Grid operators and municipal utilities are raising their requirements for cybersecurity, transparency and technological sovereignty
Hilden, Germany - According to GEPVOLT SE, the current regulatory and geopolitical developments in the European energy market clearly show that the requirements placed on critical energy infrastructure are changing fundamentally.
In particular, topics such as:
- technological sovereignty
- cybersecurity
- KRITIS (critical infrastructure) and NIS2 requirements
- transparency of system architectures
- long-term controllability of digitally networked energy systems
- European infrastructure and security of supply
are increasingly moving to the centre of European infrastructure and security debates.
For GEPVOLT, this is a clear signal to grid operators, municipal utilities, municipal energy suppliers and large energy companies: in future, critical energy infrastructure will no longer be assessed solely on the basis of acquisition costs. Instead, the decisive factors will be system control, transparency, cybersecurity, long-term technical responsibility and European infrastructure expertise.
GEPVOLT is therefore deliberately positioning itself as a German infrastructure partner for secure battery storage solutions Made in Germany.
At its Hilden site, GEPVOLT develops, produces and integrates industrial battery storage systems for grid operators, municipal utilities and municipal energy infrastructure.
With the exception of the battery cells, GEPVOLT relies on a largely German or European-controlled system architecture. Development, system integration, energy management, control, security architecture, commissioning, service, maintenance and long-term operation are all delivered from a single source in Germany.
„Battery storage systems have long ceased to be simple energy containers. They are digitally networked components of critical energy infrastructure. Anyone integrating such systems into distribution grids, municipal utilities or municipal energy projects must know who controls the technology, who has access to the systems and who assumes responsibility during ongoing operation,“ explains GEPVOLT.
For grid operators, municipal utilities and energy suppliers such as E.ON, RWE or regional utility companies in particular, the origin and controllability of technical systems will become a strategic procurement criterion in future. Alongside price and performance, questions of cybersecurity, data sovereignty, long-term serviceability and regulatory certainty are increasingly moving to the centre of attention.
GEPVOLT sees this as a turning point for the German and European market. While many storage solutions remain heavily dependent on non-European system architectures, communication structures and service chains, GEPVOLT relies on local production, transparent system responsibility and personal technical points of contact in Germany.
GEPVOLT’s storage infrastructure is aimed in particular at:
Distribution grid operators
- distribution grid operators
- municipal utilities
- municipal energy suppliers
- regional grid companies
- operators of critical energy infrastructure
- large energy companies and infrastructure partners
A central unique selling point of GEPVOLT is the combination of German production, system integration, cybersecurity, commissioning, service and long-term operation. This gives grid operators and municipal utilities not just a technical product, but a responsible infrastructure partner across the entire life cycle of the installation.
„For us, Made in Germany means more than just manufacturing. It means responsibility, transparency, access security, technical traceability and long-term operability. These are precisely the qualities that will be decisive for critical energy infrastructure in future,“ says GEPVOLT.
By building up production and integration capacities in Hilden, GEPVOLT is creating a scalable platform for battery storage infrastructure from Germany. Grid operators, municipal utilities and municipal decision-makers can see for themselves, on site, the production, system integration and security architecture.
GEPVOLT expressly invites interested grid operators, municipal utilities, energy suppliers and municipal representatives to visit the Hilden site and to discuss together secure, grid-supporting and European-controllable storage infrastructure.
