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A smart grid intelligently integrates the actions of every user connected to it — generators, consumers and those that do both — to deliver reliable, economic and secure electricity. We provide predictive analytics for the planning and advanced control of grids under a changing supply and demand paradigm, and decision support that connects untapped solar potential to existing and emerging consumption hubs.
When the first electrical utility began sending electricity across a grid in 1881, the roles were clear: utilities generated or purchased power and delivered it to the people who consumed it, drawing on sources they could dispatch with relative ease.
Regulatory requirements to green the supply, broad penetration of intermittent sources like solar and wind, and a commitment to efficiency have since broken those historical patterns of consumption and generation, raising risk and uncertainty in utility operations. Our decision support solutions let clients predict supply and demand, determine the best course of action and act quickly to manage that uncertainty.
Our strategic approach to energy management
Smart energy choices follow smart business planning. Planning generation deployment within the constraints of a grid needs an accurate calculation of available solar resource, so we maintain a global irradiance data set updated every half hour and deliver it as interactive GIS carrying every relevant planning layer.
Integrated resource planning requires development scenarios covering every feasible solar generation option. Our decision support systems rate potential assets on expected performance and support their integration into the generation mix, including designs built around the virtual power plant concept as distributed generation grows.
A shifting generation mix and its growing distributed component mean virtual solar power plants must deliver on expected generation, return and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. Ongoing monitoring of available resource and energy output minimises operational losses and maximises return, with quality assurance focused on risk management and performance guarantees.
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