Managed Services for the Solar Energy Sector

Monitoring PV systems is essential to achieve maximum energy production and to detect breakdowns. Pacific Controls’ managed service to monitor and control PV panels allows the use of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) by undertaking monitoring and fault detection for each module individually. Pacific Controls’ Managed Service quickly alerts about system outages or underperformance. Depending upon customer preference, Pacific Controls’ service can facilitate several possible strategies for monitoring and capturing of data. This may include from simple remote monitoring to an in-depth analysis with respect to; each inverter, metering, satellite image analysis/solar radiation analysis, management of electrostatic system to remove dust to ensure high output.

Pacific Controls’ Service can be used by home owners, organizations or by Solar PV suppliers. Suppliers can offer their customers wireless monitoring systems using Pacific Controls cloud computing service so that owners can check the performance of their PV array using a web browser from any location. This is valuable both for; commercial solar power stations who need to maximize returns, and for residential users who wish to check performance from their living rooms. Pacific Controls managed service integrates both the PV solar system and inverters for all installed PV systems in a global portfolio from any location. It carries out performance analysis using advanced data mining techniques and artificial intelligence, combining the panel data with that from external sensors such as pyranometers. The Service also provides proactive and predictive Fault Detection and Diagnostics.

Key Benefits

Manufacturers/Suppliers:

  • A premium service for monitoring and management services to ensure that Solar PV installations are generating power whenever there is sunshine.
  • Enable predictive maintenance services to minimize downtime
  • Enable maximum efficiency of equipment
  • Facilitates on-going relationship with customers
  • Captures data for ongoing R & D

Solar Panel Owners:

  • Optimize performance of PV panels
  • Efficiency at every step of solar power generation
  • Potential faults are identified before they occur
  • Higher uptime
  • Proactive notification on any deterioration in performance

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