Zitara for BESS is an industry-first on-prem solution that enhances battery energy storage system (BESS) availability, performance, and reliability with real-time, cell-level monitoring and controls. By addressing widespread balancing and signal accuracy issues in LFP-based BESS, Zitara helps maximize asset availability, improve energy forecasting, and optimize power delivery.
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of Zitara for BESS — an industry-first on-prem solution that improves energy storage asset availability, performance, and reliability with precise, cell-level monitoring and controls.
Why Zitara for BESS?
At Zitara, we’ve been developing industry-best cloud and edge algorithms for SoC, power forecasting, and balancing for 6+ years across a variety of LFP battery applications.
We’ve reviewed many GWh·years of BMS data from utility-scale BESS across North American, European, and Asian energy markets. Our review has revealed an alarming trend - the vast majority of systems built with LFP cells (the majority of sites since 2020) suffer from substantial problems with balancing, availability, and signal accuracy, with site-level SoC error commonly exceeding 15% during discharging events.
If you’ve experienced poor power and energy availability or have ongoing issues with balancing your system, reach out to schedule a free Insights Report that will show the magnitude and root cause behind the errors and imbalances in your system. We’ll also show how Zitara for BESS can improve your availability and revenue performance and why it’s the industry-leading choice for doing so.
Real-time Market Participation Signals
Trade more confidently and aggressively with our precise real-time telemetry signals — SoC, energy availability, and forward-looking max power derating.
Maximize Asset Availability through Intelligent Balancing
Our recommended balancing protocols tell you precisely which racks to take down for how long, helping you plan effectively and minimize asset downtime.
Secure, On-prem, and tailored for your BESS
Our secure on-prem algorithms are customized for your site and replace inaccurate OEM SCADA points and controls directly at the edge, making Zitara the only real-time BESS monitoring solution compatible with your NERC CIP Level 2 resiliency case.
To learn more about Zitara for BESS, reach out to schedule a free Insights Report.
Cell balance
Cell balance refers to the differences in state of charge of the series cells in a battery pack. The amount of imbalance is the highest cell’s state of charge (SoC) minus the lowest cell’s
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