AI-driven Energy Management System BEE HIVE helps save costs and generate revenue

BEE HIVE enables companies to dynamically adjust their energy consumption based on current energy prices. By optimizing usage, injection, and storage at the most advantageous moments, companies can save on energy costs while simultaneously reducing their ecological footprint. The platform uses data from digital meters connected to solar panels, charging stations, and other energy sources, combining this with in-depth knowledge of the energy market. This allows for smart responses to fluctuations in the energy market.

BEE HIVE not only provides savings but also offers the opportunity to generate revenue. When imbalance prices for electricity are sufficiently low, solar panels can be completely turned off. This allows the customer to save not only on suspending their energy production but also on the additional amount of energy subsequently taken from the grid at these negative prices. The rapid rise of solar and wind installations is causing increasingly large imbalance prices, making it ever more important to control them through active management.

“BEE HIVE combines BEE’s unique knowledge and expertise with customers' consumption data and energy market data,” says Pallieter Muyldermans, Business Development Manager at BEE. “By deviating from planned production and consumption at the right time with the right volumes, BEE HIVE can automatically facilitate optimal energy savings. This way, BEE customers will always consume, inject, or charge at the most advantageous moments.”

“Thanks to BEE HIVE, we can optimize our energy usage without having to monitor it ourselves, allowing us to fully focus on our core business,” says François Celis, CEO of André Celis Bouwmaterialen, one of the first users of BEE HIVE. “Thanks to this smart technology, we can save energy and generate revenue at the right moments. It’s a complete solution that perfectly aligns with our sustainability ambitions.”