EnerMAN’s Vision for a Sustainable Future: Enhancing Solar Efficiency with Cutting-Edge Technology – Ashok D.M.  Founder, CEO & MD

How does EnerMAN’s IoT-based AI/ML-driven SCADA and digital products improve the efficiency and performance of solar PV plants, and what impact does this have on sustainability?

EnerMAN IoT SCADA (ETi-SOL), a web application software runs on cloud platform with CMS / RMS capabilities, supports monitoring & control of performance of key equipment 24/7 with sampling frequency of 1 minute and notify the alerts / alarms on breakdown of equipment in few seconds. This will help Engineers/Technicians to attend the breakdown to reduce the generation loss.  

ETi-SOL SCADA provides report analysis on Inverter performance ranking and Inverter downtime loss, this will help Engineers / Technicians to take corrective action to improve the performance of low performing Inverters and take preventive action to reduce the Inverter down time.

These features will help improve the plan energy generation by more than 2%. The 2% increase in energy generation is equivalent to 69 million units per year from 2.3+GW Solar PV plants which are using EnerMAN’s SCADA. This will translate into CO2 emissions reduction by 28.3 Metric tons per year, which is equivalent of nurturing 1.3 million mature trees.

What are the key challenges currently faced by solar PV plant operators in India, and how does EnerMAN’s innovative solutions address these challenges?

Solar PV Asset owners and operators faces the following challenges in managing performance of the plants, when number of plants and total capacity growing faster year after year.

1. Getting accurate information on performance of each plant, the energy generation from total plants and each inverter.
2. Real time alerts or alarms of any equipment breakdown or grid down …etc.
3. Details of Loss due to break down of inverters or other equipment or grid.
4. Getting accurate and reliable daily and monthly generation and key metrics reports for analysis.
5. All required plant performance and plant equipment data available at one place for the entire lifetime of the plant.
6. 24/7 remote access to live data, alerts, reports, performance through web app or/and mobiles apps
7. Un-interrupted and accurate data sharing with SLDC and Forecasting agencies etc.
8. Easy to use, accurate, reliable software /product to address all above challenges.  

EnerMAN products/solutions addresses all of the above challenges faced by Developers, owners and operators.

What trends and innovations do you anticipate shaping the future of the renewable energy industry, and how is EnerMAN preparing to lead in this space?

Energy Storage is becoming part of Renewable Energy, many solar PV plants integrated with energy storage to improve the grid stability and 24/7 stable power guarantee.

EnerMAN is developing monitoring, control and analysis products for BESS (Battery Energy Storage System). This will support utilizing renewable energy 24/7 in future. EnerMAN is planning to develop advance features and analytics to reduce the losses and improve the performance of the Solar PV assets.