Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Report - Energy Storage Software: Assessment of Strategy and Execution for 11 Energy Management System Providers

As utility-scale energy storage system deployments continue to increase globally, asset owners and customers are demanding more flexibility and efficiency from their systems. Energy management system (EMS) vendors are capitalizing with more sophisticated technologies and extended portfolios that encompass asset management, bidding optimization, and predictive maintenance, among other capabilities that allow for optimized use of front-of-the-meter (FTM) storage assets using real time data and associated synergies.

The command and control of energy storage assets refers to the software technology that affects the generation of energy from these assets and ensures service providers have a holistic approach for strategically managing performance optimization across their deployments. Because of the logistics involved in operating and maintaining remote installations, integrated EMS solutions have an economic influence on the total lifecycle costs of energy storage assets. A well-integrated EMS can significantly affect the return on capital and lower the total cost of ownership for an asset owner.

In this Leaderboard, Guidehouse Insights has identified the top EMS vendors in the utility-scale energy storage industry. These solution providers represent diverse vendors across a competitive and continually innovating landscape. This Leaderboard is intended to help market participants better understand their competitors' solutions offerings, differentiating factors, and track records. The relative position of different vendors is likely to shift as organizations continue to refine their portfolios, and their solutions mature.

Top 10 Vendors

Fluence

Power Factors

Wartsila

FlexGen

Fractal EMS

Powin

NHOA Energy

EnergyToolbase

AutoGrid

PXiSE Energy Solutions