Fichtner BESS Optimizer

Precise Planning and Optimization of Battery Energy Storage Systems

What is the Fichtner BESS Optimizer?

The Fichtner BESS Optimizer is a powerful online tool for the planning, optimization, and economic viability assessment of battery energy storage systems (BESS). With precise technical simulations and detailed financial analyses, this tool provides a sound decision-making basis for investors, project developers, and grid operators.

Why choose the Fichtner BESS Optimizer?

Battery energy storage systems are crucial for the energy transition. They help to integrate renewable energies, stabilize the grid, and reduce grid costs. Correctly designing a BESS, however, is complex. How large should the storage capacity be? What sources of income can be achieved? How does the storage system interact with other energy sources? The Fichtner BESS Optimizer answers all relevant questions with a holistic analysis approach.

Key features and benefits

BESS design and technical simulation

  • Optimal storage capacity: Based on load profiles, grid requirements, and market conditions.

  • Technical simulation: How the storage system operates under real conditions.

Financial analysis and economic viability assessment of projects

  • Sources of income: Peak shaving, arbitrage, primary control reserve, and self-consumption optimization.

  • Cost-benefit analyses: Transparent analyses and sensitivity assessments with NPV, IRR, and payback.

Integration with PV and wind – Optimizing hybrid solutions

  • Hybrid energy concepts: Maximizing self-consumption and reducing grid dependency or maximizing revenue.

Grid cost reduction and load management

  • Savings potential: Optimization of peak shaving, load shifting, optimization of grid fees, and reduction of grid connection costs to identify maximum savings potential.

Scenario analysis for informed decisions

  • Market scenarios and operating strategies: Simulation of various scenarios to determine the optimal energy storage system.

Target groups

  • Investors and project developers: Maximizing the profitability of BESS projects.

  • Grid operators and municipal utilities: Using storage systems for grid stabilization and cost optimization.

  • Industry and commerce: Reducing grid fees and optimizing self-consumption.

Technological basis and certification

The Fichtner BESS Optimizer is based on the Fichtner Hybrid Configurator, which is certified to VDE-PB-014 and has been used successfully in hundreds of projects worldwide over the past 10 years. The tool is capable of performing bankable BESS simulations using an integrated financial model and optimizing financial parameters depending on technical configurations.

User-friendly operation

The Fichtner BESS Optimizer offers an intuitive platform that can be easily operated even by users who do not have prior in-depth technical knowledge. Clear menu navigation and easy-to-understand icons guide users through the various steps from data entry to analysis of the results.

Data import and export

  • Import and export: Quick and easy import of load profiles as well as market and grid data, and export of the results in editable formats.

  • Automated reports: Generation of result reports for forwarding to project partners.

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Continual improvement

Our team of developers greatly values user feedback. Regular updates and improvements based on our global BESS projects ensure that the tool always remains up to date.

Find out more

For more information about our solutions and conditions, please contact us, citing the Fichtner BESS Optimizer (fes@fichtner.de), and try out our demo version.