How we work

From concept
to operational energy infrastructure.

Every project follows a structured pathway. This keeps risk low, ensures the system is right-sized for your site, and means pricing is confirmed before you commit to build.

The pathway

Five steps. One company.

It starts with your data, not our brochure. Tungsten models the value streams first, the business case follows the model, and the same engine then runs the asset it justified. Same code. Same people. Same accountability.

i.

Feasibility modelling

Twelve months of your interval data and your actual tariff go into Tungsten. The engine simulates the asset against your real year — every trading period — and quantifies each value stream separately, so you can see exactly where the return comes from.

Peak demand shaving Network capacity charges Time-of-use shifting Spot price management Solar self-consumption Backup & resilience
Output Value streams quantified, period by period, from your own data
ii.

Business case

The modelled value streams become a firm commercial proposal — system size, capital cost, projected savings, payback. Where EECA co-funding applies, we structure the application alongside your project. Pricing locked before build: the number in the proposal is the number the engine will defend.

Output Firm pricing and a defendable business case
iii.

Solution design

Cabinet count, electrical design, protection settings, and network approvals — including AS/NZS 4777.2:2020 connection with your EDB. Integration with existing solar, generation, and site systems engineered against real operating conditions, not theoretical models.

Output Confirmed system design and network approval pathway
iv.

Delivery & integration

Supply, installation, and commissioning coordinated with your site operations. Civil works, switching, connection, and integration handled as one programme. We hand over to operations the moment the system is live.

Output Installed and commissioned GRIDstore system
v.

Operate & optimise

Tungsten makes forty-eight decisions a day — each one logged, each one with a reason. Tariffs move, spot patterns shift, your load evolves; we re-tune dispatch strategy quarterly and report against the original business case. We don't leave.

Output Operational asset, audited monthly against the model
Showing the working

Every decision the asset makes has a reason.

In commercial BESS, the savings number in the proposal and the savings number on the monthly report often come from different tools — sometimes different companies. ASKA uses one engine for both. Ask us where any figure came from, and we can show you.

One engine, sale through operation.

The numbers in your proposal and on your monthly report come from the same code. They don't drift.

Every dispatch, logged.

Each decision the asset makes — charge, discharge, hold — is stamped with the time, the reason, the tariff band, and the price. Years of history accessible.

Tariff data with effective dates.

Every tariff in our model has the source reference and the effective date it was published. When a tariff changes, we know on which day.

Quarterly tuning reviews.

Real meetings, not auto-emails. We sit down, re-tune dispatch strategy against the next quarter's conditions.

Sample audit
representative day · period 30
"Where did this kilowatt-hour come from?"
SiteRepresentative · NZ industrial
Time14:30
DecisionDischarge +340 kW
ReasonPeak demand shave
Tariff bandPeak · capacity window
Spot price$182.40 / MWh
Tariff datasetnz-tariff-2026-04-01
Engine versionf9e1a3d
— every kWh traceable to source data and engine version
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Why ASKA

One integrated route from concept to operation.

ASKA brings together the technology, engineering, financing and delivery required to implement energy storage properly — all under one roof.

— one

Proven storage technology

Hardware with a strong global operating history, factory-warranted and specified against the duty it will actually run — selected for the right job, not the only one we sell.

— two

Local expertise

NZ site connections, network infrastructure, and integration. We know how the local market clears, half-hour by half-hour.

— three

Real engineering, not slideware

Engineering aligned with real operating conditions — not theoretical models. The number on the proposal is the number the engine will defend.

— four

Business case clarity

Support shaping the business case and financing structure. Where EECA co-funding applies, we structure the application alongside you.

If your site spends more than $100,000 a year on power, let's talk.

One conversation. We model your load against your tariff and tell you honestly whether a battery pays back.

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