Setting up Frank Energie - Slim Handelen
Frank Energie decides when and how your battery should charge or discharge through their system. Our platform simply carries out these battery operation decisions.
If you have any questions about how your battery is being controlled or disagree with the charging/discharging decisions, please contact Frank Energie directly, as we cannot modify or influence their battery management strategy.
" Slim Handelen " by Frank Energie is a service that allows you as a customer of Frank Energie to use your battery on the imbalance market. The manual describes how we can set this up on the Sofar EMS.
At the end of this manual, Frank Energie will have control over the battery and the battery will be shown in the Frank Energie app.
When setting up this integration, permission is granted to Frank Energie to control this battery.
Every minute a signal is exchanged containing an instruction for the battery (for example 'charge at 15 kW') and a status message is sent to Frank Energie.
Prerequisites
1. Add the batteries
Login to the commissioning interface and make sure the devices are added to the Sofar EMS.
2. Check the grid power limits
In the settings, the grid power limits should be set correctly. Click Settings and check the highlighted setting in the image. If necessary, adjust the settings.
3. Check the address
Make sure the address is set correctly.
The integration may not work correctly if the address is not correct!
4. Find the customer number
Ask the end customer to look up the customer number (of Frank Energie) and pass it on. The customer can look this up in the Frank Energie app.
Add 'Frank Energie - Slim Handelen'
In the next page, you have the option to include/exclude devices for remote control. Ensure to mark all checkboxes of devices you'd like to include.
When using multiple batteries, they are aggregated into one (virtual) asset for Frank Energie.
'Frank Energie - Slim Handelen' is now set up on the Sofar EMS.
Control Modes
When Frank Energie is added, the Sofar EMS algorithm has no control over the battery's behaviour.
In the Frank Energie App, two different control modes can be selected: Self-Consumption+ and Handling.
Self Consumption+
When Self-Consumption+ has been selected, Frank Energie will fully control the battery at all times. However, Frank Energie will authroize the Sofar EMS to follow its own self-consumption algorithm during certain periods.
Handling
The handling control mode also gives Frank Energie full control of the battery. There will not be any self-consumption active. All energy will go to and from the grid, depending on the market prices at the time.