• Microgrid Controllers & DERMS

The Intelligence That Makes Your
DER System Outperform the Grid

AMRENERGY’s proprietary microgrid edge controllers and DER Management Software (DERMS) coordinate every energy source on your site — solar, batteries, fuel cells, generators, and grid — to continuously minimize your cost of electricity and maximize resilience.

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The Brain of Your Energy System

Without Intelligence, a DER System Is Just Hardware

A solar array, battery bank, and fuel cell sitting on your property don’t automatically save money or provide resilience. What makes them work together — optimally, continuously, without human intervention — is the control layer. AMRENERGY’s microgrid controllers and DERMS platform are the intelligence that turns hardware into a cost-cutting, resilience-delivering energy system.

AMRENERGY’s DERMS is a proprietary platform built specifically for commercial and industrial DER environments. It interfaces with all equipment via MODBus protocol, aggregates real-time data from every source and load on your site, and dispatches each energy resource to minimize your total electricity cost — second by second, every day of the year.

Platform Capabilities

What AMRENERGY's DERMS Does for Your Facility

01Demand Forecasting & Peak Shaving

The DERMS analyzes your facility's historical load data and real-time consumption to forecast upcoming demand peaks — dispatching battery storage or adjusting generation mix to shave peaks before the utility can record them.

02Load Balancing Across All Sources

Solar, batteries, fuel cells, grid, and generators are continuously balanced to deliver power at the lowest blended cost, with automatic failover between sources in milliseconds when any source changes state.

03Time-of-Use Optimization

TOU rate schedules are programmed into the DERMS. The system automatically shifts generation, charging, and discharging to minimize exposure to high-rate periods and maximize off-peak charging cycles.

04Grid Islanding & Reconnection

When the grid goes down, the microgrid controller automatically islands your facility — maintaining power to designated loads — and seamlessly reconnects when grid power is restored, with synchronized frequency matching.

05Sub-Metering for Multi-Tenant Billing

For corporate campuses, multi-tenant buildings, and mixed-use properties, AMRENERGY's DERMS tracks and reports energy consumption per tenant or zone — enabling accurate DER cost allocation and sub-metering billing.

06System Performance & Alert Monitoring

Every component on the DER system reports its status to the DERMS in real time. Anomalies trigger automatic alerts to AMRENERGY's O&M team, enabling proactive intervention before minor issues become costly failures.

07Demand Response Dispatch

In eligible utility markets, the DERMS can receive demand response signals and automatically dispatch stored energy or curtail load, earning bill credits or revenue from your utility's demand response program.

08Scalable Architecture

AMRENERGY's control platform is designed to grow with your facility. Additional generation or storage assets can be integrated without replacing the core controller — future-proofing your investment as your energy needs evolve.

System Architecture

Three Layers of Control, One Unified System

AMRENERGY’s control architecture operates across three integrated layers — from the physical hardware at your site to edge computing to cloud-based analytics — delivering both real-time millisecond response and long-term optimization intelligence.

HardwareField-Level Equipment & Sensors

Solar inverters, battery management systems (BMS), fuel cell power conditioning units, smart meters, and switchgear — all communicating via MODBus TCP/IP and other industrial protocols to the AMRENERGY edge controller.

EdgeAMREN Microgrid Edge Controller (On-Site)

The on-site controller processes real-time signals from all equipment and executes dispatch decisions in milliseconds — independently of cloud connectivity. This ensures your microgrid responds to outages and load changes without latency or internet dependency.

DERMSCloud-Based DERMS Platform (Remote)

The cloud layer aggregates historical performance data, trains load forecasting models, manages TOU schedules, generates reports, handles sub-metering billing, and provides the AMRENERGY O&M team with remote diagnostics and control capability from anywhere.

Supported Integration Protocols
  • MODBus TCP/IP
  • MODBus RTU
  • SunSpec
  • IEEE 1547
  • DNP3
  • IEC 61850
  • OpenADR 2.0
  • REST API
Where It Delivers Value

Control Systems for Every C&I Facility Type

Industrial & Manufacturing

Manage complex load profiles, coordinate multiple generation sources, and protect high-value equipment from outages with millisecond-speed islanding.

Corporate Campuses

Optimize energy costs across multiple buildings, provide sub-meter billing by department, and report real-time sustainability metrics to stakeholders.

Multi-Tenant Properties

Allocate on-site solar and storage benefits fairly across tenants with automated sub-metering — a differentiating amenity that improves leasing competitiveness and NOI.

Data Centers

Millisecond grid-to-battery switchover protects IT loads. Continuous demand monitoring prevents utility demand charge spikes from batch processing or cooling surges.

EV Fleet Depots

Intelligently schedule and throttle EV charging to stay below demand charge thresholds, using on-site solar and battery storage to power vehicles at the lowest possible cost per mile.

Healthcare & Critical Facilities

Ensure continuous power to life safety systems with automatic islanding, backed by real-time monitoring and 24/7 AMRENERGY operations support.

See What Intelligent Control Can Do for Your Energy Costs

AMRENERGY will model how DERMS optimization applies to your specific utility rate structure, load profile, and DER configuration.

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FAQ

Common Questions About Microgrid Control Systems

A microgrid controller is the on-site hardware and software that executes real-time dispatch decisions — switching between sources in milliseconds, managing islanding, and maintaining grid synchronization. DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management Software) is the higher-level platform that provides forecasting, scheduling, reporting, and optimization functions over longer time horizons. AMRENERGY’s architecture integrates both layers into a unified system.

Yes. AMRENERGY’s DERMS uses industry-standard protocols including MODBus TCP/IP, MODBus RTU, SunSpec, and others to integrate with most commercial inverters, battery management systems, and generation equipment. Our engineering team will assess your existing equipment and design an integration plan during the system design phase.

The on-site AMREN edge controller operates fully independently of internet connectivity. All real-time dispatch decisions — including peak shaving, islanding, and load balancing — are executed locally. Internet connectivity is only required for cloud-based functions like reporting, remote diagnostics, and TOU schedule updates, which can be cached locally.

Yes. AMRENERGY’s DERMS supports OpenADR 2.0 demand response signaling, enabling automatic response to utility demand response events. When a demand response event is triggered, the DERMS can dispatch battery storage, curtail deferrable loads, or increase on-site generation — earning demand response credits or payments on your behalf.

Every AMRENERGY DER system connects to our cloud-based DERMS, where our O&M team monitors real-time performance 24/7. Automated alerts notify the team of any equipment faults, performance deviations, or communication failures. Most issues are diagnosed and resolved remotely; field service is dispatched when hardware intervention is required.