Operational planning
of energy systems
— Artelys Crystal Energy Planner enables optimal assets management, from the medium to the very short term, for the entire value chain (generation, consumption, storage, transport, purchase/sale, fuels and emissions).
Thanks to state-of-the-art modeling techniques and advanced forecasting and planning algorithms, our solution allows you to perform an techno-economic optimization of your entire energy system.
Equipped with exceptional parameterization features, the web-based Artelys Crystal Energy Planner adapts to the specificities of your system, your decision-making process and your IT environment.
key benefits
Increasing operational revenues
Make the best trade-offs and activate all sources of flexibility to produce, store, transport, buy and sell at the right time/at right place and at the best price
Mitigating environmental impact
Minimize emissions’ costs and promote sustainable operational strategies
Reducing scheduling time
Generate fast, efficient and auditable operational plans, thanks to a clear, structured, and automated decision-support process
Improving the reliability of your forecasts
Anticipate the future state of the system with state-of-the-art forecasting methods to optimize your planning
a custom representation of your energy system
– With more than 50 models of key energy asset and outstanding configuration possibilities, Artelys Crystal Energy Planner allows you to create your own energy system and realistically represent all your technical, environmental and contractual constraints!
Energy generation assets
Thermal assets
Combined gas cycles, combustion turbines, cogeneration, coal/nuclear power plants
Renewable assets
Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, small hydro, ect.
Hydro assets
Isolated or cascading, water line or with tank, pumping stations
Storage
Battery
Lithium-ion
Fuel stocks
Heat pumps, electric burner, hydro pumping stations
Hydraulic dams
Battery
Compressed air
Load
Multi-energy demand
Electricity, gas, heat, reserve
New uses
Electric vehicles, Power-to-X, hybrid heat-pumps
Demand Management
Controllable demand, load management, industrial load shedding
Markets and contracts
Regulated/deregulated markets
Day-ahead, intraday, ancillary services
Contracts
Long-term contracts, Supply contracts, Take or Pay
Ancillary Service Markets
Reserve, regulation, balancing
Networks
Power lines
Nodes
Heat networks, fuel transport
a custom representation of your energy system
– With more than 50 models of key energy asset and outstanding configuration possibilities, Artelys Crystal Energy Planner allows you to create your own energy system and realistically represent all your technical, environmental and contractual constraints!
Energy generation assets
Thermal assets
Combined gas cycles, combustion turbines, cogeneration, coal/nuclear power plants
Renewable assets
Solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, small hydro, ect…
Hydro assets
Isolated or cascading, water line or with tank, pumping stations
Storage
Battery
Lithium-ion, compressed air
Fuel stocks
Heat pumps, electric burner, hydro pumping stations
Hydraulic tanks
Load
Multi-energy demand
Electricity, gas, heat, tanks, system services
New uses
Electric vehicles, Power-to-X, hybrid heat-pumps
Demand Management
Controllable demand, load management, industrial load shedding
Markets and contract
Regulated/deregulated markets
Day-ahead, intraday, ancillary services, carbon market
Contracts
Long-term contracts, Supply contracts, Take or Pay
Systems Service Markets
Reserve, regulation, balancing
Network
Power lines
Capacity, losses
Knots
Conservation constraints, interconnections
Heat networks, fuel transport
maximize profits!
— Optimize operational decisions
Make the best use of your system’s flexibilities (storage units, flexible contracts, generation dispatch, transport) to produce, store, convert, transport, buy and sell energy at the best time and place.
Make the best operation trade-offs (equipment selection, fuel choice, time lag, transportation).
Rely on a detailed description of the technical constraints of the system to achieve realistic and tangible results.
Manage risk factors by using state-of-the-art forecasting techniques (load, market price, RES generation).
Base your decisions on robust quantitative indicators: energy costs and overall revenues, GHG emissions, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs.
Maximize profits!
— Optimize operational decisions
Make the best use of your system’s flexibilities (storage units, flexible contracts, generation, dispatch, transport) to produce, store, convert, transport, buy and sell energy at the best time and place.
Make the best operation trade-offs (equipment selection, fuel choice, time lag, transportation)
Rely on a detailed description of the technical constraints of the system to achieve realistic and tangible results.
Manage risk factors by using state-of-the-art forecasting techniques (load, market price, RES generation)
Base your decisions on robust quantitative indicators: energy costs and overall revenues, GHG emissions, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs.
a multi-horizon visibility…
Year ahead
Granularity per hour/per day/ per month
Annual plans and budgets
Fuel Management Strategies
Inventory Management
Outage planning
Month ahead
Granularity per hour/per day
Management of fuel purchases
Rescheduling
Updating of annual decisions and budget
Day ahead
Granularity per minute/per hour
Optimization of generation schedules
Bidding on the day-ahead markets
Real time
Granularity per sec/per min
Updating schedules (real-time markets, outages, better forecasts)
Reserve activation
Generation/Consumption monitoring
In hindsight
Granularity per min/per hour/ per day/per month
Monthly/annual reports
Actual vs Planned Comparison / Data Reconciliations
…in a global scheduling process
— Macro and micro visibility integrated into the platform
Each planning horizon can interact with the backward and forward planning levels to build consistent global plan
Long-term planning sets targets and directions for short-term plan
The impact of immediate constraints is passed on longer-term planning (equipment failure, purchase constraints, stock levels, outage)
…in a global scheduling process
— Macro and micro visibility integrated into the platform
Each planning horizon can interact with the backward and forward planning levels to build consistent global plan.
Long-term planning sets targets and directions for short-term plan
The impact of immediate constraints is passed on longer-term planning (equipment failure, purchase constraints, stock levels, outage).
step by step structuring decision
— Choose the different scheduling steps and their sequence to organize the process as you like!
Step by step structuring decision
— Choose the different scheduling steps and their sequence to organize the process as you like!
an operational tool
— Its web-based architecture offers a secure and scalable solution
Quick and simple deployment, either on your network or in the cloud
Easy access on all computer terminals wherever you are
Multi-user application with profile/rights management
Synchronized and configurable sharing of data, assumptions and results
Simple and ergonomic interface
an operational tool
— Its web-based architecture offers a secure and scalable solution
Quick and simple deployment, either on your network or in the cloud
Easy access on all computer terminals wherever you are
Multi-user application with profile/rights management
Synchronized and configurable sharing of data, assumptions and results
Simple and ergonomic interface
a personalized support
— We provide more than a solution
We offer constant support to our clients throughout the project
Evaluation of the benefit prior to the investment decision, through the creation of a preliminary model and the analysis of historical data
Development of the solution in strong interaction with the customer and their knowledge of the system
Training, enhanced support and coaching on user issues following delivery
User guide and technical documentation: everything you need to understand how to best use Artelys Crystal Energy Planner
Deployment and administration (in the cloud)
Preventive, corrective and evolutionary maintenance
a personalized support
— We provide more than a solution
We offer constant support to our clients throughout the project.
Evaluation of the benefit prior to the investment decision, through the creation of a preliminary model and the analysis of historical data
Development of the solution in strong interaction with the customer and their knowledge of the system
Training, enhanced support and coaching on user issues following delivery
User guide and technical documentation: everything you need to understand how the best use Artelys Crystal Energy Planner
Deployment and administration (in the cloud)
Preventive, corrective and evolutionary maintenance
undeniable successes
Brookfield Renewable uses the Artelys Crystal Energy Planner software to generate optimized generation schedules for several hydroelectric assets. The software used on a daily basis has demonstrated its capacity and performance, with a 10% increase in the expected annual revenue for the largest of the modeled plants, and a reduction in the time required for planning from 1h30 to 10 minutes.
UEM-Metz uses the Artelys Crystal Energy Planner solution for the operational and tactical management of its physical and financial assets. The solution allows the optimization of the daily production plans of the heat production system (20 equipments, 275 MW installed) and the electrical production system taking into account the interaction with the various short-term markets (including reserve).
Artelys implemented for Elia the Artelys Crystal Energy Planner solution for the activation of the strategic reserve. This tool integrates the operating rules of complex strategic reserves, thus guaranteeing the selection of the reserve at minimum cost and a fair treatment of suppliers that can include up to 20 producers and flexibility operators.
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