PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT – DECEMBER 2023

Welcome to the Power Factors Product Spotlight. A roundup of new product features and enhancements to existing functionality designed to give you unparalleled control over your data.

December’s feature enhancements are all about precision — from giving you more control when it comes to portfolio views to enabling better configurability of your wind KPI inputs. Here’s a roundup of what’s new: 

New Product Features and Enhancements:

• Unity CMS – Alternative fleet views 
• Greenbyte – Improved configurability for wind energy 
• Greenbyte – Enhanced wind energy insights 
• Drive – Coming Soon: Automated NERC GADS reporting for solar and solar-plus-storage 
• Tips & Tricks – Greenbyte – New latest ended status events widget 

UNITY CMS – ALTERNATIVE VIEWS IN FLEET MANAGER

Our latest enhancement to the Unity CMS Fleet Manager allows you to change your portfolio view quickly and easily for enhanced oversight of your plants. Designed to transform the way you monitor and manage your energy assets, Alternative Views gives you three versatile views of your portfolio: an overview, a performance view, and a status view. 

Dive into detailed, real-time data with specialized views focusing on key plant metrics. Effortlessly track power, irradiance, wind speed, and more, ensuring comprehensive visibility into your generation status. Simultaneously, gain a crystal-clear understanding of your plant equipment’s health with intuitive displays to help you pinpoint and prioritize performance issues.  

Alternative fleet views are not just a feature; they are your gateway to smarter, more efficient fleet monitoring. 

Interested in learning more about alternative fleet views in Unity CMS?

If you’re a Unity CMS customer, reach out to your CSM for more information.

Not a Unity CMS customer? Request a demo. 

GREENBYTE – IMPROVED CONFIGURABILITY FOR WIND ENERGY

We understand the pivotal role accurate performance and energy loss Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) play in optimizing your operations. That’s why we’ve expanded our configurability options to redefine how you engage with site- and device-specific expected production calculations. 

Tailored Wind Speed Selection for Turbines: Choose the wind speed signal that works for you. Our new configurability options allow you to select between measured and density-adjusted wind speed inputs for expected production calculations. Tailoring wind speed selection is crucial — especially for devices at higher altitudes where accuracy matters most. By incorporating density-adjusted wind speed, we improve your expected production estimates, translating to more trusted performance KPIs and more reliable energy loss estimates.

Configure the Correct Reference Density: One size does not fit all when it comes to reference air density in OEM power curves. Our enhanced configurability options enable you to fine-tune your reference density. Aligning your calculations with OEM methodologies, ensuring an apples-to-apples comparison, and increasing your confidence in the values derived from your calculations. Trust in the accuracy of your metrics like never before. 

Interested in learning more about enhanced wind speed and air density configurability options in Greenbyte? 

*If you’re a Greenbyte customer, check out the following User Guides in the Power Factors Knowledge Base:  

Greenbyte Signal Calculations: 

Potential Power Learned Power Curve 

Potential Power Multiple Power Curve (Default PC) 

Potential Power Multiple Power Curve (MPC) 

Greenbyte Widget:  

Power Curve 

Greenbyte Administrate:  

Wind Turbines – Power Curve Tab 

*Customer login required to access the Knowledge Base. 

Not a Greenbyte customer? Request a demo. 

GREENBYTE – ENHANCED WIND ENERGY INSIGHTS

Our commitment to empowering your wind energy operations continues with these enhanced reliability insights.  

Pinpointing reliability issues in components can be difficult. Introducing mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) and mean-time-to-repair (MTTR) metrics at the component level equips you with the tools to identify frequently failing components and those requiring extended repair times. 

Uncover hidden patterns, proactively address reliability challenges, and make informed decisions for more stable and reliable energy production. 

Interested in learning more about enhanced reliability metrics in Greenbyte? 

*If you’re a Greenbyte customer, check out the following release notes in the Power Factors Knowledge Base: 

 *Customer login required to access the Knowledge Base. 

Not a Greenbyte customer? Request a demo. 

COMING SOON! — STREAMLINING SOLAR GADS REPORTING WITH DRIVE

Ensuring compliance with NERC’s GADS reporting requirements can be a complex and time-consuming task. That’s why Power Factors automates it.   

Beginning in early 2024, our Drive asset performance management (APM) platform will automatically generate correctly formatted GADS performance reports for your solar and solar-plus-storage sites in accordance with new requirements.  

Stay tuned for the official release announcement! 

TIPS & TRICKS

Greenbyte — Latest Ended Status Events Widget

Did you know the Latest Ended Status Events widget is now available from the Monitor and Control dashboards? Users can filter events based on selected categories such as Stop, Warning, Informational, Communication, or Curtailment, set duration filters, and sort events by status acknowledgment. Learn how to add it here!