Schneider Electric, today announces the launch of its local battery energy storage solution, Schneider Boost Pro, across Europe. The new solution helps both commercial and industrial sites to cut energy costs, reduce their carbon footprint and ensure their operations continue to run smoothly.
Driven by the continued electrification and the growing transition from CO₂-intensive oil and gas-based production to more sustainable manufacturing approaches, renewables now generate 50% of the electricity used in the EU. Increasing this figure is proving challenging, however, due to renewable variability, intermittency and the need for grid modernisation to deliver a flexible and interactive system.
The Schneider Boost Pro battery storage system is also suitable for deployment in depot environments to support the charging of heavy-duty vehicles such as buses and trucks. Additionally, it can be integrated into transit infrastructure – such as along highways – where reliable and high-capacity charging solutions are essential.
Scalable from 200kWh to 2MWh, by combining up to 10 units, Schneider Boost Pro is part of Schneider Electric’s end-to-end solution to optimise energy operations as demand grows. This comprehensive solution includes power distribution, EV chargers, edge control, software and services.
Schneider Boost Pro offers a range of benefits:
- Self-Consumption Optimisation: Stores surplus renewable energy to maximise its use and increase energy independence.
- Extra Power Allocation: Balances energy use across different sites, using a pre-charged battery energy storage system when the required energy demand is higher than the energy available. Also provides reliable backup power during outages.
- Tariff Management: Enables customers to manage self-consumption and load shifting. Battery charges during off-peak hours, when electricity prices are low, and discharges during peak hours, when prices are high, to reduce energy costs.
- Revenue Generation: Responds to transmission system operator (TSO) signals to flexibly manage energy use, enabling additional income streams while supporting grid stability.
Key product features:
- Scalability: Up to ten Schneider Boost Pro units can be combined, delivering a total capacity of up to 2 MWh – ideal for growing energy demands.
- Certified Cybersecurity by Design: Ensures comprehensive data protection and encrypted communications, meeting the highest security standards.
- AI-driven insights: Integrates with EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor, a cloud-based, AI-powered solution capable of forecasting weather conditions, site production, demand schemes and market conditions, enabling more accurate predictions and optimised decision-making.
- Support and Service: Starts with expert installation and includes tailored service and maintenance plans, rapid response times, and the option for remote maintenance to ensure maximum system uptime.
Jean-Baptiste Hazard, Senior Vice President and Head of eMobility at Schneider Electric, said, “By 2030, commercial and industrial buildings will face up to 35% higher electricity demand, driven largely by deployment of EV charging infrastructure. Yet, many organisations are constrained by limited grid capacity and intermittent renewable generation.”
