Integrated Capacity Allocation & Nomination Platform for Energy Interconnectors

The client operates a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnection between two major energy markets, supporting over 70 participating organizations. Existing workflows involve multiple legacy systems for auctions, nominations, and energy flow management, resulting in fragmented user experiences, decreased productivity, technical bottlenecks, and barriers to innovation. The client faces difficulties in optimizing utilization, managing outages, reducing financial losses, and deploying new products swiftly.

A large utility or transmission operator managing high-capacity interconnection infrastructure between national grids, requiring a modern, scalable platform for capacity allocation, nominations, and operations management.

• Deliver a unified, seamless platform that consolidates auctioning, nomination, and energy flow management workflows.
• Enhance operational productivity and decision-making with comprehensive data dashboards and automation.
• Implement modern, well-documented APIs for easy integration with client and third-party internal systems.
• Minimize operational disruptions and curtailment losses during outages or unforeseen events.
• Enable rapid deployment of innovative products and features to adapt to a dynamic energy market.
• Ensure platform stability, security, and performance for critical infrastructure management.

• Unified user interface for managing capacity auctions, nominations, and energy flows.
• Automated workflows to reduce manual interventions and enable faster decision-making.
• Data dashboards offering 360-degree views of auction statuses, capacity allocations, and market positions.
• Modern REST APIs enabling seamless system integrations for diverse client and third-party systems.
• Real-time operational alerts and fallback procedures to manage unplanned outages swiftly.
• Support for over-the-counter and post-auction capacity trading, including innovative auction types.
• Scalable architecture supporting future product development and increased transaction volume.

• Existing control point systems for operational command and control
• European energy market platforms and data providers
• Third-party trading and auction platforms
• Internal customer systems and internal data warehouses

• High availability with 99.9% uptime
• Real-time data processing and updates
• Robust security and compliance with industry standards
• Scalability to support future growth and product expansion
• Performance metrics ensuring rapid response times for user interactions

The implementation of this integrated platform aims to significantly increase operational efficiency, reducing workload and manual errors, with measurable improvements such as a potential 20-30% increase in productivity. Real-time dashboards will enable better decision-making, while automated workflows and APIs will facilitate rapid deployment of new products and services. Enhanced outage management can decrease financial losses through minimized curtailments, and the modern architecture will support future innovations, maintaining the client’s competitive edge in energy interconnection management.