OUR MISSION
SOLUTIONS
PROJECTS
SOLUTIONS
Optimal solutions across power business with broad lineup and flexible system scalability
To align with the global developments and changes in the power industry, Mitsubishi Electric offers a series of self-developed and packaged software products “BLEnDer®”, for the power market and designed to comprehensively address power trading and supply-demand control.*1
Since its launch in 2003, new functions have been added to each package and new packages to the lineup. Today we offer a total of 20 packaged software products with a supply record for numerous customers.*2
BLEnDer® will keenly align with the changes in power market and industry and support our customers to contribute to their smarter operation of the power transmission and distribution network and growth of the power industry.
*1 Stands for “Bid Liaison and Energy Dispatcher” to express the core operations in the power market.
*2 As of March 2024
BLEnDer® package Product lineup
category
package product
function
overview
Integrated Platform
BLEnDerⓇ DEP
Digital energy platform
Realizes centralized management of DERs with various communication cycles and control methods as well as smart meter power information.
Distributed Power
AN
Active Network Management
Distributed energy resource management for utilities
Manages grid congestion by visualizing and using the exibility of DERs.
DR
Demand Response
Demand response
Performs DR commands, monitoring, and settlement for consumers in accordance with the Open ADR standard.
AC
Aggregation Coordination
Aggregation coordination
Coordinates DERs by monitoring and controlling to maximize asset value.
RE
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy management
Monitors and controls renewables and storage battery systems.
Supply-Demand Operation
LF
Load Forecast
Load forecast
Predicts short-term loads from weather forecasts and historical data.
PM
Portfolio Manager
Portfolio manager
Dispatches supply-demand plans that maximize revenue while taking into account constraints and power trading.
BP
Business Protocol
Business protocols
Submits supply-demand plans to the “Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators“ in accordance with business protocols.
BM
Balance Manager
Balance manager
Monitors real time supply-demand balancing for retailers and generators.
CM
Contract Manager
Contract manager
Manages a master data repository for contracts, asset information, and generator models.
Power Trading
Trader
Trader
Power trading support
Supports online trading in the wholesale power market and balancing reserves market.
AMI
AH
Advanced Head-End
Communication network management
Manages and controls smart meters that support various types of next-generation communication.
AM
Advanced Meter Data Management
Meter data management
Realizes advanced operations of the distribution grid by collecting and analyzing next-generation smart meter data.
MESH
MESH
Wireless mesh communication
Realizes secure and reliable wireless multi-hop communication.
ICE
Intelligent Communication Edge
Wireless terminal for sensor networks
Realizes the remote monitoring and control of various sensors and automated co-meter reading for water and gas.
Transmission Access and Rate Management Domestic only
BP
Business Protocol
Information disclosure
Realizes the disclosure of wheeling information and acceptance of wheeling applications in accordance with business protocols.
TS
Transmission Service
Wheeling settlement
Calculates the wheeling fees of transmission and distribution networks.
RS
Balancing Reserves Settlement
Balancing reserves settlement
Enhances processing precision and achieves labor savings for balancing reserves settlement operation.
Retail
PI
Performance Indicator
Financial manager
Calculates monthly and daily income and expenditure statuses based on supply-demand plans, generation results, and demand results.
GD
Gathering Dispatcher
Gathering dispatcher
Provides a platform to collect actual power consumption data disclosed by utilities and openly distribute it to specied recipients.
Environmental Value Management
CN for Supplier
Carbon Neutral
Environmental added value management
Manages environmental added value in a green certication portfolio.
Multi-Region EMS
Multi-Region Energy Management System
Efficient planning and management of environmental value-added energy including interchange among sites
The multi-region EMS service allows to manage sites decarbonization targets with an high granularity. Green energy resources, exchanges among sites, certificates and other options are seamlessly integrated. This enables the environment manager to achieve the carbon neutral target.
