Riddle&Code — Autonomous Energy Platform

Autonomous energy
behind the meter.

KERN is the platform that sits behind the meter — autonomously optimising, forecasting and dispatching flexibility from households, facilities, microgrids and energy communities.

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You send a signal.
KERN delivers.
What happens behind the meter is our job.

Aggregators, utilities and platforms interact with KERN through a clean API — forecast in, demand signal in, flexibility confirmed out. KERN handles everything in between: rebalancing, asset selection, dispatch, confirmation.


Optimising behind the meter

KERN works across four asset contexts — all on one platform.

Households

PV + home storage + heat pump + EV charger — optimised as a unit. HEMS fleet management for utilities.

Commercial & Industrial

Commercial PV, BESS, CHP, controllable loads on MV/LV level. Peak shaving, load management, flexibility dispatch.

Microgrids

Multiple assets behind a shared grid connection point. Coordinated optimisation, island-mode capable.

Energy Communities (ESC)

Community optimisation across multiple members and meters. Shared self-consumption maximised, collective flexibility aggregated.


Three optimisation modes

Configurable per asset or portfolio — combinable.

Mode 01

Self-consumption

Maximise local self-consumption. Minimise grid import and export. Default mode for households and small C&I.

Mode 02

Economic optimisation

Maximise monetary yield — intraday arbitrage, FCR/aFRR bids, peak shaving, demand charge reduction. Dispatch driven by real-time day-ahead and intraday price signals. Default for aggregators and C&I flexibility.

Mode 03

Community optimisation

Maximise shared self-consumption across multiple members. Fair allocation by share. Default for ESC and microgrids.


Connectivity by topology

The right technology for every asset configuration — both managed as one unified layer in KERN.

Contiguous sites

Zigbee Mesh

For assets on the same premises — buildings, campuses, industrial sites. Low-cost, easy to deploy, self-healing mesh network. No complex gateway infrastructure required.

Distributed assets

MIOTY

IEC-standard LPWAN for geographically dispersed assets — rural PV, MV-connected BESS, distributed sites. 10km range, 1.5M messages/day, independent of LTE and WiFi.

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KERN for your role

Aggregators

Secure bids with confirmed dispatch and 24h forecasts.

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Utilities

Turn your customer base into a monetisable flexibility portfolio.

For utilities →

Energy Communities

Autonomous self-consumption optimisation and flexibility aggregation.

For communities →

VPP Platforms

Close the asset layer gap below your platform with a clean API.

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