You already own the equipment. EKU Power Drives makes it work as one system
Generators, frac pumps, engines, batteries and solar arrive from different manufacturers, each with its own controller and screen. EKU adds the control layer, Maximus and Sophia, that makes them run, protect themselves and report as one.
Buying the machines does not make them a power plant
Sites grow one purchase at a time: a rental package, a second phase, a battery added later. Each machine arrives with its own controller, screen and habits, so the site ends up run brand by brand.
Every brand thinks alone
Each controller only sees its own family of units.
Engines on “just in case”
Extra units run at low load as manual reserve, while gas sets are designed for 70% to 100% of nameplate (Caterpillar).
Four screens, no single view
Alarms and data are scattered across vendor portals.
Dispatch by hand
People start, stop and share load manually; records live in spreadsheets.
Every change is a risk
A new unit, battery or solar array means rewiring and possible outages.
The cost hides between the machines: fuel and engine hours that no one can see, spent on units the load does not need.
How much fuel does your fleet burn doing nothing? Most operators cannot say, because the answer is spread across different controllers, screens and portals.
Picture an orchestra of excellent musicians with no conductor. Each one plays at its own tempo: it sounds like noise and everyone tires faster. EKU brings the conductor.
EKU is an engineering and technology company that makes power assets work together
EKU Power Drives designs controls, switchgear and data platforms that let operators run generators, pumps and power equipment from different manufacturers as one system. Founded in 2015, engineered in Germany and Texas.
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EKU Power Drives is founded.
Enters power generation.
Launches GeneSys, its switchgear line.
EKU does not make the engine. EKU makes every piece work together: easy to control and ready to improve.
EKU adds the smart layer that turns a pile of equipment into operating power
Buying equipment is step one. Making it start, share load, protect itself and report as one system is the step EKU delivers, with products, software and people.
Equipment is bought
Engines, generators, pumps, switchgear, batteries and solar, often from different makers.
The system is assembled
A packager or EPC connects the mechanical and electrical parts into a package.
EKU adds the smart layer
Control, protection, automation, monitoring and software, designed to work as one.
Power that works
Available, controlled and visible, and it keeps improving with data and support.
Technology products
Controls, switchgear, auxiliary power, heaters and tools, in five product families.
Data services
Sophia monitoring, alarms, KPI reports and remote diagnostics.
Lifecycle services
Design, commissioning, training, remote and field support, and upgrades after start-up.
A carmaker builds the engine, but the car still needs a dashboard, brakes and a computer to drive safely. EKU builds the dashboard, the brakes and the computer of a power site.
Five product families cover every job on a site, from the controller to the safety tool
Control, visibility, idle fuel, extreme cold or safer maintenance? Each job has its EKU family.
One control for unit, fleet, site and remote
Runs generators, pumps, batteries and solar as one system on site.
- Multi-Gen Controller
- Multi-Pump Controller
- Microgrid Controller
- Diesel and e-pump control
- GeneSys switchgear
- Smart LV controls coming soon
Data that shows what each unit costs
Equipment data on site and in the cloud, with alerts for every unit.
- Sophia Onsite
- Sophia Cloud
- KPI reporting
- Custom dashboards
- Energy monitoring
- Data Stream Service
Power that keeps equipment ready without idling
Stops engines that idle without load and keeps controls and batteries alive.
- ESC, Engine Standby Controller
- E-APU
- E-pump blackstart
- Starting unit coming soon
Fluid care that protects engines in extreme cold
Heaters and lubrication keep critical equipment in its operating window, even below zero.
- Vulcan diesel
- Vulcan natural gas
- Atlas lubrication coming soon
- Auxiliary HVAC
Tools that keep technicians safe
The Permanent Barring Attachment turns pump power ends safely during maintenance.
- Permanent Barring Attachment coming soon
Think of a toolbox with five drawers: control, data, power, heat and safety. Every site opens the drawers it needs, and one team stands behind all five.
Four industries share one problem, so the same five families adapt to each site
Generators, frac pumps, haul trucks or site power from several makers: each industry pays for the same gap in fuel, idle hours and downtime.
Power generation
Prime, standby and islanded plants, microgrids, rental fleets
Oil and gas
Frac, drilling and pump-down fleets, well sites
Mining
Haul trucks, heavy equipment, remote site power
Construction
Temporary and mobile worksites, cranes, office containers
| Family | Power generation | Oil and gas | Mining | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaximusControl | Multi-Gen and microgrid control, GeneSys switchgear | Multi-Pump for frac fleets, drilling site automation | Controls for large mobile and fixed assets | Control of on-site power units, cranes and office containers |
| SophiaData | Fleet KPIs: fuel, hours, emissions, faults | Pump fleet data and non-productive engine time | Fleet data and idle hours | Remote monitoring of scattered units |
| CerberusPower and idle | E-APU, starting and blackstart units | ESC on frac engines, e-pump blackstart | ESC on haul trucks and heavy equipment | Smart power distribution and hybrid solar |
| VulcanHeat and fluids | · | Diesel and natural gas heaters, Atlas lubrication | Cold-weather heating | Smart heating |
| BexSafety | · | Barring tool for pump power ends | · | · |
Different industries, same problem: equipment from several manufacturers that has to run like one.
In power generation, EKU makes generators from different makers run as one plant
A supervisory layer sits above the controllers you already have and makes them act as one. The engine and alternator come from the maker you choose; the switchgear, the site controller and the data layer are where EKU works.
Where it runs
- Prime power for sites off the grid
- Standby and backup, with blackstart
- Islanded plants and microgrids with batteries and solar
- Rental and mobile power fleets
What EKU brings
- Maximus Multi-Gen and Microgrid Controller
- GeneSys: 4 to 15 kV switchgear and a Maximus cabinet on one trailer, up to 28 MVA
- Cerberus E-APU and starting units
- Sophia fleet analytics; Smart LV controls coming soon
Four jobs, one layer, the whole bus
- Synchronize: phase, frequency and voltage matched before every breaker close
- Share load: kW and kVAR in proportion to each unit's rating
- Stage: units start and stop as the load changes
- Hold reserve for the whole bus, not per brand
On-site power is the fast lane, so that is where EKU focuses
Demand grows and new grid capacity arrives slowly, so sites build their own power with the equipment they can get. Each figure comes from a different source and measures a different thing.
Different sources, dates and measures: each interval keeps its own scope. Read them side by side, never as one gap.
Every on-site plant built with equipment from several makers needs a layer that makes it run as one. That is the work of Maximus, GeneSys switchgear and Sophia.
In oil and gas, EKU keeps frac fleets pumping and cuts the hours engines run for nothing
Frac, drilling and pump-down sites run dozens of engines and pumps from different makers. Multi-Pump coordinates them from the datavan; ESC, Vulcan, Cerberus and Bex handle idle, cold, power and maintenance.
Where it runs
- Frac fleets: electric, diesel, gas and turbine pumps
- Drilling rigs and well-site power
- Pump-down operations
- Integrated pump systems
What goes wrong
- Engines idle between stages and burn fuel for nothing
- Dozens of pumps must ramp and hold rate together
- Cold starts and fluids out of range in winter
- Barring pump power ends by hand is a safety risk
The first step
Measure one fleet before and after with Sophia: engine time outside pumping, idle hours and fuel.
Then the ESC stops engines that idle without load.
Between frac stages, engines keep running with no pumping to do. That time costs fuel and engine hours.
In mining, EKU cuts the hours haul trucks and heavy equipment idle, even in extreme cold
Remote mines run large mobile and fixed equipment far from help. Idle management, cold-weather heating and fleet data keep it productive, retrofitted on selected equipment after a site-fit check.
Where it runs
- Haul trucks and loaders
- Heavy mobile and fixed equipment
- Remote site power and microgrids
- Cold-climate operations
What goes wrong
- Trucks idle for hours while they wait
- Cold starts and frozen fluids stop equipment
- Idle hours and fuel stay invisible without fleet data
- Remote sites are far from help
The first step
One retrofit on selected equipment, after a site-fit check, measured before and after by Sophia: idle hours and fuel.
Haul trucks idle while they wait. Every idle hour burns fuel and wears the engine, with nothing moved.
On construction sites, EKU keeps temporary power smart, visible and efficient
Worksites move and grow: mobile generators, cranes and office containers spread across the site. Smart distribution, hybrid solar, heating and remote monitoring keep them running on less fuel.
Where it runs
- Temporary and mobile worksites
- Mobile generators and light towers
- Cranes and office containers
- Site electrification
What goes wrong
- Units spread across the site and hard to watch
- Generators sized for the peak idle the rest of the day
- Failures are found when work stops
- Cold weather slows the schedule
The first step
One worksite measured before and after by Sophia: fuel, run hours and units on site.
Worksite generators are sized for the peak and idle the rest of the day: engine hours with no work behind them.
EKU solves the coordination problem and is designed to reduce the costs it creates
On the left, what changes the day a site master is in place. On the right, the losses it is designed to reduce. Stated by EKU; measured whole-site behavior Needs Validation.
What EKU solves
What EKU prevents
EKU works like the control tower of an airport: it keeps every machine moving smoothly and stops collisions before they happen.
These costs stay invisible until someone measures them: fuel, engine hours, rental fees and risk spent on units the load did not need.
EKU adds one site controller on top of what you already own, instead of replacing it
There are three ways to make a mixed-brand site behave as one plant. EKU takes the third: each unit keeps its own controller and factory protections, and nothing you own is replaced.
Who owns the site-control logic?
EKU: Maximus, on the pad, over the controllers you already have.
How does the site behave locally and offline?
EKU: Control runs on site, so the plant is designed to keep running if the link drops; data fills in later.
How does commissioning work?
EKU: It connects to the existing controllers by communication harness; factory protections stay in place.
What field results can be proven?
EKU: Measure one site before and after with Sophia: fuel, load band and availability.
One design and one accountable team, from the chip in the field to the cloud dashboard.
Maximus runs the site, Sophia remembers everything, and the field hardware connects every machine
EKU designs every layer, from the controller in the field to the dashboard in the cloud, so one team answers for the whole chain.
Maximus: the site controller
Multi-Gen, the power generation module:
- 1Synchronizes each unit before its breaker closes
- 2Shares kW and kVAR by the size of each unit
- 3Starts and stops units with the load
- 4Keeps reserve (N+1) for the whole bus
- 5Dispatches batteries and solar with the generators
Multi-Pump does the same job for frac fleets: rate split, ramp order, one emergency stop and Auto-Rate cruise control. Control runs on the pad; the cloud is optional.
Sophia Cloud
One portal for every deployment:
- 1Operating hours, load factors, fuel, emissions and fault logs
- 2KPI dashboards: fuel, uptime and fleet analytics
- 3Load data that shows how many units the real load needs
- 4Live data to your SCADA or data lake over REST, MQTT, Modbus or CAN gateways
Remote setpoints are an add-on (Cloud Operator); local safety and on-site override always stay in force.
Sophia Onsite
Memory on the pad:
- 1Local database and message broker on the edge computer
- 2Telemetry to the cloud every second (1 Hz) while connected
- 3If the link drops, data keeps logging and fills the gap later, with no loss
- 4Signal-level troubleshooting down to each I/O channel
Internet down? Control stays on site with Maximus, and Sophia Onsite keeps logging until the link returns.
Field control and protection
The nervous system of the site:
- 1Control Box: central interface and protection hub
- 2Cerberus: ESC stops idling engines; E-APU and blackstart units keep controls alive
- 3Vulcan: heaters and lubrication keep engines in their operating window
- 4GeneSys: EKU switchgear to interconnect generators and distribute power
- 5Junction boxes for 10 or 25 units and 85 m rugged cable sets
- 6Modbus TCP and RTU, CANbus and J1939, Ethernet, OPC UA, MQTT and analog bias lines
One team stands behind every piece of field hardware.
Your equipment stays
What Maximus keeps in place:
- 1Each unit's own controller: Maximus talks to it
- 2Factory protections, emergency stops and breakers
- 3Batteries, solar and pumps join the same site logic
Compatibility is confirmed per project.
Maximus is the conductor, Sophia is the memory, and the field hardware is the nervous system that reaches every machine.
One partner stays with the site at every stage, from the first drawing to the next upgrade
Everything EKU delivers is engineered for the equipment on your site, and the same team answers after start-up.
Off-the-shelf stops where your site starts.
When a machine needs an interface, a control cabinet or a data service it does not have, EKU designs, tests and commissions it with your team.
- Design reviews at definition and at 30, 60 and 90%
- CAD models, P&IDs, network architecture, I/O lists and cable maps
- Training during commissioning, usually train-the-trainer
- After start-up: remote troubleshooting, field follow-up, on-call help
- Documented backups, with restoration tests
Purchase, lease, rental or subscription, depending on the product. Maximus comes as a subscription with hardware, spares and updates included; pricing is confirmed per project. Fixed-price or milestone models are possible.
The outcome: equipment that is ready, visible and able to keep improving
Three words describe a site that runs as one system. Three questions show how far a site is from it today.
Integrated
Every unit, brand and site in one control and data layer.
Automated
It starts, stops, shares load and holds reserve by itself.
Optimized
Data shows what each unit costs, and the system keeps improving.
- 1Can one screen show every unit, from every manufacturer, right now?
- 2Do units start and stop with the load, instead of being held running “just in case”?
- 3Is the team that built the system the one that answers at 2 a.m.?
If any answer is no, the site is not yet running as one system.
The site is designed to keep running: control stays on site with Maximus, and Sophia Onsite keeps logging until the link returns.
Your engines, each unit’s own controller, factory protections, emergency stops and breakers. Nothing you already own is replaced.
Every objection the sales team hears has a one-line answer here
Eight things buyers tell EKU's sellers, from the commercial team's survey. Name the problem first, then show the picture, then the number: each answer points to its page.
EKU: The control layer that makes equipment from different makers work as one: hardware, software and field service.
EKU: Keep it. EKU sits on top of the controllers and screens you already have; nothing is replaced.
EKU: Keep your vendors. EKU works above the makers you choose and connects to what they deliver.
EKU: Control runs on site, so the plant is designed to keep running if the link drops; alarms land in one log and remote engineering hours come with the subscription.
EKU: Factory protections stay in place, each unit keeps its own controller, and the engineers who build the system answer after start-up.
EKU: Size it against the waste it removes: fuel, engine hours and rented units the load does not need.
EKU: That is step one: Sophia measures hours at low load, fuel and how many units the real load needs.
EKU: Start with one site, measured before and after by Sophia, and judge EKU by those numbers.
EKU turns equipment from different makers into one system that runs, protects itself and measures its results
Request a fleet or site assessment
- 1Tell us how many units you run, from which makers and in which industry.
- 2EKU maps your controllers and how the site runs today.
- 3You get the headroom: how many units your real load needs.
The first step is simple: measure one site before and after with Sophia.
EKU integrates and orchestrates mixed-brand generator fleets as one system through the Maximus and Sophia ecosystem; the competitive question is who owns the site-control logic, how the site behaves locally and offline, how commissioning works, and what field results can be proven.
Use it to tell one simple story, in pictures, in any meeting
How to use this guide
- Onboarding: read pages 2 to 6 in order.
- First meeting with an operator: pages 2, 12, 13 and 18.
- By industry: power generation 7 and 8, oil and gas 9, mining 10, construction 11.
- Packager or EPC conversation: pages 5, 7 and 14.
- Leadership conversations: pages 8, 14 and 16.
- Questions in a sales call: page 17.
Start with the operator's problem, show one site controller over what they already own, measure one site before and after with Sophia, and close with the fleet question.
Glossary in plain words
What stays
- Your engines and generators, from the makers you chose
- Each unit's own controller
- Factory protections, emergency stops and breakers
- Your team, trained to run the site
What EKU adds
- Maximus: one site controller over every unit
- GeneSys switchgear and field control boxes
- Sophia: data on site and in the cloud
- One team from design to support
Many makers. One system. Power that works.
One partner. Every stage.
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