Connect, Control and Coordinate your DER at scale
Whether you're managing a remote microgrid, a commercial battery, or thousands of customer-side energy assets across a distribution network, SwitchDin empowers you to connect, control, and coordinate Distributed Energy Resources (DER) at scale with its vendor agnostic, standards-based and secure solution, ensuring compliance while maximizing asset returns.
11k+
Sites deployed
2000+
OEM Devices integrated
10Xsavings
Energy cost savings with SwitchDin Optimization
Pioneered
CSIP-AUS and PKI
3+Million KM2
Geographical area of regional microgrids
Why customers choose SwitchDin
As distributed energy resources scale, organisations face increasing challenges around visibility, interoperability, optimisation, grid compliance and market participation. These challenges are driving demand for intelligent DER orchestration platforms.
Gain a single operating view across all DER assets
Operators managing solar, batteries, EV chargers and flexible loads across multiple platforms lose visibility and control at scale.
Standards based integration at the edge
Fragmented OEMs, protocols and communication standards drive up deployment costs and operational complexity.
Enable compliant DER participation at scale
Rising DER penetration demands active management of exports, imports and grid limits, without compromising regulatory standing.
Centralised orchestration with site-level control
Remote and isolated sites have no fallback. When the grid fails, stability can't depend on a central connection.
Participate compliantly and reliably in energy markets
Aggregators and BESS operators need reliable orchestration to access VPP, wholesale and ancillary service revenue, without compliance risk.
Defer expensive infrastructure investments
Utilities and networks face mounting pressure to accommodate DER growth without triggering expensive infrastructure investment.
The orchestration layer: Making complex energy simple, scalable, and secure
SwitchDin connects any energy asset, from any manufacturer, to any operator giving businesses, communities, and utilities the real‑time visibility, control, and compliance they need.
Energy Management Solution
DSO Solution
DER Management
Energy Management for DER asset owners. Optimises energy cost, manages grid compliance, monitors multi-vendor asset health. Vendor-agnostic, retailer-independent.
Edge Control
The physical intelligence at every site. Connects to any energy asset from any OEM, enabling reliable local control and becoming embedded infrastructure once installed.
Utility Server
DER risk management for distribution utilities and isolated grid operators. Brings DER visibility, control and orchestration into existing SCADA and ADMS workflows.
Cybersecurity
Utility-grade PKI Service for trusted DER communications. Provides scalable identity and trust between utility management systems and millions of DER endpoints.
Energy Optimisation
Whole-of-site energy optimisation using tariff, wholesale and peak-shaving logic. Delivers intelligent, forecast-driven dispatch across DERs for any OEM, retailer or hardware provider.
Tailored solutions for energy stakeholders
Whether you're managing distributed assets, operating a utility or powering a community, SwitchDin delivers solutions designed for your operational and business needs.
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Isolated Power System Operators
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Interconnected Distribution Utilities
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Distribution‑Connected BESS Developers
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Commercial & Industrial Energy Users
Helping you achieve your business ambitions
Better visibility, control and asset utilisation for more efficient DER operations.
More renewable integration without compromising network stability.
Lower integration cost and compliance effort to scale DER programs with confidence.
Fit-for-purpose cybersecurity and standards-based integration to build trusted DER ecosystems.
Higher DER uptime and performance to maximise returns from multi-vendor assets.
Reliable edge connectivity and simpler DER operations across distributed assets.
Greater flexibility to adopt new technologies and business models without vendor lock-in.
Maximise renewable utilisation to reduce electricity and fuel costs.
Trusted by industry leaders
Our work in action
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![From constraints to renewable abundance: Enabling Horizon Power’s massive rooftop solar growth in remote microgrids]()
From constraints to renewable abundance: Enabling Horizon Power’s massive rooftop solar growth in remote microgrids
Horizon Power
Enabled safe expansion of rooftop solar across remote microgrids
Proved a scalable, standards based DER integration approach
Supported ongoing solar approvals while advancing decarbonisation
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![How SwitchDin optimises City of Yarra Community facilities from grid constraints to greater returns]()
Building confidence for a rooftop solar powered future with Endeavour Energy
Endeavour Energy
Enabled visibility and control of rooftop solar across 1,200 customer sites through a single interface
Demonstrated a scalable, standards based DER management approach using IEEE 2030.5
Positioned the network to support future solar and battery growth while maintaining grid reliability
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![How SwitchDin optimises City of Yarra Community facilities from grid constraints to greater returns]()
How SwitchDin optimises City of Yarra Community facilities from grid constraints to greater returns
City of Yarra Council
Achieved up to 91% energy cost reduction and faster payback through optimised solar and battery use
Enabled smarter use of council solar and battery assets through integrated optimisation
Demonstrated leading practice in local government renewable energy with strong community impact
Frequently Asked Questions
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DER orchestration improves the utilisation of existing grid infrastructure through greater visibility, dynamic control and better forecasting. Operators can assess actual network conditions instead of relying solely on conservative assumptions, allowing more generation and load to connect where capacity exists. Dynamic limits help ensure network constraints are maintained, while improved data and forecasts support more targeted infrastructure planning and investment.
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DER hosting capacity can be increased through technical standards, improved network visibility and active orchestration. Standards such as AS/NZS 4777 define how DER responds to network conditions through functions including controlled reconnection, frequency-watt response and volt-var response. Better visibility reveals where capacity is available, while orchestration maintains operational limits. Examples include Horizon Power’s “no solar refusals” policy on their remote microgrids which is enabled by DER orchestration. and Endeavour Energy’s Flexible Exports programme which allows customers increased export limits.
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Edge computing enables commands to be actioned and telemetry to be collected directly at the DER site. Local processing reduces reliance on continuous cloud connectivity, improving operational resilience when internet or upstream systems are unavailable. It also enables low-latency communication with on-site devices and sensors, supporting faster and more reliable responses to changing network and asset conditions.
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DER orchestration reduces diesel use by enabling more solar and battery capacity to operate without compromising system security. It dynamically coordinates these assets while maintaining minimum system load, spinning reserve and generator operating requirements. DER can also provide real and reactive power to manage voltage across the network, allowing remote power systems to use more renewable energy while maintaining stable and reliable operation.
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System operators balance generation and demand while maintaining frequency, whereas network operators manage voltage and thermal constraints. Both require greater visibility and control of low-voltage connected solar. Open standards such as IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR and CSIP-AUS enable consistent communication and control. In South Australia, these capabilities support flexible solar connections, higher export limits and the management of minimum system load events.
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DER orchestration can reduce network costs by deferring or avoiding some infrastructure upgrades. Coordinating rooftop solar, batteries and controllable loads can reduce peak demand and relieve local constraints, limiting the immediate need for new poles, wires and substations. It also helps operators select the most cost-effective resources and target investment where it is genuinely required. In California, lower load forecasts attributed partly to energy efficiency and rooftop solar led to the cancellation of 13 planned local transmission projects valued at US$192 million.
Latest from SwitchDin
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SwitchDin and Industrias Services Group partner to maximise the long-term value of distributed energy assets
Australia has been remarkably good at putting solar on rooftops, more than 26GW of capacity and counting. What it hasn't done is build the operational culture to look after it.
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The energy transition is accelerating, but not everyone is benefiting equally yet
A couple of energising days at EN26 in Adelaide. I came back thinking about two things: the pace of change in energy, and the fact that the benefits of that change are still not equally distributed.
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Victoria, Australia may have inadvertently picked the DER control protocol for the world!
The Australian state of Victoria’s ‘Emergency Backstop Program’ forced all inverter manufacturers to implement the CSIP-AUS protocol (120+ vendors, 2k+ models), in effect creating a de facto global standard.
Ready to orchestrate your DER at scale?
Whether you're planning a new DER project or expanding an existing portfolio, SwitchDin can help you simplify integration, maintain compliance, and unlock greater value from your distributed energy assets.