• Smart Grid EMS

Smart Grid EMS for commercial and industrial sites

Control costs, stay within grid limits, and scale electrification with confidence.

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WHAT IS A SMART GRID EMS

What is a Smart Grid EMS?

A Smart Grid Energy Management System actively controls how energy is produced, stored, consumed, and exchanged with the grid. Unlike rule-based systems, Tibo’s Smart Grid EMS continuously optimises decisions using forecasts, real-time data, and market signals — updating every 5 minutes

This allows commercial and industrial sites to:

  • Stay within contracted grid capacity

  • Avoid peak tariffs and penalties

  • Increase self-consumption of renewables

  • Prepare for electrification without grid upgrades

WHY SMART GRID EMS IS ESSENTIAL

Why Smart Grid EMS is becoming essential

Electrification is accelerating, but grid capacity is not. Industrial and commercial sites face:

  • Limited or non-firm grid connections

  • Volatile energy prices

  • Curtailment of renewable generation

  • Growing EV charging and electric heat demand

A Smart Grid EMS turns these constraints into manageable variables by coordinating assets instead of treating them in isolation.

“Our energy bill is significantly lower. We use more of our own solar energy and avoid penalties for exceeding our contracted capacity. The system gives us control, over both costs and capacity.”

Jan Nijhuis
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HOW IT WORKS

How Tibo's Smart Grid EMS works

Designing complex energy systems requires more than assumptions. The Tibo Energy Simulator enables energy professionals to model, simulate and validate real-world energy systems before execution.

1. Predict and plan

Alice, the optimisation algorithm inside Tibo EMS, forecasts:

  • Energy demand and production

  • Energy prices and market conditions

  • Available flexibility per asset

This creates a rolling 48-hour control schedule, updated every 5 minutes.

2. Optimise in real time

Based on those forecasts, the system continuously decides:

  • When to consume, store, or export energy

  • How to prioritise assets under grid limits

  • How to minimise costs and emissions simultaneously

Decisions are micro-economic, not rule-based.

3. Control and safeguard

Via the Tibo Gateway, the EMS:

  • Controls connected assets in real time

  • Protects grid limits locally if conditions change

  • Keeps operations stable even during grid stress

WHAT MAKES TIBO DIFFERENT

What makes Tibo's Smart Grid EMS different

Algorithm-driven, not rule-based

Alice handles complex, multi-asset systems without manual configuration. Adding or changing assets does not require rewriting control logic.

Hardware-agnostic by design

Works with existing and new assets via standard protocols (MODBUS, OCPP). No vendor lock-in.

From simulation to live control

The same Digital Twin used to simulate savings is used to configure the live EMS. What is modelled can be executed.

Proven in energy-intensive environments

Used across logistics, industry, retail and energy hubs where simpler EMS solutions fail.

proven results

Real sites, real savings.

61% Costs savings – all year

45% less energy costs and 50% fewer emissions

52% less energy costs thanks to imbalance

GET STARTED

Get a Smart Grid EMS that works in practice

If your energy system is becoming more complex — or your grid connection is becoming a constraint — a Smart Grid EMS is no longer optional.

Request a demo and see how Tibo secures your energy system today and as it scales.

“Thanks to Tibo, we gained insight into what is possible within our existing grid connection, allowing us to electrify in a phased and substantiated manner.”