Until recently, Namasté Solar was using seven data acquisition platforms to manage 35 solar projects in its O&M portfolio. Staff needed to know how to operate each software program for performance monitoring and reporting. For support, the Namasté team would have to contact a variety of customer service teams. Industry...
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Selecting an approved smart inverter does not entirely solve the challenges of your Rule 21/IEEE 2030.5 project. In order to be ready now for Rule 21 operations in the future, you must also futureproof your project by specifying a SCADA solution to relay commands between utility management systems and smart...
With the combined experience and expertise of Locus Energy, skytron, AlsoEnergy and Draker, our collective IP allows us to provide one of the industry’s most field tested and proven approaches to utility-scale project onboarding and deployment. We have successfully deployed systems covering a myriad of complex use cases with active...
The Engineering Team at AlsoEnergy provides a wide range of professional services that support system design, commissioning oversight, and software configurations. One example is the 2.7 MW SEPV One Ten Partners Solar project in Palmdale, California, with a 12.47kV Southern California Edison (SCE) interconnection; it was developed by Solar Electric...
The transition from 3G to 4G+ network technology is underway. US mobile network carriers like Verizon and AT&T have announced the planned decommissioning of their respective 3G cellular infrastructures over the next 18 months as they upgrade to 4G and 5G standards. That means that 3G devices, such as smart...
Data management is a critical and often overlooked element in managing project risk for utility scale PV. High quality data in the final stages of project delivery is vital to timely resolution of the complex issues that often surface during site acceptance testing. Proper configuration for data acquisition and performance...