Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with HMS Networks, ‘Inside CAN Networks: Solving Core Communication Challenges in Co-located Renewables and BESS.’
As renewable energy projects grow in scale and complexity, co-locating battery energy storage systems (BESS) with wind and solar sites is emerging as a powerful way to boost project value and resilience. Co-location allows operators to store excess energy during high production periods and release it when generation drops or market prices spike, helping stabilise the grid, unlock new revenue streams, and enhance overall system performance.
However, while BESS are becoming central to grid-balancing, frequency regulation, and renewable integration, many co-located projects face a hidden challenge: communication. Large, distributed systems often combine components from multiple vendors that must work together seamlessly — yet CAN-based networks commonly used in these setups can suffer from interoperability issues, integration hurdles, and unreliable data flows.
In this webinar, the expert speakers share how to overcome the core communication challenges in co-located BESS projects. You’ll discover how to build robust, future-ready communication infrastructures that accelerate deployments, reduce maintenance costs, and maximise the performance of your renewable energy systems.
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We will explore practical solutions for:
- Ensuring data integrity in large BESS systems (10MWh and up) – Keep CAN networks stable in complex, large-scale battery energy storage system deployments where the environment is likely to cause communication faults.
- Cutting TCO with secure remote access – Use VPN-based connections for global diagnostics, maintenance, and OTA updates to reduce downtime and total cost of ownership.
- Eliminating CAN ID conflicts – Manage identical devices with overlapping identifiers, such as in second-life battery applications, to ensure smooth operation.
- And more….!
This live session is for engineers and maintenance/test technicians who face CAN communication network issues in their plants or machines.
Providing hands-on solutions, the webinar is suitable for everyone wanting to effectively avoid common mistakes in the planning, setup, installation, and maintenance of renewable energy systems — from BESS, to wind power, EV charging, smart grid systems, and more.
Learn how to master the complexity — and make your renewable energy systems truly future-ready.
Speakers:
Yuan Lee, EMEA channel manager, HMS
Seth Thomas, Americas sales director, HMS
Moderator:
Andy Colthorpe, editor, Energy-Storage.news.
See the webinar on YouTube below. You can also register to watch the webinar and get access to presentation slides from the on-demand section of our website, where you can also find all our other great Energy-Storage.news webinars.