Does the location of my battery affect what it earns in Germany?

Earning Revenue from Your Battery

Your DSO sets the local limits

Wholesale and balancing markets work the same way at every site in Germany, so differences come from the local grid. Your DSO sets the terms of your grid connection, and some DSOs attach additional restrictions, for example no discharging during midday hours. Local restrictions limit how freely your battery can follow market prices. With Entrix LocalFlex, we adapt the optimization to them.

Restrictions differ in what they cost

Depending on its type and level, a local restriction can barely matter or cost a large share of your battery’s revenue. Limits on charging power and caps on balancing services usually weigh most.

We calculate what your site costs before you build

Grid connection terms are usually fixed before a battery is built. Before you build, we calculate what the local restrictions cost your business case. You can compare sites and prepare the discussion with your DSO on those numbers. Once your battery trades, we build the restrictions into its optimization.

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How does Entrix handle ramp rate restrictions?
Entrix dispatches your battery storage system within the ramp rate your grid operator allows. Our algorithm holds one setpoint across consecutive delivery periods, so your battery delivers more energy within the limit than with a return to zero after each period.
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How does Entrix handle grid restrictions on an asset?
Entrix builds your grid restrictions into the optimization, so your battery storage system keeps trading within them. A limit fixed in your connection agreement enters as a constraint. A limit your grid operator sets dynamically enters as a signal. Grid limits are an input to the optimization, not a reason to stop trading.
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Does Entrix tailor its trading strategy to each asset?
Yes. Entrix configures its trading strategy to each battery storage system. Before trading begins, we analyze its hardware and site and set up the algorithm for its opportunity space: what the asset can technically do, which markets it can access and which limits apply.
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Does Entrix's performance vary by season or day of the week?
Yes. A battery’s revenues follow the market’s seasons. They are typically highest from spring to early autumn, when strong solar generation drives price spreads. Weekday and weekend patterns shift with market conditions and follow no fixed rule.
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Across which markets does Entrix trade battery assets?
Entrix trades your battery storage system in several German markets at the same time. Our multi-market optimization decides continuously how to split its capacity across them to maximize total revenue.
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Why do batteries of the same size earn different revenues?
Because each battery has its own opportunity space: the full set of strategies that are physically possible and contractually permitted for it. Two batteries with the same power and duration can face very different conditions, and those conditions decide what each one can earn.
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