New Tender Awarded to Unicorn Systems in Finland, Norway and Sweden
Unicorn Systems has been awarded a tender from eSett Oy, a common service organization of three Nordic transmission systems: Finnish Fingrid, Norwegian Statnett, and Swedish Svenska kraftnät.
Unicorn Systems shall provide an IT solution for balance settlement, for accounting, invoicing, and communications, taking a critical role in the establishment of a common end-user electricity market in the three Nordic countries.
Before the settlement operation starts in 2015, eSett will concentrate on building the required processes and technology for operation of the common market.
For this purpose, the company signed a contract with Unicorn Systems a.s. for delivery of the IT solution for deviation settlement, for accounting, invoicing, and communications.
Unicorn Systems will provide a Balance Settlement Solution (BSS) built on the Damas Energy platform, a web portal for both traders and public, and a custom-built messaging service component employing open-source technologies (Unicorn Open Platform) and provided as a service (SaaS).
An accounting and invoicing system (Microsoft AX) will be provided through a local subcontractor, Digia, based in Finland. The commission also includes service and support.
With the establishment of the joint service company eSett Oy, the Transmission System Operators Fingrid, Statnett, and Svenska Kraftnät have taken a big step towards the establishment of a common Nordic electricity market.
The new company should provide balance settlement services for power electricity deliveries to consumers in Finland, Norway, and Sweden from the second half of 2015, when regulatory changes and preparation of market players are completed. This remarkable international project aims to lower the entry barriers for Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish markets through equal and shared settlement rules.
This will increase competition in the electricity markets in these countries, reduce long-term costs for the market participants, and finally establish a common Nordic end-user market.
“We are pleased to take this big and important step towards an important milestone in the establishment of a common Nordic end-user market,”
says Vice President Ole Jacob Høyland.
“We firmly believe this will contribute towards a more competitive and well-functioning cross-border market.”
“I am very happy that Unicorn Systems has been awarded a tender in the Nordic market, as it proves its rising position in the European IT market,”
says Jan Konrád, International Services Director Unicorn Systems.
About Unicorn Systems
Unicorn Systems is a renowned European company providing the largest information systems and solutions in the area of information and communication technologies. We have focused on providing high added value and a competitive edge to our clients for many years. We have been operating on the market since 1990 and since then we have created a series of high-end large-scale solutions that are extended and used among the most important companies in a variety of sectors.
We have the best references from the banking, insurance, telecommunications, energy, industry, commerce and public sectors. Our customers are not only the largest companies but also market leaders. We have detailed knowledge of the entire spectrum of all business sectors. We understand the principles of their operation as well as comprehend the specific needs of our customers.
Our extensive team of systematically educated experts perfectly masters all current product lines, components, technology, and therefore we have essentially no technological restrictions. Even though we enforce a lot of revolutionary ideas in our work, the overall delivery of proven solutions are subject to fundamental criteria – quality, scope, term and budget.
About Fingrid
Fingrid Oyj is the enterprise which takes care of the functioning of the nation-wide high-voltage grid, the backbone of electricity transmission. We transmit electricity continuously from electricity generating companies to distribution network companies and industrial companies. We take care of the cross-border connections and promote the functioning of the electricity market.
About Statnett
Statnett is the system operator in the Norwegian energy system. This means operating about 11 000km of high-voltage power lines and 150 stations all over Norway. Operations are monitored by one national control centre and three regional centres. Statnett is also responsible for the connections to Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark and the Netherlands. Statnett is a state enterprise, established under the Act relating to state-owned enterprises and owned by the Norwegian state through the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
About Svenska kraftnät
Svenska kraftnät (Swedish national grid) is a state-owned public utility that has many different areas of work. One of Svenska kraftnät’s important tasks is to transmit electricity from the major power stations to regional electrical grids, via the national electrical grid.
Source : Unicorn Systems
