EMS portrait for PLEXLOG GmbH
- Company
- PLEXLOG GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Osnabrück, Germany
- Energy management system (EMS)
- PLEXLOG (PL-Energiemanager)
- Website
- https://www.plexlog.de/
PLEXLOG is a specialist for professional PV monitoring and energy management with its energy manager series and portal solution for monitoring PV systems, smart meters, CHPs and much more. PLEXLOG takes care of feed-in management incl. interface for remote power reduction, telecontrol, as well as direct marketing and control of other smart energy components (e.g. heat pumps, charging columns, etc.). PLEXLOG provides technical support directly from the developer and also supports the transfer of third-party data loggers to the portal. Upon customer request or for special technical requirements, PLEXLOG also offers individual solutions.
General information
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| secondary target group |
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| Utility service | electricity, heating |
| Do Swiss customers belong to your target group? | Yes, but they are not in our main target group |
| Other target groups | Wholesale, Installers |
Functions for real estate
Offer for utilities
Specifications
| Interfaces to utility systems |
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| Commercialisation by utilities | Yes, with white label under certain conditions |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Standard offer available
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| Water meter |
Standard offer available
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| Inverter/PV system |
Standard offer available
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| Battery storage |
Standard offer available
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| Heat pump |
Standard offer available
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Standard offer available
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| Water boiler |
Standard offer available
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| Other heating systems |
Standard offer available
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| Heat storage |
Individual offer developable
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| EV-charging station |
Standard offer available
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| Smart Home elements |
Standard offer available
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| Other components |
Complete list: https://www.plexlog.de/web/kompatibilitaetsliste/
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Not stated
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Technical information
| Operating elements |
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| Components of the product |
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| Interfaces to components |
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| Communication interfaces | LAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | No offer |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | Algorithms (consideration of several factors) |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | In real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for water billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by Specialist partner, External installer |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by Specialist partner, External installer |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by Specialist partner, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 20 to 40 minutes |
| Software updates | 20x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Manual on site, Manually via remote access |
| Software updates - who | Kunde oder Installateur |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | German server according to security specifications |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | Not stated |
| Data security on decentralized units | Not stated |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Not stated |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Fully |
Costs
Costs at building level
These are rough estimates. An offer must be requested for exact cost information.
The following use case was assumed for the cost estimate:
1 Multi-party residential building with the following components (excluding commercial):
- Measuring units: 20 electricity meters, 20 heat meters, 20 water meters (hot & cold)
- 1 photovoltaic system (with 1 inverter)
- 1 heat pump (SG-Ready)
- 1 hot water boiler
- 20 parking spaces, 5 of which are fully equipped with charging stations
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Of these, the following functions can be fulfilled:
Measure electricity meterMeasure heat meterMeasure water meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpControl water boilerData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Dynamic load managementImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)
| One-time hardware costs | EUR11,000 |
| One-time software costs | Not stated |
| Total of one-time costs | EUR11,000 |
| Project management costs | Not stated |
| Annual costs | EUR45 for monitoring - invoice to our B2B customer |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Discount for the order of magnitude approx. 5% (negotiable) |
Information about the company
| Establishment in Switzerland | Yes, but adjustments to the Swiss system have not yet been made |
| Do you already work together with utilities? |
No
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| Other partners/clients | Installers, wholesalers, investor groups, manufacturers |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 100 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | approx. 8000 PL energy manager |
| Founding year | 2015 |
| Number of FTE | 9 |