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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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