SMART*DER

Smart*DER employs intelligent agent technology at the local site level to maximize the benefits of operating distributed energy resources (DER). The intelligent Smart*DER agent is software that operates continuously to determine how best to utilize the DER assets. The software agent monitors local site loads and develops an internal load model for use in predicting site load on an hourly and daily basis. Local weather and relevant pricing signals (such as fuel costs) are automatically collected via the Internet and used in conjunction with basic user inputs (such as asset availability, site occupancy schedules, etc.) to develop daily DER operating schedules. A demand response signal, if and when it comes in, is just another routine input that must be considered by the Smart*DER agent when developing the schedule for that day or hour of operation... Smart*DER is intelligent agent-based software that was developed by AESC in cooperation with the California Energy Commission... In..

Primary location: Carlsbad United States