ZE Energy.
Hybrid plants that run themselves.
How a hybrid solar-and-storage operator turned live plant telemetry, forecasts and market signals into autonomous bidding and dispatch — every asset, in real time, on the ZEN platform.
Hybrid plants need 24/7 decisions.
ZE Energy operates hybrid solar power plants that combine solar generation, battery storage and grid services across multiple markets. Running them means reconciling grid-operator signals, weather and irradiance forecasts, energy prices, and capacity requirements from market operators — then deciding which assets to commit, to which market, at what price. Done by hand, every commitment and dispatch decision is reactive, manual and slow: the plant can only earn what people have time to optimise, around the clock.
What the system handles.
Plant telemetry, in real time
Onboard sensors and the plant control system stream solar production, battery state of charge and health, and grid frequency from every hybrid plant — continuously, so the platform always knows what each asset can actually deliver.
Market & forecast intelligence
Energy prices, weather and irradiance forecasts, grid-operator signals and market capacity requirements converge into one knowledge layer. The system sees the full picture — technical and commercial — before it decides.
Automated bidding & commitment
Which assets to commit, to which market, at what price — optimised continuously across day-ahead, intra-day and balancing timeframes from production forecasts, storage levels and price signals. Awards are accepted or rejected automatically.
Economical dispatch
Once a market award lands, dispatch setpoints flow back to the plant in real time — respecting battery state, ramp limits and grid constraints. Arbitrage, balancing and ancillary services, all executed under policy.
How the Ze-Energy platform is wired.
Plant edge, energy markets, grid operators, and forecasts flow into one platform — through signals, into knowledge, back out as dispatch decisions. Operated in real time, every flow traced.
What it changes.
"Thanks to Skilld and Plasma, our hybrid power plants are monitored and operated in real time. It's at the core of our business model."Mathieu Lassagne, CEO, ZE ENERGY