Blackcurrent offers a cloud-based IoT platform for businesses to manage and optimize their energy generation, storage, and consumption. The platform provides real-time data analytics and control for distributed energy assets, enabling cost savings, decarbonization, and enhanced operational resilience through solutions like microgrids and virtual power plants.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses face challenges in managing energy consumption, generation, and storage to meet sustainability targets and improve operational efficiency. The complexity of decarbonization strategies and the need for real-time data analytics often hinder effective energy management and the transition to Net Zero.
Solution
Blackcurrent provides a cloud-based platform for climate and energy management, enabling businesses to optimize their energy ecosystem. The platform offers solutions for distributed energy generation, microgrids, and virtual power plans, facilitating smarter energy usage, creation, storage, and management. By integrating IoT technology and providing a centralized dashboard, Blackcurrent delivers actionable insights for decarbonization, cost savings, and enhanced operational resilience. The "Energy as a Service+" (EaaS+) model, exemplified by BC FLEX, offers a fully financed solution that requires no upfront capital investment, making advanced energy management accessible.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes businesses and rural customers seeking to optimize their energy usage, reduce operational costs, and achieve sustainability goals through advanced energy management solutions.
Features
- Cloud-based IoT platform for real-time energy data aggregation and analytics.
- Device-agnostic software capable of controlling a wide range of energy assets, including solar, battery storage, EV chargers, and HVAC systems.
- Centralized, real-time dashboard providing asset-level monitoring, control, and reporting, comparable to a Building Management System (BMS) at a lower cost.
- Virtual Power Plant (VPP) capabilities to monetize excess energy generation and participate in demand response programs.
- Microgrid solutions for localized energy generation and distribution, enhancing power reliability and energy independence.
- "Energy as a Service+" (EaaS+) offering, including fully financed solutions with Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and white-labeling options.
- Load management features for optimizing energy usage, reducing peak demand, and controlling devices remotely.
- Data-driven insights for benchmarking energy capacity, informing decarbonization decisions, and tracking carbon reduction targets.