Primus Power and OSIsoft Announce Partnership

PI System will monitor the EnergyPod 2 energy storage fleet internationally


HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Primus Power (“Primus”), a leader in stationary energy storage systems, announced a partnership with OSIsoft, LLC to integrate the PI System in the EnergyPod 2. The PI system is used by over 1,000 leading utilities, 95 percent of the largest oil and gas companies and increasingly in energy storage. Primus’ stationary battery systems serve the energy storage needs of corporations and utilities. With a five-hour duration and lab-certified 20-year life, EnergyPod 2 delivers a total cost of ownership up to 50% less than conventional lithium-ion battery systems.

“Our customers want to monitor the performance of their energy assets including Primus EnergyPods,” said Hossein Kazemi, Primus Power’s VP of Systems Engineering. “The PI System allows us to do this in an efficient way versus just reacting. PI gives us the connectivity, the backbone and the tools that are recognized in the industry as cyber secure, robust, and developed. It gives us immediate credibility on our service proposals. Customers will have the ability to run automated reports and access views on all their devices.”

The partnership with OSIsoft highlights Primus robust growth. The company expects to have a fleet of over several hundred modular EnergyPod systems installed in the next year in multiple countries including US, China, France and South Africa.

“Energy storage will transform the power business, and the distributed nature of it creates challenges for utilities, technology providers and customers. Storage means tracking more data streams and conducting predictive analytics over a wider range of assets around the clock,” said Kevin Walsh, Industry Principal, OSIsoft. “By working together with Primus, we can optimize performance and accelerate the economics of this growing market.”

About Primus Power

Primus Power is a California-headquartered provider of low-cost, long-life and long-duration energy storage systems.  The Company’s flow batteries are shipping to U.S. and international commercial/industrial, data center, microgrid, utility, and military customers.  With technical innovations protected by 34 patents in 9 countries/regions, the Company’s EnergyPod 2 systems offer exceptional reliability, modularity, and energy density at an industry-leading total cost of ownership. To learn more, please visit www.primuspower.com

About OSIsoft

OSIsoft is dedicated to helping people transform their world through data. Our PI System captures operational data from sensors, manufacturing equipment and other devices and turns it into rich, real-time insights to reduce costs, make critical business decisions and enhance their services. The PI System can be found inside power grids, oil refineries, R&D centers, factories and other critical facilities worldwide. More than 1.5 billion sensor-based data streams are managed by the PI System. Founded in 1980, OSIsoft has over 1,200 employees and is headquartered in San Leandro, California. To learn more, please visit www.osisoft.com.

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Janey Ward

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OSIsoft, LLC

Michael Kanellos

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Media@osisoft.com