FlexGen has announced a new version of FlexGen HybridOS, its hardware-agnostic energy management system (EMS) for battery storage and solar owners and operators. FlexGen says the release is designed to unify operations and improve site performance using real-time data visibility, automation, analytics, and an updated user interface—positioned to support growing electricity demand, including from data centers.

“Batteries are key to the operation of a modern grid,” said Hugh Scott, CTO at FlexGen. “They balance supply and demand, stabilize frequency, and help absorb the growing load from data centers and electrification.”

FlexGen says the update adds a unified user interface intended to provide visibility into all assets from a single panel, with integrated real-time and historical data to optimize performance. It also includes historian data application programming interface (API) access, a fleet view mobile app, and integrated market prices to surface operational and market data in the same workflow.

For maintenance planning and reliability, FlexGen says HybridOS adds augmentation prediction and a predictive diagnostics dashboard intended to help identify hardware issues earlier and inform augmentation planning. On battery controls, FlexGen says the release includes battery management system (BMS) enhancements such as a charge limit handler and native Controller Area Network (CAN) support, targeting longer battery life, simpler operations, faster commissioning, and improved real-time control.

FlexGen also reported updates to the FlexGen HybridOS Power Plant Controller (PPC), including expanded solar control to coordinate solar, storage, and substation assets on one platform. FlexGen lists added functions including native capacitor bank control, solar shedding, integrated met station inputs, and solar tracker management, aimed at maximizing solar production and streamlining voltage regulation and inverter coordination from a single interface.

Source: FlexGen