BATTERY ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Intellect Operate

Battery control, built around your site.

WATTMORE builds the hardware and patented control software behind Intellect Operate. Your team can set up, configure, and run your new battery site independently, with our integration and engineering support whenever you want it.

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Intellect Operate manual BESS control interface with equipment status and configurable operator widgets
Manual BESS control, equipment status, and configurable operator widgets in one view.

A product layer within Intellect Operate

Intellect PPC

Power Plant Controller

Our Power Plant Controller product is a layer within the Intellect Operate battery EMS. It coordinates batteries and inverters and manages power at your grid connection, with controls configured for your site and utility requirements.

  • Respond to grid frequency changes
  • Manage voltage and reactive power
  • Manage power changes and export limits
  • Follow utility dispatch commands
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Intellect Operate

Battery energy management system

Your site’s energy strategy

Intellect PPC

Power plant control layer

Batteries and inverters working together

One EMS.
Built around your application.

Explore a few ways Intellect Operate coordinates a site. Choose an application to see the control strategy.

Intellect Operate / Grid connected

Put storage to work alongside the grid.

Coordinate battery dispatch and solar production around site demand, energy prices, and the limits at your point of interconnection.

  • Charge and discharge scheduling
  • Import and export limits
  • Solar and storage coordination
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Illustrative site example

Intellect Operate

Coordinates equipment through site communications

In this example, solar serves the site and charges the battery. The grid supplies the remaining site demand.

YOUR SYSTEM. YOUR TEAM IN CONTROL.

Your system. Not a black box.

You get access to the system to manage controls, set schedules, and change operating parameters. Set up, configure, and run Intellect Operate with your own team. WATTMORE’s design, engineering, integration, and commissioning support is available when you want it, for new projects and existing-site upgrades.

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Support for a new project

Choose help with system design, equipment integration, control strategies, or commissioning to complement your team.

Help with an existing site

Bring us in to upgrade outdated controls, replace an underperforming EMS, or integrate the equipment already on site.

Expertise when you need it

Get support for complex control strategies and operating challenges, while your team stays in charge of the site.

Configure your operating schedules.

Set the days, time windows, power limits, and state-of-charge targets for your site.

Intellect Operate Schedule Manager showing charge, hold, peak shaving, weekend discharge, and low state-of-charge schedules with configurable times, power limits, and targets
Intellect Operate Schedule Manager: weekly charge, hold, discharge, and low state-of-charge windows.

One EMS. Your operating strategy.

Local control and clear visibility, configured around your equipment and the job it needs to do.

Control the whole site

Coordinate batteries, inverters, solar, generators, and loads around a control strategy built for your project.

Run controls at the edge

Local control keeps time-sensitive decisions at the site. Dispatch follows equipment limits and your operating priorities.

See what is happening

Bring operating modes, battery status, alarms, and site trends into one interface for your operations team.

Meet Solstice, your AI energy assistant.

Ask questions about your site, investigate performance, and turn operating data into practical next steps across the Intellect platform.

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THE PRODUCT

Get a feel for the controls.

Explore an example interface for battery status, operating modes, and site power.

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Example interface with demonstration data. Site configuration and available controls vary by project.

Deploy on your terms.

Access the system. Set schedules. Adjust parameters. Your team stays in control, with WATTMORE support when you want it.

  1. 01

    Set up your site

    Connect WATTMORE-built control hardware and supported site equipment around your project’s operating goals.

  2. 02

    Configure your strategy

    Set operating modes, schedules, limits, and control parameters around your equipment and site priorities.

  3. 03

    Operate your way

    Run the site with your own team. Choose WATTMORE engineering, commissioning, or ongoing support when you want it.

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Control at the site. Visibility in the cloud.

Intellect Operate runs time-sensitive controls on WATTMORE-built edge hardware and brings operating data into a cloud dashboard. Configure battery dispatch and the Intellect PPC power plant control layer for your project requirements, independently or with WATTMORE support.

  • Grid-connected and off-grid operation
  • Microgrid and hybrid asset coordination
  • Peak shaving and demand reduction
  • Solar self-consumption and time-of-use dispatch
  • Frequency response and frequency-watt droop
  • Voltage regulation and volt-VAR control
  • Ramp rate and export limits
  • Utility dispatch and SCADA integration

Built-in protocols

  • IEC 61850
  • IEEE 2030.5
  • Modbus RTU
  • Modbus TCP
  • DNP3
  • MQTT

Native IEC 61850 compliance is provided through Operate’s built-in relay protocol.

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Intellect Operate at a glance

Intellect Operate combines WATTMORE-built control hardware and patented software for battery energy management. It coordinates storage with generation and loads for grid-connected projects, off-grid sites, and microgrids. Customers can set up, configure, and operate the system independently. WATTMORE offers optional design, engineering, integration, commissioning, and ongoing support for new deployments and existing-site upgrades.

  • WATTMORE makes the control hardware and patented software; customers can set up, configure, and use the system with their own team.
  • Intellect PPC is the power plant control product layer within the Operate battery EMS, configured around the project’s equipment and operating requirements.
  • Applications include peak shaving, demand reduction, solar self-consumption, time-of-use dispatch, off-grid operation, and microgrid coordination.
  • Intellect PPC provides frequency-watt droop, frequency response, volt-VAR and voltage regulation, ramp and export limits, and utility dispatch.
  • Built-in protocols include IEC 61850, IEEE 2030.5, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, DNP3, and MQTT. Intellect Operate is natively IEC 61850 compliant through its built-in relay protocol; device interfaces and available controls are reviewed for each project.
  • Optional WATTMORE services support new installations from design through commissioning, as well as existing-site controls upgrades and EMS replacement.

Facts current as of .

Built to

  • IEEE 2800Interconnection of inverter based resources with transmission systems
  • IEEE 1547Interconnection of distributed energy resources
  • IEC 61850Communication networks and systems for power utility automation
  • SunSpec ModbusInverter, meter, and storage data model interoperability
  • ModbusDevice polling over RTU and TCP

Read the guide

  1. What is a battery energy storage EMS?
  2. EMS vs BMS vs SCADA vs PPC
  3. What is peak shaving with battery storage?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Intellect Operate a black box?

No. Your team gets access to the system to manage controls, create schedules, and adjust operating parameters. WATTMORE builds the control hardware and patented software, and you can set up, configure, and operate it independently. Our design, integration, commissioning, and ongoing support are optional.

Can you help us deploy Intellect Operate on a new site?

Yes. Intellect Operate combines WATTMORE-built hardware and patented software for new storage and hybrid energy projects. Your team can deploy and operate it independently, or choose WATTMORE support for system design, equipment integration, control strategies, and commissioning.

Do you supply hardware as well as software?

Yes. WATTMORE builds the control hardware and patented software behind Intellect Operate. You can use the product with your own team, and our optional design, engineering, integration, commissioning, and support services are available for new deployments and existing-site upgrades.

Can you modernize an existing site or replace its EMS?

Yes. WATTMORE also helps customers upgrade outdated controls, troubleshoot legacy sites, and replace EMS platforms that are not meeting their needs. We review the equipment, communications, existing control logic, and operating goals to define the integration, control strategy, and commissioning scope.

Which battery applications does Intellect Operate support?

Applications include grid-connected storage, off-grid systems, microgrids, peak shaving, demand reduction, solar self-consumption, and time-of-use dispatch. Intellect PPC, the power plant control product layer within Operate, provides frequency response, frequency-watt droop, voltage regulation, and volt-VAR control. Operating modes can be configured around the equipment, site constraints, and project requirements, with or without WATTMORE support.

Which built-in protocols does Intellect Operate support?

Built-in protocols include IEC 61850, IEEE 2030.5, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, DNP3, and MQTT. Intellect Operate provides native IEC 61850 compliance through its built-in relay protocol. Equipment interfaces and available controls are configured for each project.

Can Operate work with our existing batteries and inverters?

Intellect Operate integrates equipment from different manufacturers through supported protocols and device mapping. Review your battery management system, inverters, meters, and other site equipment to confirm communications and available controls. WATTMORE can help with that review and any integration work if you choose.

How does Intellect PPC fit within Intellect Operate?

Intellect PPC is WATTMORE’s Power Plant Controller product and a control layer within the Intellect Operate battery EMS. Operate coordinates battery dispatch and site operating priorities. Intellect PPC handles frequency response, reactive power, voltage regulation, ramp and export limits, and utility dispatch at the point of interconnection. Your team can configure the system for your project requirements independently or choose WATTMORE support.

What happens if the internet connection drops?

Time-sensitive control runs on local edge hardware, so configured local operating strategies do not depend on a continuous cloud connection. Remote visibility and external dispatch signals depend on their communications paths. Fallback behavior for those signals is part of the site control strategy, which your team can configure independently or with WATTMORE support.

How does Operate reduce peak demand?

Operate monitors site demand and dispatches the battery to reduce grid import during peaks. The achievable reduction depends on your load profile, tariff, battery power and energy, state of charge, and other operating priorities. We help define a strategy that fits those constraints.

What is the difference between Intellect Operate and Intellect EnFORM?

Intellect Operate is our battery energy management system for active dispatch and site control. Intellect EnFORM is our solar monitoring and data acquisition system for equipment visibility, alarms, performance analysis, and reporting. We help you choose the right scope for your site.

Further Reading

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