4D Energy offers an AI‑driven electricity trading platform that automatically schedules the purchase and sale of stored renewable energy on the EPEX Spot exchange. By integrating directly with commercial battery management systems, the solution forecasts short‑term price movements and executes trades in real time, maximizing revenue for operators of large‑scale industrial storage assets.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Industrial battery owners often struggle to monetize stored renewable energy because manual trading decisions cannot consistently capture optimal market price fluctuations. Without automated, data‑driven strategies, stored energy may be bought or sold at suboptimal times, reducing the financial return on investment.
Solution
4D Energy provides an AI‑driven electricity trading platform that automatically schedules purchases and sales of stored energy on the EPEX Spot exchange. The system continuously analyzes market supply‑demand dynamics and predicts high‑price intervals for discharge and low‑price intervals for charging. By integrating directly with commercial battery management systems, the platform executes trades in real time without human intervention. This automation maximizes the revenue generated from each megawatt‑hour of stored renewable power, improving the overall profitability of industrial energy storage assets.
Target Audience
Primary customers are operators of large‑scale commercial energy storage facilities and industrial firms that own renewable‑powered battery installations.
Features
- Proprietary AI algorithm that forecasts short‑term price movements on the EPEX Spot market
- Fully automated trade execution that buys electricity during low‑price periods and sells during peak demand
- Direct integration with commercial battery control systems for seamless charge‑discharge scheduling
- Real‑time performance monitoring and reporting dashboard for asset owners
- Access to the EPEX Spot exchange, a capability held by only a few German providers