{"id":10896,"date":"2026-06-15T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/?p=10896"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:58:39","slug":"voltalis-makes-energy-consumption-smarter-with-kpn-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/en\/empty\/voltalis-makes-energy-consumption-smarter-with-kpn-iot-10896","title":{"rendered":"Voltalis\u00a0makes\u00a0energy\u00a0consumption\u00a0smarter\u00a0with\u00a0KPN\u00a0IoT\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;is&nbsp;under&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;pressure.&nbsp;Households&nbsp;and&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;more&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;while&nbsp;solar&nbsp;and&nbsp;wind energy are&nbsp;creating&nbsp;more&nbsp;peaks&nbsp;and&nbsp;dips in&nbsp;supply.&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;helps&nbsp;balance&nbsp;supply&nbsp;and&nbsp;demand&nbsp;with&nbsp;smart&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;powered&nbsp;by&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;are&nbsp;installed&nbsp;in homes&nbsp;and&nbsp;business&nbsp;premises&nbsp;behind&nbsp;devices&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;central&nbsp;heating&nbsp;boilers, heat pumps, hot&nbsp;water tanks&nbsp;and&nbsp;air&nbsp;conditioning&nbsp;units. Via LTE-M&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT,&nbsp;they&nbsp;connect&nbsp;directly&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;platform, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on&nbsp;local&nbsp;Wi-Fi.&nbsp;This&nbsp;allows&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;to&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;remotely&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;needs&nbsp;extra&nbsp;capacity.&nbsp;With&nbsp;an&nbsp;electric&nbsp;radiator,&nbsp;the&nbsp;system&nbsp;can&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;interrupt&nbsp;the&nbsp;heating.&nbsp;With&nbsp;a heat pump,&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;adjust&nbsp;the&nbsp;power output or&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;settings,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example. Users&nbsp;hardly&nbsp;notice&nbsp;this,&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;changes&nbsp;gradually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From&nbsp;individual&nbsp;devices&nbsp;to&nbsp;one&nbsp;Virtual Power Plant<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All&nbsp;connected&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;form&nbsp;Voltalis\u2019 Virtual Power Plant.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is a digital&nbsp;network&nbsp;of&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of small energy&nbsp;consumers.&nbsp;Thousands&nbsp;or&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;can&nbsp;make a real&nbsp;difference. \u201cIt is more&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;to&nbsp;consume&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;to&nbsp;produce more,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;Benjamin Bailly, SVP Markets,&nbsp;Products&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Innovation&nbsp;at&nbsp;Voltalis. \u201cWhen&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;use&nbsp;less&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;that&nbsp;delivers&nbsp;many&nbsp;megawatts of flexibility.&nbsp;This&nbsp;also&nbsp;helps&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;grid&nbsp;congestion.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Always&nbsp;connected, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on Wi-Fi<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For&nbsp;Voltalis,&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;is a&nbsp;prerequisite&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;model. Without a&nbsp;connection,&nbsp;the&nbsp;platform&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;collect&nbsp;real-time&nbsp;data or&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;when&nbsp;flexibility is&nbsp;needed. The&nbsp;reliability&nbsp;of&nbsp;that&nbsp;connection&nbsp;is&nbsp;essential.&nbsp;Local&nbsp;Wi-Fi is&nbsp;too&nbsp;vulnerable&nbsp;for&nbsp;this.&nbsp;Changed&nbsp;Wi-Fi&nbsp;passwords&nbsp;and&nbsp;faulty&nbsp;routers,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example,&nbsp;can&nbsp;cause&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;to&nbsp;fail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&nbsp;is&nbsp;why&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;uses&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT.&nbsp;This&nbsp;technology&nbsp;was&nbsp;developed&nbsp;for&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;applications, runs on 4G&nbsp;and&nbsp;is ready&nbsp;for&nbsp;5G&nbsp;networks. As&nbsp;soon&nbsp;as a&nbsp;technician&nbsp;installs&nbsp;a box,&nbsp;it&nbsp;connects&nbsp;directly&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Data as&nbsp;the&nbsp;basis&nbsp;for&nbsp;smart energy control<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;that&nbsp;moment on,&nbsp;the&nbsp;box&nbsp;sends&nbsp;real-time&nbsp;data,&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;and&nbsp;energy&nbsp;consumption.&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;uses&nbsp;this&nbsp;data&nbsp;to&nbsp;monitor comfort, track&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;and&nbsp;predict&nbsp;when&nbsp;flexibility is&nbsp;needed.&nbsp;Around&nbsp;1.5&nbsp;million&nbsp;devices&nbsp;are&nbsp;now&nbsp;connected.&nbsp;Together,&nbsp;they&nbsp;generate&nbsp;approximately&nbsp;one&nbsp;billion&nbsp;data points per&nbsp;day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;scale&nbsp;makes&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;smart. Using machine&nbsp;learning,&nbsp;the&nbsp;company&nbsp;predicts&nbsp;how&nbsp;much&nbsp;energy buildings&nbsp;will&nbsp;use&nbsp;and&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;additional&nbsp;capacity. KPN&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;provides&nbsp;the&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;this&nbsp;growth, in France,&nbsp;the&nbsp;United&nbsp;Kingdom&nbsp;and, in future,&nbsp;other&nbsp;European&nbsp;markets. In&nbsp;this&nbsp;way,&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;and&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;help&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;deal more&nbsp;flexibly&nbsp;with&nbsp;higher&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;consumption,&nbsp;fluctuating&nbsp;renewable&nbsp;energy&nbsp;generation&nbsp;and&nbsp;moments&nbsp;when&nbsp;additional&nbsp;grid&nbsp;capacity&nbsp;is&nbsp;needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At a&nbsp;glance<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Customer<\/strong>&nbsp;name: Voltalis&nbsp;<br><strong>Sector<\/strong>: energy,&nbsp;electrical&nbsp;flexibility&nbsp;and&nbsp;demand&nbsp;response&nbsp;<br><strong>Solution&nbsp;used<\/strong>: KPN&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;on 4G&nbsp;<br><strong>Application<\/strong>: smart&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;for&nbsp;central&nbsp;heating&nbsp;boilers, heat pumps, hot water tanks&nbsp;and&nbsp;air&nbsp;conditioning&nbsp;units&nbsp;<br><strong>Platform<\/strong>:&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;Virtual Power Plant&nbsp;<br><strong>Main&nbsp;challenge<\/strong>:&nbsp;reliably&nbsp;connecting&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;24\/7 without&nbsp;depending&nbsp;on&nbsp;local&nbsp;Wi-Fi&nbsp;<br><strong>Result<\/strong>:&nbsp;real-time&nbsp;data&nbsp;connectivity,&nbsp;scalable&nbsp;energy control&nbsp;and&nbsp;greater&nbsp;flexibility&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;<br><strong>Data&nbsp;and&nbsp;AI<\/strong>:&nbsp;around&nbsp;1.5&nbsp;million&nbsp;connected&nbsp;devices&nbsp;and&nbsp;approximately&nbsp;one&nbsp;billion&nbsp;data points per&nbsp;day&nbsp;for&nbsp;machine&nbsp;learning&nbsp;and&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;forecasting&nbsp;<br><strong>Core&nbsp;technologies<\/strong>:&nbsp;IoT, LTE-M, 4G, 5G-ready, Virtual Power Plant, machine&nbsp;learning,&nbsp;demand&nbsp;response&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press contacts :<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Voltalis:<\/strong><br>Emma Corson, PR &amp; Corporate Communication Manager<br>07 60 89 81 89<br>emma.corson@voltalis.com<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;is&nbsp;under&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;pressure.&nbsp;Households&nbsp;and&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;more&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;while&nbsp;solar&nbsp;and&nbsp;wind energy are&nbsp;creating&nbsp;more&nbsp;peaks&nbsp;and&nbsp;dips in&nbsp;supply.&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;helps&nbsp;balance&nbsp;supply&nbsp;and&nbsp;demand&nbsp;with&nbsp;smart&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;powered&nbsp;by&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT.&nbsp; These&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;are&nbsp;installed&nbsp;in homes&nbsp;and&nbsp;business&nbsp;premises&nbsp;behind&nbsp;devices&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;central&nbsp;heating&nbsp;boilers, heat pumps, hot&nbsp;water tanks&nbsp;and&nbsp;air&nbsp;conditioning&nbsp;units. Via LTE-M&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT,&nbsp;they&nbsp;connect&nbsp;directly&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;platform, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on&nbsp;local&nbsp;Wi-Fi.&nbsp;This&nbsp;allows&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;to&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;remotely&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;needs&nbsp;extra&nbsp;capacity.&nbsp;With&nbsp;an&nbsp;electric&nbsp;radiator,&nbsp;the&nbsp;system&nbsp;can&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;interrupt&nbsp;the&nbsp;heating.&nbsp;With&nbsp;a heat pump,&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;adjust&nbsp;the&nbsp;power output or&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;settings,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example. Users&nbsp;hardly&nbsp;notice&nbsp;this,&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;changes&nbsp;gradually.&nbsp; From&nbsp;individual&nbsp;devices&nbsp;to&nbsp;one&nbsp;Virtual Power Plant&nbsp; All&nbsp;connected&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;form&nbsp;Voltalis\u2019 Virtual Power Plant.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is a digital&nbsp;network&nbsp;of&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of small energy&nbsp;consumers.&nbsp;Thousands&nbsp;or&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;can&nbsp;make a real&nbsp;difference. \u201cIt is more&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;to&nbsp;consume&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;to&nbsp;produce more,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;Benjamin Bailly, SVP Markets,&nbsp;Products&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Innovation&nbsp;at&nbsp;Voltalis. \u201cWhen&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;use&nbsp;less&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;that&nbsp;delivers&nbsp;many&nbsp;megawatts of flexibility.&nbsp;This&nbsp;also&nbsp;helps&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;grid&nbsp;congestion.\u201d&nbsp; Always&nbsp;connected, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on Wi-Fi&nbsp; For&nbsp;Voltalis,&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;is a&nbsp;prerequisite&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;model. Without a&nbsp;connection,&nbsp;the&nbsp;platform&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;collect&nbsp;real-time&nbsp;data or&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;when&nbsp;flexibility is&nbsp;needed. The&nbsp;reliability&nbsp;of&nbsp;that&nbsp;connection&nbsp;is&nbsp;essential.&nbsp;Local&nbsp;Wi-Fi is&nbsp;too&nbsp;vulnerable&nbsp;for&nbsp;this.&nbsp;Changed&nbsp;Wi-Fi&nbsp;passwords&nbsp;and&nbsp;faulty&nbsp;routers,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example,&nbsp;can&nbsp;cause&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;to&nbsp;fail.&nbsp; That&nbsp;is&nbsp;why&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;uses&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT.&nbsp;This&nbsp;technology&nbsp;was&nbsp;developed&nbsp;for&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;applications, runs on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,188,191,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empty","category-institutionals","category-case-studies","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Voltalis\u00a0makes\u00a0energy\u00a0consumption\u00a0smarter\u00a0with\u00a0KPN\u00a0IoT\u00a0 - Voltalis Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/group.voltalis.com\/en\/empty\/voltalis-makes-energy-consumption-smarter-with-kpn-iot-10896\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voltalis\u00a0makes\u00a0energy\u00a0consumption\u00a0smarter\u00a0with\u00a0KPN\u00a0IoT\u00a0 - Voltalis Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;is&nbsp;under&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;pressure.&nbsp;Households&nbsp;and&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;more&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;while&nbsp;solar&nbsp;and&nbsp;wind energy are&nbsp;creating&nbsp;more&nbsp;peaks&nbsp;and&nbsp;dips in&nbsp;supply.&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;helps&nbsp;balance&nbsp;supply&nbsp;and&nbsp;demand&nbsp;with&nbsp;smart&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;powered&nbsp;by&nbsp;LTE-M&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT.&nbsp; These&nbsp;IoT&nbsp;boxes&nbsp;are&nbsp;installed&nbsp;in homes&nbsp;and&nbsp;business&nbsp;premises&nbsp;behind&nbsp;devices&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;central&nbsp;heating&nbsp;boilers, heat pumps, hot&nbsp;water tanks&nbsp;and&nbsp;air&nbsp;conditioning&nbsp;units. Via LTE-M&nbsp;from&nbsp;KPN&nbsp;IoT,&nbsp;they&nbsp;connect&nbsp;directly&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;platform, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on&nbsp;local&nbsp;Wi-Fi.&nbsp;This&nbsp;allows&nbsp;Voltalis&nbsp;to&nbsp;temporarily&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;remotely&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;electricity&nbsp;grid&nbsp;needs&nbsp;extra&nbsp;capacity.&nbsp;With&nbsp;an&nbsp;electric&nbsp;radiator,&nbsp;the&nbsp;system&nbsp;can&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;interrupt&nbsp;the&nbsp;heating.&nbsp;With&nbsp;a heat pump,&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;adjust&nbsp;the&nbsp;power output or&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;settings,&nbsp;for&nbsp;example. Users&nbsp;hardly&nbsp;notice&nbsp;this,&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;temperature&nbsp;changes&nbsp;gradually.&nbsp; From&nbsp;individual&nbsp;devices&nbsp;to&nbsp;one&nbsp;Virtual Power Plant&nbsp; All&nbsp;connected&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;form&nbsp;Voltalis\u2019 Virtual Power Plant.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is a digital&nbsp;network&nbsp;of&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of small energy&nbsp;consumers.&nbsp;Thousands&nbsp;or&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;together&nbsp;can&nbsp;make a real&nbsp;difference. \u201cIt is more&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;to&nbsp;consume&nbsp;less&nbsp;than&nbsp;to&nbsp;produce more,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;Benjamin Bailly, SVP Markets,&nbsp;Products&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Innovation&nbsp;at&nbsp;Voltalis. \u201cWhen&nbsp;millions&nbsp;of&nbsp;devices&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;use&nbsp;less&nbsp;electricity,&nbsp;that&nbsp;delivers&nbsp;many&nbsp;megawatts of flexibility.&nbsp;This&nbsp;also&nbsp;helps&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;grid&nbsp;congestion.\u201d&nbsp; Always&nbsp;connected, without&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on Wi-Fi&nbsp; For&nbsp;Voltalis,&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;is a&nbsp;prerequisite&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;entire&nbsp;model. 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