They cut the most expensive imports, if the battery is there for the peak.
Gridcog Energy Analyst Joshua Elliott modelled Wembley Stadium using an assumed 4 MW peak and 40 major events a year. Solar alone could not reach evening kick-offs. Adding a 3 MW / 6 MWh battery roughly halved imports on event days. On the other days, the battery traded in wholesale, ancillary and capacity markets.
Use flexibility before you wait for an upgrade.
Gridcog Senior Energy Analyst Ashok Willis modelled a London shopping centre whose load grows 1.68% a year, with public EV chargers and no headroom on its connection. Doing nothing left 2.5 MWh of unserved load by 2035. A 2 MW / 2-hour battery, or shifting flexible load, met all demand within the existing connection.
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Get in touchYes. Gridcog models multiple sites, assets and commercial arrangements in one project, so you can compare buildings side by side and test portfolio-wide options. EnergyTec duplicates set-ups for similar building types and has used Gridcog on two of the biggest property portfolios in Western Australia, with two or three people working on a project at a time.
Yes. Gridcog models how energy moves inside a private network and how it interacts with the external grid, and links those flows to financial outcomes. EnergyTec uses it to compare tariff configurations inside an embedded network and to match solar and battery choices to each site's load profile. More on embedded networks and private wire.
Often, yes. A battery can shift imports away from expensive peak periods and lower network demand charges, and with market access it can also earn in wholesale, ancillary and capacity markets. In operational real estate, Carb0n times batteries to peak grid demand and captures savings without on-site generation.
Gridcog models emissions alongside costs, so you can see what each scenario does to a building's carbon as well as its bills. It supports standard Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting and 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) targets, and it can optimise for emissions reduction as well as commercial outcomes.
Gridcog models existing and planned connections, dynamic connection limits and future load growth, then shows where load would go unserved. You can compare the cost of a grid upgrade with solar, battery storage or shifting flexible load, as in our London shopping centre example, where a 2 MW battery met growing demand within the existing connection.
Yes. Gridcog reports set out system limits, financial outcomes and the effect of design changes, and every input and assumption stays visible. EnergyTec's clients have used Gridcog reports to take projects to financiers and other stakeholders, and Carb0n uses them to explain the finances to clients who aren't energy experts.
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The team behind Gridcog
Fabian Le Gay Brereton
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Previously co-founded Greensense, acquired by ERM Power (now Shell Energy).
Pete Tickler
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder
Co-founded Greensense and led digital innovation at ERM Power (now Shell Energy).
Genna Boyle
Chief Commercial Officer & Head of EMEA
More than 10 years in energy strategy, trading and renewables, with senior roles at Battery Optimiser and Limejump.
