FTC Solar Unveils Tracker-Agnostic SUNOPS Software to Enhance Solar Plant Performance
August 31 2023 - 6:00AM
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- First-of-its-kind software provides a holistic view of solar
plant performance by monitoring and analyzing all operating asset
data.
- By leveraging tracker analytics, SUNOPS helps identify and
diagnose a myriad of issues across an entire solar site, providing
actionable insights for field teams to resolve problems
quickly.
- By determining site issues before dispatch, the software
increases solar plant uptime and reduces energy losses.
With solar accounting for 54% of all new electricity-generating
capacity additions in the first quarter of 2023, it’s important to
keep sites up and running efficiently to continue this trajectory.
In a bold leap forward, FTC Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FTCI), a leading
solar tracker provider, launched SUNOPS—a differentiated
cloud-based PV asset monitoring solution poised to redefine solar
asset performance management. Driven by FTC Solar’s deep tracker
domain expertise, the tracker-agnostic SUNOPS software offers a
holistic view of plant operation, analyzing most facets of PV plant
performance. In addition, the solution empowers operations and
maintenance (O&M) teams, asset management leaders, and
performance engineers with actionable insights to enhance energy
generation across their solar deployments.
“Tracker data is not always easy to get access to,” says Imran
Hassan, the Director of Technical Operations of ACT Power Services,
who is one of the first beta users for the program. “The
cloud-based SUNOPS platform saves my team time by allowing us to
access the information I need when I need it.”
Unlike traditional approaches focusing mainly on inverter
analytics, SUNOPS considers other factors like advanced tracking
algorithms and appropriate tracker stowing for extreme weather
events. The software uses this data to effectively determine the
root cause of underperformance, offering quick and accurate
solutions to improve plant efficiency. SUNOPS provides a range of
key features designed to empower users in optimizing solar plant
performance, including:
Precision Assessments: SUNOPS provides a
first-of-its-kind tracker health assessment down to a single table,
innovating site performance evaluation. Better tracker insights
translate to improved plant performance and energy production.
Actionable Insights: Going beyond conventional methods,
SUNOPS leverages advanced tracker analytics. Field teams gain
real-time insights, enabling proactive issue resolution to reduce
energy losses. SUNOPS's foresight in issue detection before
dispatch improves uptime and leads to operational cost savings.
Easy to Navigate: Accessible via an intuitive and secure
cloud-based interface, SUNOPS offers streamlined portfolio data
access, eliminating hours spent working with systems of individual
sites. It offers live site monitoring, historical performance
tracking, and issue prioritization, changing the landscape in solar
asset management with actionable, data-driven decision-making.
Derived from FTC's global track record of successfully deploying
over 4.5GW of tracker projects, SUNOPS can empower solar plants
worldwide to achieve optimal performance.
“SUNOPS will revolutionize solar plant operations and empower
field teams to make informed decisions swiftly to maximize energy
production and minimize operational disruptions,” said Andrew
Morse, Senior Director of Software at FTC Solar.
FTC Solar will debut SUNOPS at RE+ North America at the Venetian
Conference & Expo Center in Las Vegas on September 11-14, 2023.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.ftcsolar.com/sunops/
About FTC Solar Inc.:
FTC Solar is a leading, global provider of solar tracker
systems, software, and engineering services. FTC Solar's Digital
Solutions offers a portfolio of synergistic, highly secure, and
user-friendly products that are customized to support and aid our
partners throughout their solar journey—from swift and precise site
design (SUNDAT) to Solar PV performance insights (SUNOPS),
optimized energy production (SUNPATH), and efficient solar
portfolio management (ATLAS). For more information about SUNOPS,
please visit www.ftcsolar.com/sunops/
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