Grid solutions
N-SIDE helps system operators make optimal decisions by providing AI software solutions, from system planning to the control room of the future.
Power exchange solutions
Seamlessly match supply and demand in challenging electricity markets. N-SIDE is the trusted provider of auction-based electricity market clearing algorithms.
Forecasting
N-SIDE uses machine learning to produce a variety of forecasts for system operators, including system imbalance forecast, reserve needs forecast and congestion risk forecast.
Power Matching
This robust market clearing algorithm matches supply and demand bids in a closed-gate auction fashion, considering potential congestion and other constraints.
Outage Planning Optimization
Leverage advanced analytics to determine the optimal strategy and daily schedule for grid interventions and related outages.
Dynamic Reserves Dimensioning
TSOs: dynamically adapt reserves volume based on the real imbalance risk faced by the system using machine learning and advanced analytics.
Professional Services
Whether your challenge can be solved by our existing products or requires the development of new analytics solutions and market design approaches, our team is ready to help.
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Co-creation
Build the optimal solution with help from the experts
Using our co-creation approach, we’ll work with you to create a production-ready solution that meets your exact needs.
Phase 1: Prototyping
1A combined team of experts from N-SIDE and your business will co-create a prototype solution using advanced analytics.
We rely on a lean approach using short iteration cycles during this phase. After each development cycle, you’ll have the opportunity to assess the value of the new solution and make a stop, pivot, or go decision.
Phase 2: Industrialization
2We design prototypes in such a way that successful ones can be easily turned into production-ready applications.
A team of dedicated software engineers will make sure your application is seamlessly integrated within your IT and operational ecosystems and has the necessary computational power in the cloud. Finally, it will be extensively tested to ensure it is robust and reliable.
Phase 3: Support
3N-SIDE provides ongoing support, maintenance, and continuous improvement for our co-created solution.
“With N-SIDE, we can rely on a team of analytics experts that understand the business, and with whom we can collaborate intensively to prototype and build impactful solutions which can be adopted by our employees.”
Elia GroupBenefits
We’re not just analytics experts; we’re energy industry experts as well. This allows us to rapidly understand your challenge and draw possible solutions from our own experience.
The N-SIDE team has expertise in a wide range of advanced analytics techniques. We pride ourselves on always being able to apply the right technique for the job.
N-SIDE remains at the cutting edge of our field, maintaining close relationships with leading researchers and institutions to incorporate the latest academic findings into our state-of-the-art solutions.
Related products
N-SIDE's Power Matching solutions for system operators and power exchanges are robust market clearing algorithms optimizing supply and demand matching in a closed-gate auction fashion.
Determine the optimal strategy and schedule for grid interventions and related outages, leveraging advanced analytics to understand constraints and achieve your business objectives.
The Dynamic Reserves Dimensioning solution enables system operators to move closer to a real-time dimensioning approach, allowing them to better adapt reserves to the real imbalance risk faced by the system.
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Co-create AI applications in power systems: An example through the smart work and outage planning use case
N-SIDE and Elia stakeholders describe the Co-creation approach used to develop the Outage Planning Optimization solution.
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Soteria optimizes TSO-DSO coordination & unlocks unused distributed flexibility
N-SIDE is proud to work on the Soteria project. We’re working with TSOs and DSOs to unlock unused distributed flexibility and ensure proper consumer-TSO-DSO coordination to guarantee safe operation of the grids.
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FlexPlan: long-term grid investment planning tool
N-SIDE is involved in the FlexPlan project, which aims to establish a new grid planning methodology that considers the opportunity to introduce new storage and flexibility resources in electricity transmission and distribution grids.
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