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BelVis - Software Solutions for Energy

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KISTERS’ BelVis Energy Suiteprovides management tools for the entire Energy value stream:

• Metering and Metering Service Providers

• Distribution and Sub-Station • Energy Procurement, Sales,

and Trade • Generators and Generation

Management

Our MissionWater, air quality, and energy are

humankind’s basic resources. Efficient use

of these resources is the key challenge of

our generation. KISTERS is committed to

management and utilization of time series

data for the successful achievement of this

goal, today and tomorrow.

Markets & ProductsWe offer standard software solutions for

the energy markets and the management of

water and air, for environment protection, for

the handling of hazardous substances and

dangerous goods, for safety at work and

health care. KISTERS offers high-capacity

scalable systems, which can easily be

tailored to customers’ and local demands.

This is why KISTERS software is in operation

in Europe and North America as well as the

Asian and Pacific regions. Our customers

are private companies - from small firms up

to well-known multinationals - as well as

public administrative authorities.

SOFTWARE

ENERGY MARKET SOFTWAREENERGY MARKET SOFTWARE

Centered around the KISTERS’ Energy Data Manager (EDM), our Energy Software Suite can be tailored to your system needs.

DISTRIBUTION SALES TRADE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY

BelVis PPMPower Plant Management

BelVis NNMNetwork Access Manager

BelVis PROSystem Load Forecast

BelVis SODARemote Meter Reading

BelVis MDMMeter Data Management

BelVis PROSales Forecast

BelVis PRICEQuotation Wizard

BelVis KWMVendor Switch Manager

BelVis PFMPortfolio Management

BelVis PROPrice Forecast

BelVis RISKRisk Management

BelVis OptRisPortfolio Optimization

BelVis PROLoad and Price Forecast

BelVis RMResource Management

BelVis WEBCust. Consumption Data

BelVis IndustryEDM for Site Operators

BelVis WEBCust. Consumption Data

BelVis EDM POWER / GASEnergy Data Management

BelVis SODARemote Meter Reading

BelVis EDMBelVis Energy Data Management provides all of the most important basic data management functions for the entire BelVis software family. “From data creation to billing”, EDM securely preserves every data point while providing complete flexibility for manipulating collected data for other energy management functions. EDM is the core of an entire system network, which includes: •Connectiontoremotemeterreadingsystems(MDM) •Integrationofallmajorbillingsystems,suchasSAP,Oracle,NorthStar,

and can be customized to “in-house” and other legacy systems. •Connectiontootherdatasuppliersforweatherdata,prices,utilization

fees and more •Easytoconfigure,suitsanysizeofcompany,andoffersafullrangeof

operating versions

BelVis SODABelVisSODAAMIcontrolcenteristheinterfacetopracticallyallsmartmeteringsolutionsinthemeteringfieldcapableofbeingconnectedovermodern protocols. The requirements of the new metering service provider rolearefulfilledoveraninterfaceformarketcommunication.The BelVis SODA hardware control center provides: •Readingdatavalues,meterreadingsandloadprofilesfromdata

loggers and connected meters •Regularreadingorreadondemand •Meterregistration(duringcommissioning) •Switching,turn-onandturn-off •Meterlockingandunlocking •Settingthetime •Basicdatacomparison •Importingpushdata •ForwardingandinterfacetoBelVisMDMorotherMDMsystems •RateadTariffconfiguration •DemandResponseandLoadLimitingsupport •PrepaidEnergysupport

BelVis MDMBelVis MDM quickly processes very large volumes of metering data and events from multiple meter data sources at the lowest possible total cost. AMI,AMR,ManualReading,andCustomerServiceprovideddataiscollected,integratedandunifiedforseamlessutilization.Additionally,seamlessconnectiontoBelVis’sSODAdatacollectionhardwareand3rdpartyAMIsystemsispossibleusingstandardprotocols(includingSOAPandSML-SmartMeterLanguage).BelVis MDM key features include: •Massdatacapabilities •HighSpeedprocessingthroughspecializedtimeseries

management tools •Scalability–Fromsmallmunicipalitysupportthrough

multi-million point urban utility settings •SupportsarangeofAMIsystems •Onlinedatadisplay •Powerfulconfigurationoptionsfortailoreddeployment

BelVis ResOptBelVis ResOpt is the optimization software for all participants in the energy market,fromthegeneratorsandIPPs(IndependentPowerProducers)toenergy supply and public utility companies, right through to energy intensive industry players. BelVis ResOpt optimally plans out structures, resource streams, portfolios and systems, and plans the management of energy resources in a multi-energy and multi-market environment with the clear goals of: •increasingprofit •reducingcosts •protectingresourcestreamsandavoidingemissions

BelVis PROBelVisPROisaprovenadvancedforecastingtoolfortheenergyIndustry,utilizing the algorithmic processes to create high-quality prognoses in energy management, BelVis PRO secures a broad range of tasks in energy sales, distribution and trading, whose success depends on the most accurate forecastofthesemarkets.InthecoreofBelVisPRO,powerfulmethodsandcomprehensiveloadprofilelibrariesensurehighqualityandunparalleledcomputedspeedresults.ForecastsprovidedbyBelVisPRObenefitfromKISTERS’ 25+ years of time-series management expertise and over ten years of energy data management expertise. KISTERS’ extensive algorithm library, developed over two decades includes: •fuzzyandneuro-fuzzylogic •ANN(ArtificialNeuralNetworks) •ALN(AdaptiveLogicNetwork) •ARMA,ARIMA,ARIMAX •similar-dayprofilemethods •multivariatelinearregression •Kalmanfiltering •exponentialsmoothing

BelVis PPMBelVis PPM is the Energy Data Management system for power plant operators.Itenablestheentireenergycycletobemappedintimeseries,from generation right through to the supply terminals in the transmission or distribution networks, thus supporting the entire process: •Remotemeterreading •Validationandadjustmentofload •Profiledata •Calculationofderivedpowerandenergytimeseriesasrequiredbythe

market partners •Provisionofatraceableandaudit-proofbasisforadjustingthefinancial

balance between the energy ordered and the energy supplied

BelVis RiskBelVisRiskistheidealsupplementtoBelVisPortfolioManagement(PPM).This add-on module supports risk management, with a particular focus on: •Creditrisk(counterpartycreditrisk) •Pricerisk •Volumerisk

BelVisRISKprovidestheuserwithvariousfunctionsinreportform,suchaslimitmanagementandmonitoring,Mark-to-Market(MTM)calculations,andvariousriskmeasures,suchasdeltariskandVaR.MarketpricesandHPFCscan be entered into the system as they accrue on each trading day as a basis for all risk measures.

BelVis WEBBelVis WEB is a user-friendly online visualization and data retrieval tool that can be customized for both commercial and industrial customers. Using BelVis WEB, you are able to offer your large energy users made-to-measure information services to provide a rapid overview of their own usage behavior, for both power and gas: •Daily,monthlyandannualconsumptionfigurescanbeselectedinthe

form of time series graphs and summary tables •Displayofusagedataisavailableinarangeoftimelevels(year,month,

day),indifferentresolutions(15minutes,dailyvalues)andseparatedby low and high tariff

•Customerswithmorethanoneextractionpointareallocated“Regrouped Extraction Point” time series and aggregations

•Forthepurposeoffurtherprocessing,thedataisavailablefordownloadinstandardExcel,TXT,andCSVformats

BelVis, Software Solutions for Entire Commercial Energy Process

BelVis MDM/EDMMeter Data Management

Data Time Series ManagementData Validation

BelVis PFMAsset Portfolio ManagementEnergy Trading Management

Risk managementProgram management

BelVis ResOptAdvanced Plant, Pricing, and

Supply Optimization Tools

ISO, Regulator, and Load Profile InputsAMI/AMR

Weather-, Price, …(APX, HPFC)

BelVis Standard Forecast(Long, mid and short term forecasting)

Regression, SLP estimation, time shiftingLoad profile shifting, comparable days

BelVis PRO(Short and mid term forecasting)

More sophisticated methods like ANNALN, Fuzzy, Neuro-fuzzy

Leading Systems (e.g. Axapta, Amyyon, Ebis, SAP ISU)

BelVis Web Viewer