Next Generation Energy® is pleased to announce that it will offer Network Design services for PV power plants through their partnership with natcon7. With increasing demands on yield, reliability and performance of large-scale PV power plants, many system owners are considering the inclusion of SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems to support the PV production hardware. A critical aspect of the installation of a SCADA system is the Network Design that has to occur early in the planning stage of a large PV system. With an installed base of 4.4GW of renewable energy under SCADA control, natcon7 has unparalleled expertise in this field.
Services offered will include designing the architecture for the entire communication network of a PV power plant. Every monitoring and control component will be considered and minimum equipment specifications will be established. System owners, PPA providers, and utilities are requiring increasing levels of monitoring and control capability for large commercial and utility scale Photovoltaic installations. While many system designers and integrators are struggling to meet these requirements, natcon7 is excelling thanks to years of Network Design experience in the utility scale wind power sector. natcon7 Network Design engineers are experts in designing and implementing fully integrated monitoring, SCADA, security, component control, and communications systems. Next Generation Energy® will work with natcon7 to provide full Network Design and Specification at the design phase to ensure that projects are bid correctly and that all communications requirements are met. Next Generation Energy® and natcon7 will also offer product procurement, installation support, and commissioning services for power plant network projects anywhere in the world. For more information on Network Design click here.
About natcon7
natcon7, a subsidiary of Nordex – an international developer and manufacturer of wind turbines in the megawatt range, was founded in 2002 and is located in Hamburg, Germany. natcon7 is at the forefront of global developments in renewable energy technologies with their innovative monitoring solutions. At present, natcon7 monitoring solutions are used successfully in wind, solar, biogas, and small hydropower installations with a total capacity exceeding 4 gigawatts. Their solutions are applicable to all types of renewable energy technologies. Beside SCADA, performance monitoring, and reporting services, natcon7 also support profitability tracking, power plant pooling, and scheduling as well as ancillary services.
About Next Generation Energy®
Next Generation Energy® is a leader in the engineering of renewable energy solutions that effectively harvest the free energy of the sun. Next Generation Energy® provides full-service design consulting, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution of complete energy management systems for new and retrofit projects. Next Generation Energy is located in Lafayette, Colorado.