Price-based Dispatch Mode
Automatically adjusts charging and discharging based on local electricity price fluctuations, helping you save money during high prices and store energy during low prices.
Price dispatch supports two types of price sources:
The time-of-use (TOU) tariff you set
EPEX SPOT market dynamic prices (currently only supported for the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland)
If a tariff plan is not set, the system will prompt you to complete the rate plan configuration first.
Operation mode combined with “Time-of-Use (TOU)”
Suitable for regions where prices vary by time period. The system can perform the following actions based on different time slots:
Charge: store energy during low-price periods
Discharge: use battery power during high-price periods
No action: do nothing
Set Time-of-Use tariffs:
If Time-of-Use tariffs are not set in the price settings, you cannot define behaviors based on price periods
In Price Settings select “Use Time-of-Use” and follow the steps to configure the tariff
For each period you can flexibly set:
Maximum charge or discharge power
Charge/discharge cut-off SOC
Independent strategies for different price intervals
This allows you to fully control the system’s behavior in each period.
Operation mode combined with “Trading Price”
The dynamic price dispatch feature runs in Trading Price mode and is suitable for countries and regions connected to the EPEX SPOT power market where prices change hourly or every 15 minutes.
The system uses real-time price signals to automatically optimize the charging and discharging behavior of the energy storage system, helping you reduce electricity costs and increase overall returns amid price fluctuations.
Note:Before enabling, please confirm your contract type and ensure a dynamic price contract has been signed;
In this mode, the system continuously obtains real-time price data from the power trading market (hourly or 15-minute).
You can set:
High-price time ratio
Low-price time ratio
This ratio is not a fixed time period but is automatically calculated based on sorting the day’s prices.
Price segmentation logic
After the system obtains the day’s (or rolling period’s) price data, it will:
Sort prices from low to high
Automatically calculate, according to your set ratio:
Low-price interval
High-price interval
The corresponding price splitting thresholds
Dynamically generate the day’s high/low price time periods based on the split results
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 according to your preset strategy, for example:
During low prices → automatically charge to increase stored energy
During high prices → automatically discharge to reduce high-cost purchases or participate in arbitrage
During extremely low prices (negative prices) → prioritize storing energy to fully utilize market opportunities
The system continuously tracks market price changes and responds promptly when conditions are met, ensuring strategies remain synchronized with the market.
Suitable for contract scenarios where prices are not directly traded(Coming soon)
In some countries and regions, a user’s tariff contract does not directly use the EPEX SPOT raw price but is positively correlated to the market trading price, 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 your set parameters and use the converted prices for subsequent judgments and dispatch strategies.
The converted prices will be used for:
High / low price segmentation calculation
Price threshold determination
Triggering charge/discharge strategies
Thus ensuring the dispatch logic is always based on your real electricity cost or revenue structure.
Whether prices come directly from the trading market or not, as long as there is 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
So your system can help you obtain optimal returns amid market fluctuations.
Dynamic price dispatch uses real-time trading prices and intelligent segmentation algorithms so the storage system actively stores during low prices and flexibly releases during high prices, helping you achieve better economic returns in market fluctuations.
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