KERN — For Energy Communities

Your community generates energy.
KERN keeps it in the community.

KERN autonomously optimises storage, controllable loads and generation across all community members — maximising shared self-consumption and forecasting the collective flexibility that can be offered to markets or grid operators.

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What holds energy communities back today

Problem
Self-consumption is measured, not optimised
Without real-time optimisation, energy is exported to the grid even when members have demand — the community's potential stays largely untapped.
KERN
KERN forecasts generation and consumption per member (24h ahead) and steers assets to maximise what stays in the community.
Problem
No real-time visibility across the community
Operators don't know how much is being generated, consumed and shared right now — optimisation and steering are impossible without this view.
KERN
Real-time telemetry from every asset, aggregated into a community dashboard. Full visibility, per member and as a whole.
Problem
Storage and loads are not coordinated
Community storage and controllable loads are managed manually or not at all — no automatic charging when PV surplus is available, no discharging when members need it.
KERN
KERN steers shared storage and controllable loads autonomously — aligning generation, storage and consumption in real-time.
Problem
Connectivity across multiple sites is unsolved
Members at different buildings or locations are hard to reliably connect — LTE drops out, WiFi doesn't reach far enough.
KERN
Zigbee Mesh for contiguous sites, MIOTY for distributed members (10km, independent of LTE/WiFi) — both managed as one unified layer.
Problem
Collective flexibility potential goes unused
An active community with PV and storage has real collective flexibility — but without a platform it can neither be forecasted nor offered to aggregators or grid operators.
KERN
KERN provides rolling 24h flexibility forecasts for the whole community and connects to aggregators or grid operators on request.

How KERN operates the community

1. REAL-TIME MONITORING
   KERN tracks generation and consumption of all members
   continuously — at meter level, in real-time.

2. COMMUNITY OPTIMISATION  (24h forecast + real-time)
   KERN forecasts generation (PV) and consumption per member.
   Goal: maximise shared self-consumption —
   who needs what, when, and what is available right now?

3. AUTONOMOUS CONTROL
   KERN steers shared storage, controllable loads and feed-in
   points to keep as much energy within the community as possible.
   No manual intervention required.

4. FLEXIBILITY  (optional)
   Surplus or forecastable flexibility can be offered as a 24h
   forecast to an aggregator or grid operator and dispatched
   on demand — confirmed back to the requesting party.

What KERN does for communities

Community optimisation

Maximises collective self-consumption across all members — in real-time and with a 24h forecast.

Storage and load control

Autonomous steering of shared storage and controllable loads to align supply and demand within the community.

Real-time dashboard

Community generation, consumption, self-consumption rate and flexibility potential — for operators and optionally for members.

Flexibility forecast

Rolling 24h forecast of available community flexibility — the basis for aggregator or grid operator integration.

Multi-site connectivity

Zigbee Mesh for contiguous sites, MIOTY for distributed members — every participant reliably connected.

Aggregator connection

Community flexibility dispatched on demand — with confirmed execution back to the requesting party.

Already handling ESC billing or member management?

KERN is the optimisation and control layer — not a billing platform. We integrate with your existing billing infrastructure to add autonomous asset management and flexibility forecasting on top of what you already offer your ESC clients. Together you give communities the complete package: billing from you, optimisation from KERN.

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More energy stays in the community.

30 minutes to show how KERN optimises a live energy community — from real-time control to flexibility markets.

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