Time-of-Use Mode
Automatically adjusts charging and discharging based on local electricity price fluctuations to help you save during high prices and store energy during low prices.
Price dispatch supports two sources of electricity prices:
The time-of-use (TOU) rates you set
EPEX market dynamic prices (currently supported only for the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland)
If a price plan is not set, the system will prompt you to complete the tariff plan configuration first.
Operation mode combined with "Time-of-Use"
Applicable to regions where prices vary by time periods; the system can perform the following based on different time periods:
Charge: store energy during cheap price periods
Discharge: use battery power during expensive price periods
No action: do not perform any operation
Set Time-of-Use rates:
If Time-of-Use is not set in the price settings, you cannot define behaviors based on price periods
In price settings select "Time-of-Use" and follow the steps to set prices
For each period you can flexibly set:
Maximum charging or discharging power
Charge/discharge cutoff state of charge (SOC)
Independent strategies for different price intervals
This way you can fully control the system's behavior in each period.
Operation mode combined with "Trading Price"
The dynamic price dispatch function operates based on the Trading Price mode and is suitable for countries and regions connected to the EPEX SPOT electricity market where prices change hourly or every 15 minutes.
The system uses real-time price signals to automatically optimize the charge/discharge behavior of the energy storage system, helping you reduce electricity costs and improve overall Profits amid price fluctuations.
Note:Before enabling, please confirm your contract type and ensure you have signed a dynamic price contract;
In this mode, the system continuously obtains real-time price data from the power trading market (hourly or every 15 minutes).
You can set:
Proportion of high-price time
Proportion of low-price time
This proportion is not fixed time intervals but is automatically calculated based on sorting the day's prices.
Price segmentation logic
When the system obtains the day's (or rolling period's) price data, it will:
Sort prices from low to high
According to the proportions you set, automatically calculate:
Low-price interval
High-price interval
The corresponding price split thresholds
Based on the split results, dynamically generate that day's high/low price time periods
The entire process requires no manual intervention and will automatically update with market price changes.
Automatic operation strategy
After completing price segmentation, the system will automatically execute corresponding actions based on your preset strategies, for example:
During low prices → automatically charge to increase stored energy
During high prices → automatically discharge to reduce high-price purchases or participate in arbitrage
During extremely low prices (negative prices) → prioritize storing energy to fully utilize market opportunities
The system will continuously track market price changes and respond promptly when conditions are met to ensure strategies remain synchronized with the market.
Applicable to contract scenarios where prices are not directly traded(Coming soon)
In some countries and regions, users' electricity contracts do not directly use the original EPEX SPOT prices but maintain a positive correlation with market trading prices, for example:
Where:
a is the price coefficient
b is a fixed add-on (such as service fee, tax, or premium)
The system also supports flexible configuration for the above scenarios.
You can set corresponding price adjustment items in the system to map the market trading price to your actual settlement price.
The system will convert the obtained EPEX SPOT prices according to the parameters you set and use the converted prices to perform subsequent judgments and dispatch strategies.
The converted prices will be used for:
High / low price segmentation calculation
Price threshold determination
Charge/discharge strategy triggering
Ensuring the dispatch logic is always based on your actual electricity cost or Profits structure.
Whether prices come directly from the trading market or not, as long as they maintain a clear mathematical relationship with market prices, the system can achieve consistent and reliable dispatch decisions through parameterized adjustments.
Furthermore, you can set:
High/low price determination thresholds
Maximum charge/discharge power
This allows your system to help you obtain optimal Profits amid market fluctuations.
Dynamic price dispatch, through real-time trading prices and intelligent segmentation algorithms, enables the energy storage system to actively store at low prices and flexibly release at high prices, helping you achieve better economic returns during market fluctuations.
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