The company which is a result of two pioneers in the energy storage field coming together, Siemens and AES, has already secured orders for 800 megawatts, 2300 megawatt-hours, of projects using the new technology. Fluence already is the popular choice for customers in the renewables industry such as Enel, LS Power, sPower, and Siemens, and major power suppliers and industrial have already committed to deploy Fluence’s sixth-generation technology in Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe.
“Energy storage applications require highly flexible systems that can be tailored to specific markets and customer needs,” said Fluence CTO Brett Galura. “Until now, customers were forced to choose between custom-built solutions or inflexible, vertically integrated products. This sixth-generation technology combines our proprietary dataset – among the industry’s largest – and our deep industry experience to deliver unparalleled intelligence and flexibility while adding the benefits of mass production to standardize safety features and significantly reduce the time and cost needed to deploy energy storage.
According to the company, the sixth-generation energy storage technology includes three components:
- Fluence IQ: Digital intelligence engines use data and machine learning to improve system decision-making, manage battery degradation, reduce operating costs, and optimize energy market dispatch.
- Fluence Operating System (OS): Built on a decade of digital control system development, the fully integrated operating platform combines comprehensive controls, system visibility, and asset management to improve asset performance at a single site or across entire fleets.
- Fluence Cube: The factory-assembled building block is 4-5x more modular than traditional systems and incorporates the latest technologies for rapid installation and scale, consistent operations & maintenance, and improved quality control.
Fluence sixth-generation technology stack creates the foundation for three purpose-built systems, Gridstack, Sunstack, and Edgestack, that are configured for grid, renewable and commercial & industrial (C&I) applications, respectively, while easily addressing the need for larger systems and larger fleets of systems.
“Battery storage is a rapidly growing segment and crucial for the energy transition. For the cost-efficient and fast execution of projects in the area of distributed energy, microgrids, and e-mobility infrastructure, the productization and modularization of storage technologies are decisive," said Jean-Christoph Heyne, Global Head of Future Grids, Siemens AG. "With the new stack and OS approach, Fluence has a unique system providing cutting-edge safety.”
Siemens is delivering Gridstack and Edgestack for customers in Germany, Portugal, and Finland.
Galura noted that Fluence over the years has reduced the total cost of energy storage systems by 90 percent and the new technology stack "focuses on driving down the non-battery costs of energy storage systems by up to 25 percent" addressing the need for larger systems.
