Connect legacy systems with modern technologies to optimize grid management, streamline asset monitoring, and automate critical processes. Frends lets you run every integration on-premises or securely connect data to EU-based cloud services with a unified platform built for the energy sector’s growing demands.
The energy sector is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. From integrating renewable sources and smart grid technologies to managing complex regulatory requirements and aging infrastructure, energy companies face mounting pressure to modernize operations while maintaining reliability and cost efficiency.
Energy companies rely on complex, often outdated systems that struggle to integrate with modern smart grid technologies, IoT sensors, and renewable energy sources. These disconnected systems create operational silos and manual workarounds that slow down critical processes and increase costs.
The shift to renewable energy and smart grid technologies requires seamless integration between traditional infrastructure and innovative solutions. Limited IT resources and tight budgets make it challenging to modernize while maintaining operational reliability and regulatory compliance.
Improve customer service with webshop integrations, open APIs, contract management, and outage updates. Keep a close eye on your power grid with accurate outage maps and fault alerts.
Frends adapts to the strict security and compliance needs of the energy sector. Whether fully on-premises for high-security sites like nuclear plants, in a secure hybrid model, the platform ensures sensitive data stays protected and compliant. With support for European data residency, GDPR, and “island deployment” resilience, operations continue securely —even during internet disruptions.
Frends unifies fragmented IT and OT environments, connecting legacy systems with modern platforms like SCADA, EDM, and IoT. By modernizing existing infrastructure instead of replacing it, the platform reduces complexity and cost. It also simplifies renewable energy integration, helping companies balance solar, wind, and traditional power on the path to carbon neutrality.
Frends enables real-time visibility for operators and customers alike. Grid performance can be monitored and controlled instantly, while customer portals and mobile apps deliver live consumption data and outage updates.
With over 300 ready-made connectors and templates, Frends speeds up project delivery and empowers IT and business teams to work together through its low-code interface. Standardized, pre-tested integrations for common energy systems reduce costs, improve collaboration, and ensure fast, reliable deployment across the sector.
Frends connects 93% of Finland’s electricity metering points, automating the entire process from smart meter data collection to customer invoicing. The platform ensures real-time data flow, supports upcoming 15-minute interval tracking, and integrates seamlessly with diverse AMR infrastructures, reducing manual work and guaranteeing secure, scalable operations.
Frends enables data-driven decision-making for grid operations. By integrating systems like SCADA and Energy Data Management (EDM), Frends automates the transmission of production data from power plants for optimization.
Frends enhances grid safety and reliability by automating fault detection. It can identify issues like Medium Voltage Network Faults and automatically deactivate and then reactivate electricity in the affected location to ensure safety
Frends plays a significant role in supporting our strategy. Firstly, it empowers us to maintain control over our system architecture and harness data more efficiently. Secondly, it aids in generating predictive insights regarding consumption patterns in various regions. Lastly, it enables us to operate sustainably and profitably.
Janne Hyyrynen
ICT Manager, Caruna
