EMS portrait for clever-PV GmbH
- Company
- clever-PV GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Landsberg am Lech, Germany
- Energy management system (EMS)
- clever-PV
- Website
- https://www.clever-pv.com/
clever-PV offers a new type of energy management solution for household customers. Regardless of the manufacturer, PV systems, charging columns, heat pumps, electric cars, heating elements and other smart consumers can be connected and optimized via their Internet connection.
The setup is done on the cell phone in the app. An expensive control box or gateway is not required. clever-PV optimizes the appliances depending on the surplus electricity from the solar system or the balcony power plant. Control based on dynamic electricity prices is also possible.
clever-PV also offers a white label option for partners.
General information
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| secondary target group |
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| no application |
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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 | In principle, the solution can be used by anyone who has a PV system / balcony power plant and controllable consumers |
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 (any longer) relevant. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
No offer
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| Water meter |
No offer
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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) |
No offer
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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 |
No offer
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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 |
Sensors: Shelly, powerfox, Discovergy, eFriends, smart-me, Tibber Pulse, iONA Sensor.
Full List: Website > Supported Providers
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Low four-digit amount (EUR)
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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 | Cloud |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Individual offer developable |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (cloud) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | In real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Other |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Other |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Other |
| Data measurement for water billing | Other |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Comment on installation | Easy installation via app, purchase also possible via online store |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 10 minutes |
| Software updates | weekly |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | clever-PV (EMS provider) |
| Warranty | Unlimited as long as existing usage contract |
| Lifetime | Unlimited as long as existing usage contract |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | GDPR-compliant via server in the EU |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS, SSO with 3rd Party IdP |
| Access protection of decentralized units | by the manufacturer of the respective devices individually (outside the responsibility of clever-PV) |
| Data security on decentralized units | by the manufacturer of the respective devices individually (outside the responsibility of clever-PV) |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Encrypted transmission, tokens, etc. |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Majority |
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 meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpControl water boilerImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meterDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| Comment | ZEV would be stored as a user with a meter at the grid connection point, as no aggregation or individual view per party / meter is currently possible |
| One-time hardware costs | EUR0 |
| One-time software costs | EUR0 |
| Total of one-time costs | EUR0 |
| Project management costs | EUR0 |
| Annual costs | EUR60 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | none |
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? |
Yes
With:: EnviaM in Germany |
| Other partners/clients | Numerous partners, not all can be disclosed |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | approx. 200; as customers do not have to provide an address, we do not know the exact number; |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | approx. 15'000 |
| Founding year | 2021 |
| Number of FTE | 6 |