EnergyCommunity for SAP for Utilities facilitates local energy marketplaces

This solution facilitates local marketplaces for renewable energy among households (also called “energy communities”, “Mieterstrom”, “Quartierstrom”, "PPAs") by computing and visualizing energy flows and calculating billable items for each point of delivery.

Benefits

  • Enable prosumers - your most advanced customers

    With EnergyCommunity, prosumers can sell renewable energy from their generators and batteries to their local neighbors. EnergyCommunity facilitates an engaging product with a social component to your customers, which is easy to use and improves the attractiveness of prosumer investments.

  • Drive the energy transition - and become an intelligent sustainable enterprise

    EnergyCommunity is a user-centric extension for SAP for Utilities with which utilities can empower prosumers to buy and sell energy within local energy communities, and track their energy data. With local community solutions, you can create an emotionalizing hook for your customer base​.

  • Leverage smart meter data - and implement regulatory requirements easily

    EnergyCommunity processes 15-minute load profiles and enables you to implement legal requirements around renewable energy communities and the RED II (e.g., Mieterstrom / Quartierstrom, Erneuerbare Energiegemeinschaften, communautés d’énergie renouvelable, comunità energetiche rinnovabili).

  • Integrate complex billing structures seamlessly into your SAP architecture

    We offer standard integrations to connect the EnergyCommunity by Exnaton and bpc AG with your SAP architecture. The standard integration is possible for SAP IS-U, SAP S/4U, SAP Energy Cloud, SAP subscription billing and other SAP billing systems.

Features

Automate complex billing procedures

EnergyCommunity can automate the billing of local communities, shared entities and peer-to-peer trading. Our applications directly integrate with SAP subscription billing and SAP convergent invoicing, so you will no longer have manual steps in the billing of renew

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Offer dynamic prices

EnergyCommunity computes dynamic prices for renewable energy, depending on its local supply and demand - which creates smart incentives for renewables. The solution can bill energy flows on the 15-minute level and implement dynamic pricing models and smart tariffs.

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Create sustainability insights

EnergyCommunity comes with a user app which shows your customers when they consume energy and where it comes from. It visualizes energy data in a tangible manner, so customers learn ​about their consumption ​patterns This also creates upselling potential for non-commodity products.

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Plans and pricing

All plans include:

Easy setup of energy communitiesWhitelabel web application for users and support/admin agentsBilling energy flows in 15-min intervalsBranding in your corporate identityDynamic tariffing options for energy communities

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Technical Information

Technical details

Solution type Extensions and Add-ons
Category Revenue Management
Industry Oil, Gas, and Energy, Utilities, Public Sector
Works with
  • SAP Receivables Manager

Deployment and operations

The following information is provided by the publisher and applies to the latest app version available on the SAP Store. SAP does not control these policies and procedures; the publisher is solely responsible for the accuracy of the provided information.

Deployment
  • Software-as-a-Service solution This product is delivered online as a subscription service.
  • Integrates with SAP Cloud solutions This product integrates with SAP cloud solutions using standard SAP-approved interfaces and APIs.
  • Cloud Solution This product is designed to be delivered over a network as a cloud service.
  • User Assistance provided Assistance is provided to enable all target users to install configure, and use the solution.
Globalization
  • Localized for business best practices This product has been localized to incorporate local business best practices (e.g. support for local currencies).
  • Internationalized for global customers This product has been internationalized to meet the needs of global customers (e.g. the use of Unicode).
  • Translated user interfaces and documentation User interfaces and documentation for this product have been translated into multiple languages. Please consult product documentation or contact the publisher for more details.
Operations
  • Service Levels >99.5% This product achieves operational performance levels of 99.5% or greater.
  • High availability and disaster recovery This product has been designed to ensure minimal service interruption and quick restoration of service in the event of a disruption.
  • Meets recommended data lifecycle management standards This product meets SAP Store-recommended standards for data lifecycle management and data destruction.
  • Meets SAP Store recommended Service Levels This product meets SAP Store-recommended service levels.
  • Meets recommended support levels This product meets SAP Store-recommended standards for support levels and turnarounds.

Security and compliance

The following information is provided by the publisher and applies to the latest app version available on the SAP Store. SAP does not control these policies and procedures; the publisher is solely responsible for the accuracy of the provided information.

Security
  • Follows the secure software development and operations lifecycle (SDLC) Secure practices include design, architecture, implementation, test, release preparation, shipment, operations, and support. Open-Source components run latest version.
  • Secured with configurable authentication policies This product has been designed for enhanced security by offering configurable authentication policies.
Compliance
  • EU data privacy This product complies with European Union requirements for data privacy.
  • Open source attribution This product complies with the fulfillment of notice and attribution requirements for open source products.
  • Functional correctness This product has been tested for functional correctness using real-life business scenarios of customers.
  • Open source representations, warranties, and support This product complies with the representations, warranties, and support requirements for open source and freeware products.
Privacy policy

SAP's privacy policy is not applicable to the use of this app. Please refer to the privacy policy provided by this app's partner.

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Resources

EnergyCommunity for SAP for Utilities by Exnaton & bpc - SAP Experience Center Walldorf

Industry Cloud Solutions for Utilities “Espresso Sessions” – EnergyCommunity by Exnaton

EnergyCommunity for SAP for Utilities by Exnaton & bpc - Blogpost (DE)

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