Intertrust Launches Flexworks: AI-driven Distributed Energy Planning Tool to Take Program Design and Valuation to the Next Level

New tool removes guesswork in planning distributed energy (DER) systems, reducing deployment from months to minutes, helping energy providers optimize performance and maximize revenue potential.

BERKELEY, CA

Intertrust, a leader in trusted distributed systems,  today announced Intertrust FlexworksTM, an AI-based distributed energy resource (DER) valuation tool that makes designing and launching DER-based programs fast and accurate.

Using Flexworks, energy innovators can develop, validate, and optimize DER programs by precisely modeling the output of networks of batteries, EVs, solar inverters, and other energy assets in their respective energy markets.

Trained on real asset and market conditions, Flexworks provides accurate data-driven analyses to replace the guesswork, transforming months of complex valuation into minutes of real-time, transparent insights.

Key highlights –

• Speed-to-assessment. Condenses months of complex DER analysis into minutes of real-time accurate insights.
• Comprehensive modeling. Simulates performance across various energy markets and equipment by brand and model.
• Easy to use. Intuitive planner-friendly web interface. Modular architecture comes with data but also allows users to add their own data to the system,
• Diverse applications. Serves utilities, virtual power plant (VPP) providers, energy retailers, and project developers.
• Immediate availability and international coverage. Ready for American, European, and Japanese energy markets. Energy organizations interested in Flexworks can learn more and schedule expert consultations through Intertrust’s website

Flexworks serves diverse market segments, enabling small to mid-size utilities and municipalities to skip costly consultants and build programs with internal teams. Similarly, VPPs can validate business models, forecast returns, and win utility contracts. 

Energy retailers benefit by assessing market positioning and crafting compelling behind-the-meter offerings, while project developers and installers can justify investments and uncover profitable service areas before deployment.

“DER program design is a balancing act between grid performance and distributed asset selection–all too often, planners overbuild systems based on guesswork killing their profit margins in the process,” said Zaki Alattar, head of energy product management at Intertrust. “We designed Flexworks to provide precise modeling based on real world data to surgically optimize that critical balance and make flex systems profitable from the get-go.”

With Flexworks, users can rationalize market structures by selecting historical, forecast, or custom prices for any node, zone, or service territory while capturing ancillary markets and transmission and distribution charges by region. Users can fine-tune program design by comparing credits, financing offers, and incentives to determine the most economical program structure.

About Intertrust

Intertrust, a pioneer and innovator in the field of trusted distributed computing, creates solutions to persistently protect IoT services and data assets—in transit, in use, and at rest. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Intertrust develops and licenses its technologies for IoT, AI, and Web3. Its digital rights management (DRM) technology continues to revolutionize the media and entertainment industry and paves the way for today’s video and music streaming services and Web3 marketplaces. For more information, visit us at intertrust.com, or follow us on X or LinkedIn