Optimize your schedule with NEMOCS software

Demand Response
Utilizing the Flexibility of C&I Consumers

As the operator of one of the world’s largest VPPs, we offer a customizable VPP Software as a Service (SaaS) for utilities, aggregators and system operators. NEMOCS allows networking of C&I consumers and can thus be used for demand response cases.

Demand Response with NEMOCS

The volatile feed-in of wind and solar energy strongly affects power exchanges. As a consequence of rapidly changing electricity supply, the market prices fluctuate significantly. As an operator of steerable assets, you can take advantage of changing energy prices. By producing energy when prices are high and letting your systems rest when prices are low, you can boost the revenues of your plants and support a sustainable utilization of the grid. In case you are operating flexible consumption assets, the process goes vice verca: The VPP software can dispatch consumption during low price hours.

Connection of C&I consumers

In addition to power producers and storage units, C&I consumers can also be easily networked in your Virtual Power Plant.

Processing of price signals

Price signals from the power exchanges and control signals from the system operator are processed as a central parameter for controlling industrial processes and assets.

Adjusting consumption/production

Power consumption and production of flexible assets and processes can be adjusted based on current data, such as electricity market prices.

Case Study Demand Response
Optimizing Energy Costs – Active Dispatch of Consumers

The water company Bodensee-Wasserversorgung is responsible for the water supply of Stuttgart and the whole area of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Therefore, 356,000 cubic metres of water are pumped from lake Constance every day. With an annual consumption of 150 gigawatt hours of electricity, mainly for pumping, the water company was looking for ways to improve energy and cost efficiency and has found these in the flexible electricity tariffs at Next Kraftwerke. A variable electricity supply contract with the product "Best of 96“ makes the price fluctuations on the electricity exchange directly usable. To adjust consumption, the four 8 MW pumps and the two 11 MW pumps can be switched on or off. Next Kraftwerke transmits the electricity prices to the waterworks via the REST-API, while the waterworks sends its timetable back to the VPP via the same route. Through these optimizations in electricity procurement, the water company can save a six-digit amount of electricity costs annually.

Load management with a variable power rate explained.

Benefits of Our VPP as a Service Solution

Easy import of optimized schedules

Precise execution of schedules

Dynamic schedule adjustment for short-term changes

Reliable monitoring of schedule execution

Tailored support in planning, implementing, and operating

User-friendly interface and analysis tools

ISO certified (ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC TR 27019)

Meets the strict criteria of German IT security laws

We Are Next Kraftwerke

As the operator of one of the largest VPPs in Europe, we network thousands of assets in our Next Pool. Using our 24/7 power trading floor, we also trade power on various European power exchanges such as EPEX Spot or EEX. With NEMOCS you'll gain access to the powerful infrastructure, which has proven itself time and again in our daily business.

Aggregated Units

13 930

Q1/2022

Networked Capacity

10 613

MW Q1 2022

Annual Sales

595

€ million (2020)

Volume of traded energy

15.1

TWh in 2019

Ancillary service provided in TSO areas

7

TSO areas

Foundation

2009

Next Pool

Aleksandra Radwanska from business development at Next Kraftwerke

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Demand Response
Utilizing the Flexibility of C&I Consumers