Know-how
Our own developments, not just supply
We design and build our own solutions: the Strela tracker, an EMS for large industrial systems and registered utility models.
Invention
The Strela (3P) tracker: unique in Bulgaria
Strela is a two-axis solar tracker on a single mast, designed and developed in-house by Novacom. It turns to follow the sun from east to west through the day, and a seasonal arm changes the tilt for winter and summer. It is also available as a mobile trailer platform, ready to work wherever it is needed.
- Designed and developed in Bulgaria
- Two axes: daily rotation + seasonal tilt, single mast, 3.5 kWp string
- Up to 45% higher yield than fixed systems
- Bifacial modules for extra yield from reflected light
- Mobile trailer version with an on-board inverter cabinet
- Suited to agriculture, remote sites and temporary locations
Software
GrideX Energy OS: our own open-source EMS
We built our own energy management system because industrial sites need more than monitoring: real-time decisions on when to charge the battery, when to shave the peak and how the plant should work with existing equipment. The system is developed by the Novacom team and published as open source under the MIT licence: no licence fees and no vendor lock-in.
Buying a Suntech 261 kWh battery? The EMS is deployed 100% free.
With integration to an unlimited number of third-party inverters, batteries and devices.
- Battery, load and EV-charger control by price and schedule
- Peak shaving and grid-connection protection
- Hybrid battery buffers behind EV chargers (V2G-Hybrid-Charge)
- Integration with existing inverters and SCADA
- 24/365 monitoring and SMS alerts via gridex.tech
Measured effect
Our own algorithms + a Suntech battery
+122%
revenue of a 98.56 kWp plant after adding a Suntech 261 kWh cabinet (×2.1)
−45%
grid peak with peak-aware optimisation in the EMS
−47%
energy cost of a manufacturing site with PV + battery
41%
self-consumption under coordinated control (from 32%)
Results of a 2026 study by a TU Sofia team with Novacom's participation: a MILP model of a community of three industrial prosumers with Suntech SunStorage PRO equipment and twelve months of real day-ahead prices from IBEX (the Bulgarian power exchange). Values are simulated, for the specific sites in the study.
Science and innovation
Scientific publications and registered utility models
Behind Novacom's developments is a team with academic experience: teaching smart grids and renewable energy systems at the Technical University of Sofia, IEEE Xplore publications on swarm intelligence, autonomous systems and communications, and four registered utility models.
This mix of academic work and site practice is why our solutions are engineered, not just picked from a catalogue.
4
registered utility models
IEEE
publications in IEEE Xplore
TU Sofia
course: Smart Grids and Systems for Renewables
30+
years in technology and energy
Utility models
Novacom's registered utility models
- 4
2025BG 5058 U1
Modular system for hybrid bidirectional charging, storage and discharge of energy
Registered utility model: V2G charger with a battery stack of new and recycled cells, EMS with energy balancing and monitoring
- 3
2024BG 4975 U1
Tester for photovoltaic modules
Registered utility model, co-inventor, with the Todor Kableshkov University of Transport
- 2
2024BG 4825
System for generation and distribution of electricity
Registered utility model: sources, batteries and loads as agents, coordinated by a concentrator and a control module
- 1
2017BG 2789 U1
System for data transfer between two or more servers
Registered utility model: a central coordinating server with encrypted communication modules
Innovation projects
Concepts and funded developments
Utility model BG 5058 U1
V2G-Hybrid-Charge
A hybrid battery system behind EV chargers: bidirectional charging (V2G), a buffer of new and second-life cells, an AI energy manager, ISO 15118 / OCPP, microgrid operation.
EV charging2020
United Energy Cluster (OEK)
A model for private investment in decentralised energy: energy clusters and communities with member shares.
Energy communitiesInnovation
GridMobility
An energy platform for data exchange between energy-market participants, nationally funded.
Innovation
GrideX
A production line for recycling and reusing battery systems, plus the gridex.tech monitoring platform.
Innovation
eHUB
A mass-integration platform between systems, awarded the H2020 Seal of Excellence and nationally funded.
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