Controls, Analytics, and Cybersecurity. As you buy your first battery in the Solar+ era, you’re likely overlooking scope, integration, configuration and most of all software. While traditional controls could do some of what you need, the energy storage era is going to create a financial upside that comes with additional responsibilities. The ISO may change the rules your first year of operations, just like ERCOT is doing right now and you’ve likely never heard of it (google FFR Advancement). You may also be adjusting your power marketing operations strategies to take advantage of new pricing signals. While a preventative maintenance check is occurring, a fault may trigger the asset to go into safe mode and stop revenue generation until a remote operations team dispatches the reset. While NERC figures out that energy storage assets are being built, you may be thinking that cybersecurity is important but how do you solve for it? That is where scalable software based solutions come into play that have the ability to adapt the configurations for your hardware, much like putting Microsoft Windows on your PCs, regardless of the brand of computers you bought. So as you read the top story about the Duke operations center, realize that energy storage brings a whole new segment of consideration for your asset management strategy.
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- Marketwatch: Equinor in Deal to Buy Solar Project Developer BeGreen
- Energy Storage News: Ohio Power Siting Board gives approval for state’s first grid-scale battery storage project
- Canary Media: Electric school buses to get $1B boost from Biden administration
- PV-Magazine: U.S. to deploy 550 GW of new renewables by 2030
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