Post: GridBeyond launches Bid Optimizer in Ireland

GridBeyond launches Bid Optimizer in Ireland

GridBeyond launches Bid Optimizer in Ireland

GridBeyond continues to expand its offer for asset owners with Bid Optimizer Ireland. Bid Optimizer empowers asset owners by providing a strategic advantage in optimizing their energy and ancillary market involvement, maximizing the profitability both at an individual asset level and at a portfolio level.

Bid Optimizer leverages a multi-layered artificial intelligence framework that combines physics-based battery modelling with adaptive market intelligence. The system continuously evaluates market opportunities across all markets; ancillary services and energy, selecting the most profitable strategy, while managing operational constraints such as state of charge, efficiency and cycling warranty limits. The tool also offers the opportunity for users to customize their own trades, view trading history and compare against perfect foresight through the cloud-based interface, ensuring transparency and ease of reporting.

As large scale battery investment and behind the meter installations grow rapidly, real-time battery trading is becoming more challenging and requires sophisticated tools that leverage AI to simplify decision-making whilst managing complex offtake agreements and merchant revenues.  

Bid Optimizer follows the recent launch of the Scheduling and Dispatch (S&D) programme in Ireland.

The programme led by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs), aims to enhance how electricity is scheduled and dispatched across the grid in Ireland and Northen Ireland. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be enabled to fully participate in energy trading, aligning with the EU Clean Energy Package and supporting Ireland’s renewable energy goals.

From 13 November 2025, for the first time, batteries are able to participate directly in Ireland’s wholesale electricity market. This reform represents a major milestone for the country’s transition to a low-carbon energy system and opens new commercial opportunities for storage operators.

About Bid Optimizer IE

Under the previous DS3 framework, battery participation followed a relatively static, “set-and-forget” model; capacity was committed and payments were fixed.

The new S&D programme changes this entirely. Batteries can now actively trade energy in the wholesale market, requiring a far more dynamic optimisation approach where bids and dispatch decisions respond to real-time price and system signals. For trading teams and aggregators, this introduces a new level of market interaction across the Day-Ahead (DA), Intraday (IDA1, IDA2, IDA3), and Balancing Markets; demanding continuous analytics and automation to forecast price spreads, track state-of-charge, and optimise performance.

To support this market shift,  Bid Optimiser, has been developed to help batteries manage bidding, forecasting, and dispatch in the new market change. These tools ensure batteries can respond accurately to real-time price and system signals—helping battery owners maximise revenue by participating in both Energy wholesale market and DS3 services while maintaining compliance with market rules.

GridBeyond’s analysis shows that under the new structure, a 10 MW battery, 2-hour duration could see 12–37% higher annual revenue by participating in the wholesale market compared to DS3-only operations.