dcbel’s Chorus cloud IoT management and analytics platform helps energy service aggregators, VPP providers, OEMs and utilities orchestrate their residential energy products and services.
MONTREAL, August 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – dcbel’s cloud IoT management platform Chorus has been certified to the Common Smart Inverter Profile (CSIP)/IEEE 200.5 standard on June 21, 2022. This rigorous certification opens the door for energy service aggregators, VPP suppliers, OEMs and utilities to use Chorus to exchange data and orchestrate the diverse energy-related services they offer to homeowners through their hardware. These include electric vehicle (EV) chargers, solar inverters, stationary batteries, heat pumps and more. dcbel’s flagship home power station r16 also uses Chorus to securely manage the bi-directional flow of energy between the home and the power grid.
dcbel r16 in a residential garage (CNW Group/dcbel Inc.)
Designed from the ground up to support a virtually unlimited number of devices, Chorus provides a transactional IoT platform coupled with big data analytics. The software provides the components needed to optimize and merge all residential distributed energy resource (DER) devices in real time and includes monitoring and control functionality. In the context of the emerging renewable energy economy, any company contributing to decentralized energy production and storage needs data on how, when and where consumers use energy. Chorus provides real-time transparency that enables widespread DER expansion, significantly reducing wasted energy and balancing the network during times of peak demand.
CSIP guidelines confirm Chorus is safe from cyber-attacks
The CSIP standard confirms that dcbel Chorus has passed rigorous cybersecurity, compatibility and speed tests. Chorus meets the highest standards for secure data exchange. The platform is robust, can merge an unlimited number of devices and is fast enough to handle completely asynchronous transactions.
As DER capacity grows, so does the potential for devastating cyberattacks targeting the energy grid. “A coordinated attack on DERs can cause major and prolonged power outages,” says Laurent SchmittCEO of dcbel Europe. “The European Commission recently launched its Network Code on Cybersecurity, a certification requirement applied to IT and control systems that handle cross-border electricity flows. CSIP expects increased certification level to ensure grid robustness even when large numbers of DERs are integrated. ” Chorus plays a formative role in dcbel’s discussions with the European Union on multiple standards and protocols related to distributed energy.
The cloud platform for the home energy station from dcbel
dcbel’s home energy station uses Chorus to facilitate the flow of energy from vehicle to grid (V2G) and vehicle to home (V2H), as well as measuring solar energy. DCbel’s showpiece, the r16 home energy station, is launched in California, Texasand New York later this year. The company now accepts reservations from homeowners living in those states. By the end of 2023, dcbel r16 will be available in all 50 states, as well as in the UK and France.
About dcbel
dcbel develops technology and designs products that put people at the center of the modern energy ecosystem. The company was founded in 2015 on the principle that everyone deserves clean, reliable and sustainable energy to live an uncompromising life.
dcbel home energy station perfects the art and science of smart home energy, allowing people to take over their energy supply with one small device.
Homeowners can power their homes and EVs with solar energy, use vehicle-to-home charging to make power outages a thing of the past, and lower energy costs with artificial intelligence.
For more information, visit www.dcbel.energy.
SOURCE dcbel Inc.
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