27000, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, 27017:2015, 27018:2019, 27701:2019, 22301:2019, 9001:2015, CSA STAR CCM v4.0 |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS, MFA |
| Access protection of decentralized units | We do not control the communication protocols used by the meters and sensors, i.e. if the meters do not use secure protocols, then the communication between the boxes and the meters is unencrypted. Access to the gridBoxes: for troubleshooting purposes you can communicate with the boxes either via SSH or VPN. |
| Data security on decentralized units | The boxes forward the data they collect from meters/sensors directly to the cloud via TLS (HTTPS). The stored data is always encrypted in the cloud. |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Communication between the boxes and the cloud-based APIs is always kept over TLS (HTTPS). |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Majority |
Costs
Costs at building level
These are rough estimates. An offer must be requested for exact cost information.
The following use case was assumed for the cost estimate:
1 Multi-party residential building with the following components (excluding commercial):
- Measuring units: 20 electricity meters, 20 heat meters, 20 water meters (hot & cold)
- 1 photovoltaic system (with 1 inverter)
- 1 heat pump (SG-Ready)
- 1 hot water boiler
- 20 parking spaces, 5 of which are fully equipped with charging stations
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Of these, the following functions can be fulfilled:
Measure electricity meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meterControl water boiler
| One-time hardware costs | EUR250 Zwischen 180-250 Euro pro Einheit (gridBox), abhängig von der Abnahmemenge |
| One-time software costs | EUR0 gridX offers a platform approach. Cost structure is monthly/per quarter/annually/once for the entire contract period. Standard applies: between 3.000 - 5.000 Euro monthly |
| Total of one-time costs | Not stated |
| Project management costs | EUR150 per hour |
| Annual costs | EUR2 Monthly asset fees, between 1-2 euros per asset (e.g. inverter, charging station) depending on the use case |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Not stated |
Information about the company
| Establishment in Switzerland | Yes, we are compatible with the Swiss system: currency, tariff system, etc. |
| Do you already work together with utilities? |
Yes
With:: Not stated |
| Other partners/clients | https://de.gridx.ai/referenzen |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | Not stated |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | > 10'000 |
| Founding year | 2016 |
| Number of FTE | >110 |