Gridlinq

Technology

Local control, open protocols, measurable power.

Gridlinq uses existing open standards and does not develop a proprietary closed protocol. Control sits locally; the cloud is optional.

Architecture

From measurement to setpoint.

The edge controller reads measurements, computes the allocation of available power and writes setpoints back to the assets — bounded by power and comfort limits.

GRID CAPACITY SIGNAL — FEEDER / TRANSFORMER / DSO

Roadmap

SMART METER / P1

PV / INVERTER

TEMPERATURE / HEAT DEMAND

LOCAL METERING

BATTERY SOC

GRIDLINQ EDGE

LOCAL CONTROL · KEEPS RUNNING WITHOUT INTERNET · FAIL-SAFE

OPTIMISATION ENGINE

power limits · priority · comfort limits · setpoints

HEAT PUMP

MODBUS TCP / RTU

BATTERY

MODBUS / API

EV CHARGER

API

GRIDLINQ CLOUD

optional

monitoring · logging · remote diagnostics · updates · fleet overview

LOCAL FIRST. CLOUD CONNECTED.

Development status

What works, what is coming, what we research.

We explicitly distinguish between core functionality, development and roadmap. There is no operational integration with a grid operator.

Today / core

Available in the current installations.

  • local metering
  • P1 / smart meter
  • Modbus TCP / RTU
  • local power limits
  • control of modulating heat pumps
  • local optimisation architecture

In development

Work in progress, not yet commercially available.

  • multi-asset optimisation
  • battery integrations
  • forecasting
  • multi-site management
  • advanced thermal optimisation

Research / roadmap

Architecture and pilots, not product functionality.

  • street-level coordination
  • feeder capacity signal
  • LV transformer capacity signal
  • DSO interfaces
  • reused gas infrastructure / fibre connection

Communication

  • Modbus TCP over the local network
  • Modbus RTU over RS-485
  • P1 port of the smart meter
  • Inverter and battery APIs

Edge controller

  • Control runs locally
  • Keeps running without an internet connection
  • Defined fail-safe states
  • Local storage of measurement data

Optimisation

  • Configurable constraints
  • Power limit per asset and per connection
  • Priority between assets
  • Comfort and temperature limits

Data

  • Logging of power and energy flows
  • Remote diagnostics
  • Historical analysis
  • Forecasting (in development)
Gridlinq Research

Old infrastructure. New function.

Gridlinq is researching whether decommissioned gas infrastructure can be reused as a route for fibre or data communication between homes and the local low-voltage infrastructure.

Research concept / Living Lab

STREET LEVELTRANSFORMERLVNODENODENODEDECOMMISSIONED GAS ROUTE → FIBRE / DATA COMMUNICATION (CONCEPT)Research & innovation

Roadmap

Future grid integration.

The principle: the low-voltage grid provides a capacity constraint or envelope, Gridlinq decides locally how that headroom is used, and the assets receive local setpoints. A transformer therefore never switches a heat pump directly.