Hybrid PV Optimization – Maximize Solar Value, With or Without Batteries
- Reduce energy bills by up to 40% on top of your existing solar and battery savings.
- Cut the payback period on your Solar + BESS project by up to 5 years.
Sponge Hybrid PV Optimization unlocks the full potential of your solar and storage system by using forecast-based controls to make real-time, money-saving decisions. Whether your site includes a battery or not, Sponge ensures you’re using energy in the smartest, most cost-effective way possible.
Battery Optimization
Using advanced forecasts for solar production and site energy usage, Sponge manages when your battery charges and discharges to minimize energy costs.
- On sunny days, Sponge ensures your battery is fully discharged the night before so it can absorb the maximum amount of free solar energy the next day.
- On cloudy days, Sponge charges the battery overnight using cheaper off-peak grid energy.
- On mixed days, Sponge partially charges the battery, reserving room for the limited solar generation expected during clear periods.
Every evening, your battery discharges to meet building demand—using the cheapest energy available from that day’s cycle.
The result: optimized self-consumption, reduced grid dependency, and maximum savings.
Optimization Without a Battery
No battery? No problem.
Sponge Hybrid Optimization can still reduce your energy costs by intelligently controlling flexible loads within the building. We shift power-hungry activities into times of high solar production to improve self-consumption without additional hardware.
This includes:
- EV Charging
- Electric Water Heating
- Chillers and Smart Thermostats
- “Timer” Loads such as Irrigation, Ventilation, Aeration
- Building Automation System-Connected Devices
By shifting load profiles to better match solar generation, you reduce exported power, increase onsite energy use, and enhance return on investment.
Pricing
Hybrid PV Optimization is included free of charge for projects under 30 kW AC.
For projects over 30 kW AC, Hybrid Optimization is available via a 5-year subscription. To learn how your subscription cost is calculated, refer to the Commercial Load Displacement Explainer in the Documents tab.
Warranty
Purchase of the 5 Year Commercial Optimization Subscription expands the Sponge EMC warranty to 5 years from date of purchase.
Sponge Load Displacement Optimization requires hardware Sponge Microgrid Controller – EMC Base, EMC Pro or EMC Pro+.
Purchase Sponge EMC models on our shop at shop.frankensolar.ca
For details and software purchasing inquiries, contact SPONGE:
Email: info@sponge.to
Phone: 416-984-2525
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