Consulting

All Services From A Single Source

  • Competent support
  • Global Suppliers
  • 24/7 Remote Monitoring

For the realization of your project, Upside Group provides competent support during the entire process, from the planning to the technical design, building permit and construction of the plant as well as the technical and commercial management.

Upside Group has a global network of premium suppliers in the field of storage technology, battery management, module and inverter manufacturing, installation teams, maintenance specialists, financing and insurance experts as well as a 24/7 remote monitoring via Internet.

Services are only offered in our core markets of Europe, North America and South and East Africa.

Project Development

We offer developers and owners of project sites who are coordinating project development activities a comprehensive concept from a single source:

  • Preliminary research / Checklist
  • Technical design of the project (preliminary and detailed planning)
  • Pre-calculation
  • Profitability calculation based on performance and profitability and earnings analysis
  • Temporal and commercial planning
  • Financial organization
  • Legal and fiscal project organization
  • Assistance during the approval process
  • Acquisition of property and project rights

Project Management

Managing complex projects is one of the core competencies of Upside Group. Drafting suitable projects and successfully implementing them within the scheduled timeframe and financial plan, which was agreed upon, has become a key success factor in view of the ever increasing pricing pressure and the rapid changes in spite of sinking costs in the storage and EE sector.

That is why it is highly important to us to that the construction of the projects overseen by us are exclusively realized by experienced and competent companies. We are connected to a global network of specialists and prequalified prime contractors able to ensure the success of the project even from a distance.

  • JIT delivery of components and infrastructure
  • Optimized construction process
  • Transformer connection
  • Power connection
  • Prequalification

Service

We will optimize your system performance: For more than 15 years, we have successfully been monitoring and optimizing the technical operation of plants of many different manufacturers.

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Regular maintenance
  • 24/7 remote monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
  • Selective status request / revenue loss calculation
  • Module cleaning
  • Thermographic error analysis
  • Security related monitoring and insurance coverage
  • System updates and implementation of new PSC requirements
  • Accounting
  • Direct marketing of electricity
  • Commercial management
  • Reporting

Due Diligence

We assume the role of “owner’s engineer”, distinguish your project’s requirements and implement them efficiently.

  • Assistance in the bankability process of new project components
  • Procurement of project financing
  • Ensuring the project compatibility with national building regulations and technical specifications of public agencies and energy suppliers
  • Implementation of reliable remote-maintenance systems and access for energy suppliers
  • Optimizing and re-powering your project (optimizing BMS, charge level tests and renewals, PV module exchanges)
  • Upgrading the optimization potential of irradiation and performance analyses to improve the financing terms
  • Reports on loss prevention and loss research

Innovation and Efficiency

We see ourselves as leading innovators in the field of business development for energy storage.

We are a member of the Federal Association for Energy Storage (BVES) and support the organization of the general conditions for the energy market of the future. As a member of the Institute for Energy and Competition Law in the Municipal Economy (EWeRK) we are looking for solutions to current issues concerning energy law, which enable a technically and economically reasonable inclusion of energy storage.

Due to the long-term cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute Magdeburg (IFF), we ensure scientific supervision and the processing of the experience gained from operating our energy storage systems.

Between the priorities of energy production and consumption, we conduct studies and simulations of complex topics for an energy market with a high ratio of decentralized generation systems.

We advise local authorities and communities on the practical implementation of innovative approaches to more energy self-sufficiency from a market economy perspective.

We support reputable companies and start-ups during the preparation and formulation of the energy related business models and during the implementation of sustainable logistics and mobility concepts, in particular of electromobility.

We support companies in improving energy efficiency.