Microgrid Control &
Asset Management Software

Microgrids & Asset Controls
Extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and rising demand are changing how we generate, store, and use electricity while transforming how we interact with the grid. OATI’s asset and microgrid controls platform, GridMind®, enables grid flexibility, improves reliability, reduces energy costs, and accelerates decarbonization efforts.
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Microgrids made simple.

OATI’s microgrid controller and software platform, GridMind®, enables onsite resource and energy optimization, automated switching between island and grid connection, energy market integration for revenue generation, and real-time interaction with utility operations and commands with OATI DERMS.

OATI supports utilities, communities, tribal nations, companies, EPCs, and project developers with microgrid and distributed energy resource (DER) planning, system engineering and design, and asset management. We’re with you from start to finish, and beyond.

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DER control and non-wires alternatives for utilities

GridMind® orchestrates and optimizes all types of energy resources like solar power, energy storage systems, and generators, and automatically switches between grid-connected and islanded states based on power availability, price, and emissions.

The platform transforms isolated assets like battery storage sites into dynamic and flexible resources within a utility portfolio. By extending control room visibility and control to the asset, GridMind® unlocks new revenue opportunities, wholesale market interaction, and smarter resource planning.

Data center resilience and flexibility

Large power consumers, like data centers and manufacturing facilities, require vast amounts of power. GridMind® serves as an extended end-point to utility operational controls, like OATI DERMS, to provide dynamic capacity and pricing signals to large load customers as well as on-site DER management, optimization, and energy market integration.

Microgrids for resilience and revenue for communities, tribes, and businesses

OATI has extensive experience providing microgrid planning and deployment services to tribal nations, schools, businesses, and communities. GridMind® serves as the brain of the microgrid, analyzing energy demand, optimizing distributed energy resources, automatically switching between grid connection and island-mode, and unlocking revenue-generating opportunities through direct energy market integration.

Microgrid planning and execution for EPCs and developers

Every microgrid is unique, and not every project developer or engineering, procurement, and construction firm (EPC) is equipped with the appropriate resources to deploy these complicated projects for their customers. In addition to providing GridMind® microgrid controls and software, OATI supports project developers and EPCs throughout the microgrid project lifecycle to ensure successful deployment.

OATI's field proven microgrid controller—GridMind®

Microgrids don’t have to be hard.

Don’t let complicated planning and engineering specs prevent you from taking advantage of the reliability, resilience, and revenue opportunities that microgrids create. OATI’s power systems experts and GridMind can take it from here.
Energy demand and site analysisSystem design and engineeringUtility interconnectionEnergy market integrationBring-your-own DERAutomatic islandingLoad forecasting and schedulingCritical load prioritizationDER optimizationSCADA-based asset controlsReal-time visibility

Case Studies

  1. Microgrids for utilities

    Brunswick Electric and NCEMC wanted to design a sustainable, islandable microgrid community on the hurricane-prone Atlantic coast.
    Solution
    Using OATI GridMind® and the existing DERMS, NCEMC created a reliable microgrid with automated islanding, demand response, and solar+BESS integration.
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    OATI’s microgrid controller is very flexible and [they] have a deep bench of very technically competent personnel.Senior Vice President of Power Delivery, NCEMC

  2. Microgrids for tribal nations

    Colville Tribes aims to improve reliability, reduce power outages, spur economic development, and provide long-term independence for the tribal nation by developing microgrids and EV charging.
    Solution
    OATI is providing design, engineering, and deployment services for the development of four microgrids that will orchestrated by GridMind®.
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    The expertise (from OATI) is huge because we just don’t have it… Without it, we would still be spinning our wheels.Chairman, Colville Tribes

  3. Microgrids for schools

    Renewable Energy Partners needed an advanced control platform to establish a community resilience hub for Minneapolis Public Schools featuring a total of 1,250 kW of solar power and 2,000 kWs of energy storage across four public school buildings.
    Solution
    During normal operations, GridMind® orchestrates resources to pass lower energy costs to the school district while providing islandable backup power during outages.
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    The big deal is that this project is in a low-income community, and these types of projects are best for those communities. This project will ultimately help people that can’t pack up and go when the power is out.CEO, Renewable Energy Partners

  4. Microgrids for EPCs and developers

    Woven Energy, a tribal energy developer, was leading a multi-site microgrid project for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in Northern California. They needed a partner that could support the onsite microgrid controls and resource optimization in addition to engineering and design support.
    Solution
    OATI GridMind® is integrated in both microgrid sites to optimize how each system produces, stores and uses power through automated, timely and rule-based actions. OATI also provided design and deployment expertise to support integrated controls in normal operations and the ability for each microgrid to operate together or independently. Ultimately, tribal leaders aim to use GridMind® as the key enabler of an independent, tribal-owned utility.
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Enabling energy sovereignty

Colville Tribes faced declining service quality, power outages, and increasing energy costs. With help from OATI, they’re realizing the opportunities made possible by taking back their power.

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