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Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard: DERMS Providers

Assessment of Strategy and Execution for 10 Grid DERMS and 15 Grid-Edge DERMS Platform Providers

The market for distributed energy resources (DER) management systems, or DERMS, is rapidly evolving as DER adoption continues to increase worldwide. Market operators and regulators are working to adjust frameworks and regulations to further integrate DER aggregations into wholesale market activities. Meanwhile, distribution utilities and grid operators are looking to take advantage of the operational benefits of aggregated DER. Historically, Guidehouse Insights has distinguished between DERMS platforms and virtual power plant platforms, with the latter providing a market interface module and generally not being grid aware. However, this version of the Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard seeks to streamline the classification nomenclature used for systems managing DER.

This Leaderboard considers companies that provide a software platform to third parties that is capable of intelligently managing, controlling, and optimizing a portfolio of aggregated DER such that the portfolio can provide grid services either through wholesale markets or directly to a distribution utility. The DERMS space has seen different paths to development, leading to additional uncertainty around DERMS platform definitions. To acknowledge the different use cases for each platform type, this report includes separate grids and rankings for grid DERMS providers and grid-edge DERMS providers.

This Leaderboard examines the strategy and execution of 10 leading vendors offering grid DERMS platforms and 15 leading vendors offering grid-edge DERMS platforms. The providers are rated on 12 criteria: vision; go-to-market strategy; partners/acquisitions/investors; product integration strategy; technology; geographic reach; sales, marketing, and distribution; platform performance; platform quality and reliability; project portfolio; pricing; and staying power. Using Guidehouse Insights’ proprietary Leaderboard methodology, vendors are profiled, rated, and ranked with the goal of providing an objective assessment of their relative strengths and weaknesses in the global DERMS platform market.

Top 10 Grid DERMS Platform Providers

  1. GE Vernova

  2. AspenTech OSI

  3. Schneider Electric

  4. mPrest

  5. Siemens

  6. Oracle

  7. Smarter Grid Solutions

  8. Minsait ACS

  9. Hitachi Energy

  10. energy & meteo systems

Top 10 Grid-Edge DERMS Platform Providers 

  1. Kraken

  2. EnergyHub

  3. Schneider Electric – AutoGrid

  4. Resideo

  5. OATI

  6. Virtual Peaker

  7. Lunar Energy

  8. Generac Grid Services

  9. Itron

  10. Evergen

Pages 77
Tables | Charts | Figures 32
  • What are the trends in the grid and grid-edge DERMS markets?
  • What are the differences between grid and grid-edge DERMS platforms?
  • Which vendors are leading the grid and grid-edge DERMS markets globally?
  • What are the key strengths and weaknesses of the leading grid and grid-edge DERMS platform providers?
  • What is driving further development of the overall DERMS market?
  • What is hindering faster and more widespread growth in the DERMS market?
  • Utilities and grid operators
  • DER aggregators
  • DER developers and owners
  • System integrators
  • IT and OT vendors
  • Consulting service companies
  • Investor community

1. Executive Summary

1.1   Market Introduction

1.2   The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid

2. Market Overview

2.1   Market Definition

2.2   Market Drivers

2.3   Market Barriers

2.4   Market Trends

3. The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard

3.1   The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Categories

3.1.1   Leaders

3.1.2   Contenders

3.1.3   Challengers

3.1.4   Followers

3.2   The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid

4. Company Rankings – Grid DERMS

4.1   Leaders

4.1.1   GE Vernova

4.1.2   AspenTech OSI

4.1.3   Schneider Electric

4.2   Contenders

4.2.1   mPrest

4.2.2   Siemens

4.2.3   Oracle

4.2.4   Smarter Grid Solutions

4.2.5   Minsait ACS

4.2.6   Hitachi Energy

4.2.7   energy & meteo systems

5. Company Rankings – Grid-Edge DERMS

5.1   Leaders

5.1.1   Kraken

5.1.2   EnergyHub

5.1.3   Schneider Electric – AutoGrid

5.2   Contenders

5.2.1   Resideo

5.2.2   OATI

5.2.3   Virtual Peaker

5.2.4   Lunar Energy

5.2.5   Generac Grid Services

5.2.6   Itron

5.2.7   Evergen

5.2.8   GridBeyond

5.2.9   Voltalis

5.2.10   Stem

5.2.11   PXiSE Energy Solutions

5.2.12   IEMS

6. Acronym and Abbreviation List

7. Table of Contents

8. Table of Charts and Figures

9. Scope of Study and Methodology

9.1   Scope of Study

9.2   Sources and Methodology

9.2.1   Vendor Selection

9.2.2   Ratings Scale

9.2.2.1   Score Calculations

9.2.3   Criteria Definitions

9.2.3.1   Strategy

9.2.3.2   Execution



  • The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid: Grid DERMS
  • The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid: Grid-Edge DERMS
  • DERMS Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2023-2032
  • The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid: Grid DERMS
  • The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid: Grid-Edge DERMS
  • GE Vernova Strategy and Execution Scores
  • AspenTech OSI Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Schneider Electric Strategy and Execution Scores
  • mPrest Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Siemens Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Oracle Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Smarter Grid Solutions Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Minsait ACS Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Hitachi Energy Strategy and Execution Scores
  • energy & meteo systems Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Kraken Strategy and Execution Scores
  • EnergyHub Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Schneider Electric – AutoGrid Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Resideo Strategy and Execution Scores
  • OATI Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Virtual Peaker Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Lunar Energy Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Generac Grid Services Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Itron Strategy and Execution Scores   53
  • Evergen Strategy and Execution Scores
  • GridBeyond Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Voltalis Strategy and Execution Scores
  • Stem Strategy and Execution Scores
  • PXiSE Energy Solutions Strategy and Execution Scores
  • IEMS Strategy and Execution Scores
  • DERMS Platform Functions
  • The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Overall Scores Table, Figure, and Chart Bullet
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