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dcbel (previously Ossiaco) provides a residential electric vehicle charger. The charger is bi-directional and allows for integration with solar inverters and a home energy management platform to create an integrated system.
Published August 10, 2020
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Updated January 8, 2025
Industrial Decarbonization
Power & Utilities
Transportation Electrification
Product Overview
Overview
dcbel has developed the world's first Home Energy Station, an all-in-one device allowing people to take ownership over their energy. Homeowners can supply their home and EV with solar power, use vehicle-to-home charging to make power outages a thing of the past, and reduce energy costs with artificial intelligence.
The company's flagship device is called dcbel Ara and provides three use cases:
- Electric Vehicle Charger with a 15.2KW DC output and the ability to charge two vehicles at the same time (AC)
- Solar + Storage Inverter for managing solar generation between EV, storage, or feeding back into the grid
- Home Energy Management with built in analytics and integration with utility rates for optimization.
dcbel is not an aggregator or actively managing load, but it does provide an API for integration with dcbel chargers for those parties that do control DERs.
Business Model
Consumer (D2C): Currently taking reservations and orders. dcbel provides turn-key installation services and other equipment such as solar panels and home storage batteries through our network of smart home installation partners.
Utilities/CCAs: Channel marketing through utilities offering financial incentives for home chargers as part of Demand Response or Resiliency initiatives. Piloting of V2H/V2G initiatives in select markets.
EV Manufacturers/Dealerships: Collaborating within various business models from charger interoperability testing (charge/discharge) to co-marketing and lead generation.
Technology Innovations
PUC5 – Inverter and and rectifier: dcbel owns IP for this core, stackable AC<>DC technology. World’s only digital bidirectional inverter rectifier with the most efficient continuous power conversion.
Software: cloud-based platform for home energy management that is developed in-house and hosted on MS Azure Cloud.
Real-time data on your EV and back-up battery’s state of charge allows dcbel to coordinate the best way to deliver energy (behind-the-meter).
Applications
- Backup power
- Demand response
- Time-of-use (TOU) optimization
- Renewables integration