Category: Basic Energy

Key Areas of Asset Performance Management

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Asset Performance Management (APM) maximizes yield and cost efficiencies by reducing unplanned downtime, increasing asset availability, minimizing maintenance costs, reducing asset failures while ensuring compliance to Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) regulations. APM provides you a complete view of your Solar PV asset by collecting and analyzing performance data and integrating it into system production to enhance long-term asset reliability.

Quality Checks

Quality Checks ensure that the performance of the solar plant is at par with the global standards. These checks include in-house and third-party audits to spot operational troubles in electrical parameters, wiring, cabling, structure, alignment and performance ratios. IV Curve tracing and Heat Maps are a few techniques used to ensure optimum performance.

Remote Monitoring Tool

A cloud-based APM application continuously monitors the performance of the PV system through a remote monitoring tool that provides the user with a view of the Solar Asset anytime and anywhere.

Plant Up-time

APM uses predictive analytics to preempt equipment failures and suggest a maintenance strategy to maximize plant uptime.

A dedicated Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team at the site takes corrective and preventive actions to ensure maximum solar output. Network Operations Center (NOC) monitors the system 24/7 and troubleshoots in case of trouble.

An Asset Performance Management program allows industries to avoid emergency repairs and improve asset availability and Sales Revenue. A dedicated APM facility could help businesses avail the best output at the lowest possible costs.

Conclusion

An APM focused organization helps industries in availing the best output at the lowest possible costs. An Asset Performance Management program allows industries to avoid emergency repairs, improve asset availability and Sales Revenue.

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SPARK – Why do you need a remote monitor for your Solar PV plant?

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Your Solar Plant investment is designed to create cost and energy efficiencies for you, so ensuring that they outstrip their potential is essential. The Reon SPARK application is a remote energy monitoring system that allows you to keep an eye on your plant, notifies you in case the output wavers, and helps you optimize your system performance.

SPARK offers a multi-infrastructure monitoring solution that includes your Solar PV plant, inverters, rectifiers, battery and generators. Its IOS and Android compatibility further allows you to keep a track on your plant performance from anywhere in the world.

How does SPARK remote monitoring work?

SPARK’s portfolio-wide and site-level visualization not only predicts the future performance of your system but can instantaneously produce a ticket in case of a fault.

The alarm detection activated at the NOC level is then used to deploy an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Team on-site to resolve the issue.

NOCs (Network Operations Center) are centrally located 24/7 support teams that work with Reon’s in-house crew to reduce resolution times and enhance customer experience.

NOCs (Network Operations Center) are centrally located 24/7 support teams that work with Reon’s in-house crew to reduce resolution times and enhance customer experience.

How do I evaluate my site performance using SPARK?

Other than the individually configured live data for your devices, SPARK allows you;

  1. Analysis of key metrices based on your business performance objectives
  2. Historical trend reporting to;
    • Monitor, and assess plant infrastructure below or over the given targets
    • Track changes in forecasted energy numbers.

SPARK is essential to ensure that your system is running at its optimum potential. With immediate fault detection and real-time performance reports, SPARK allows you to maximize your Solar PV plant’s Return on Investment (ROI). Reon has currently deployed its SPARK RMS tool across 40 MW plus sites nationwide in the commercial and industrial sector and 350 kW plus sites in the telecom energy sector.

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5 Must-Knows when Considering Energy Storage Solutions

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When choosing the best battery option for solar and storage in Commercial and Industrial solutions, there are a few important factors to consider. Let’s evaluate each in detail:

Energy Capacity

Energy capacity refers to the total amount of energy that a battery can store and is measured in ampere-hours or watt-hours (Wh). The design of the modern battery system is scalable. The size of the storage system can start from few kilowatt hours and can go up to hundreds of megawatt hours keeping a consistent design. While a battery with a high capacity and a low power rating would deliver a low amount of electricity for a long time, a battery with low capacity and a high-power rating would be able to bear the entire load, but only for a few hours.

Depth of Discharge (DoD)

The depth of discharge (DoD) of a battery refers to the amount of a battery’s capacity that has been used. It is denoted with a percentage value of the total capacity. Owing to the chemical composition of the battery, the life of the storage system heavily depends on the maximum DOD level the battery is discharged repeatedly. In simpler words, a higher Depth of Discharge means that more of battery’s capacity can be utilized by the consumer. Most battery manufacturers specify a maximum Depth of Discharge for optimal performance of batteries.

Lifespan

Lifespan refers to the number of years a battery can be used effectively, and can vary depending on a number of factors. Solar applications generally require one charge-discharge cycle of the battery per calendar day. A lead Acid battery designed for solar applications can provide around 1000 cycles which can roughly last for 2.7 years While Lithium-ion batteries can provide 3000 – 10,000 cycles, depending on the manufacturer, and can last up to 10 – 30 years.

While all these factors depict the performance of the battery, for a complete picture, it is important to consider other factors as well, such as the C-rating, manufacturer reputation and warranty before you invest in a battery system.

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How are we dealing with Health, Safety and Welfare on-site during pandemic?

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The risk is real during Covid!

Reon while doing its upmost to keep all its’ sites operational wherever it’s practical to do so, has published guidance to ensure the safety of its’ workers on site. The guideline ensures that the Government recommendations such as those around social distance, good hygiene, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and more are applied across all project sites.

Guidelines for Workers on-site

Consideration should be given to the follows:

Minimum workforce for effective operations

Planning for the minimum number of people required on site is necessary to operate it safely and effectively. It is also necessary to remind people not to attend if they have any Covid-19 related symptoms.

Alongside, customer/contractor site visits are limited while encouraging remote connection has helped manage the risks.

Social Distancing at Work

Using one-way flow on walkways and at entry and exit points is used to help maintain enough distance. Furthermore, staggered start and end times, reduced job and equipment rotation and minimized vehicle sharing has further helped reduce the risk.

Regular cleaning of common contact surfaces

Ensuring frequent cleaning of work areas and equipment between use, providing additional hand washing facilities at regular intervals, and restricting numbers using toilet facilities at one time has helped in maintaining distance between workers. Workers are also encouraged to bring packed meals.

Mandatory use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Providing all gears such as face masks, gloves to minimize the spread of vapors. All PPEs are subject to a single session and must be disposed off appropriately.

Inbound and Outbound Goods

Revising pick-up and drop off collection points; procedures, signage and markings; minimizing unnecessary contact at gate house security, yard and warehouses and having single workers load or unload vehicles wherever possible.

Mobilization

Submitting contractor health declaration form is mandatory prior to mobilization. Contractors are also required to arrange dedicated transport for their staff and workers from their homes to project sites. Furthermore, availability of hand sanitizers is compulsory in all contractor based vehicles.

The aforementioned guidelines will continue to evolve in line with the Government regulations. Reon ensures ongoing training and information access to all employees deployed at site to safeguard the Team’s health, and welfare.

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