Bringing Intelligent Monitoring and Quality Assurance Services to Commercial Projects MARTIN SCHNEIDER MANAGING DIRECTOR 1
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts > Conclusion 2
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts > Conclusion 3
The Company 30 years of experience 10,5 GWp under monitoring 39,500 Systems Acting global A STRONG, WORLDWIDE OPERATING NETWORK 4
Does your System produce enough Energy? A review of 30,000 installations In Europe by meteocontrol found 80% were underperforming New Yor Times, June 2013 5
Failures per Year and MWp 6
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts > Conclusion 7
Market in Australia for Europeans CEFC: $250 Mio. into projects ARENA call for tender >5 MWp ACT goverement aims for 100% renewable by 2025 AGL's 53 MW PV plant begins operations The commercial marked is increasing! 8
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts > Conclusion 9
Securing Yield during Planning Phase Yield Calculations Technical Advice Acceptance Test Operation 10
Technical Operation Management Maximizes the Yield Daily Observation Fast Reactions Investor Reports 11
Technical Operation Management 90% PV-systems without O&M PV-systems with professional O&M Performance Ratio 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% mean PR: 76,9 % + 4,5% mean PR: 81,4 % 50% PV-systems in Europe, Year of operation 2011, commissioned 2005-2010 12
System Monitoring and Grid Connection On-Site Weather Data Flexible Hardware System Monitoring Software Grid Connection 13
Power Management 0% 30 % 60 % Gateway 100 % Trader Datalogger for monitoring and controlling Telecontrol equipment Zero sales Active power control Reactive power control Forecasting Earth fault detection = ~= ~= ~ Grid operators 14
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts - Monitoring Concepts - Fault detection and diagnosis - Professional application > Conclusion 15
Monitoring Concepts Large Commercial / Utility Systems Weather Station User Intervace Inverter & String Monitoring Power Control / Zero Feed-in 16
Professional Application Remote Monitoring 17
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Soiling 18
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Shading 19
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Soiled Fan 20
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Inverter Failure 21
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Module Underperformance rated actual 22
Professional Application Remote Monitoring Ticket System 23
Professional Application Remote Monitoring Prior System 24
Agenda > About the Company > Market Change in Australia > The different Steps of Quality Assurance > Intelligent Monitoring Concepts > Conclusion 25
Conclusion PV is not working just on its own, monitoring is required. Operation and Maintenance is a good business opportunity O&M pays off; for the client and the environment 26
Thank you for your attention! > Meet us at both 2914 < meteocontrol GmbH meteocontrol GmbH Spicherer Strasse 48 86157 Augsburg Germany Spicherer Strasse 48 86157 Augsburg Germany Phone +49 (0)821 34666-0 Fax +49 (0)821 34666-11 Phone +49 (0)821 34666-0 Fax +49 (0)821 34666-11 E-mail info@meteocontrol.com Web www.meteocontrol.com E-mail info@meteocontrol.com Web www.meteocontrol.com Copyright: Urheberrechte: meteocontrol GmbH, Augsburg All rights reserved. Copyright meteocontrol GmbH, (Germany). Augsburg (Deutschland). Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Text, Bilder, Grafiken sowie deren Anordnung unterliegen dem Text, pictures, graphics as und well anderer as their Schutzgesetze. arrangement aresie protected underohne copyright law and other laws.gmbh No part this presentation or any Schutz des Urheberrechts dürfen nicht die Zustimmung derprotective meteocontrol zu of kommerziellen Zwecken of its contents mayverändert be copied,oder reproduced, modified or adapted, handed over to third parties or made thedem priorurheberrecht written permission kopiert, verbreitet, Dritten zugänglich gemacht werden. Wir weisen daraufhin, dass diepublic Bilderwithout teilweise Dritter of meteocontrol unterliegen. GmbH. Please note, that some images are protected by third-party copyrights. 27
The Company 28
The different Steps of Quality Assurance a Quality assurance Yield reports Project evaluation Support b IT-Software Hardware & c accessories Operations & d Maintenance Customized software Customized hardware Central recording Highly compatible Basic packages Evaluation Energy management Maintenance 29
Why PV System Monitoring To react quickly and in the right way to all appearing problems you need: Appropriate measuring data acquisition The right tools for a clear evaluation Qualified support seven days a week 30
Monitoring Concepts Residential / Small Commercial Systems 31
meteocontrol More than 30 years of experience in renewable energy systems. 9.6GWp of PV system under its professional remote monitoring. Biggest data pool for the performance of PV systems. Involved in projects covering a total investment value of 13 bn. EUR 100 employees worldwide + Monitoring becomes child play for all system sizes. 32
Power Management 33
Professional Application Remote Monitoring Inv. 2-3 Inv. 2.4 34