Power Factors Deploys SCADA and PPC for 260 MW PV Plant in Texas

Power Factors has commissioned an enterprise supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and power plant controller (PPC) solution for the first phase of a 260 MW project in Texas for one of the world’s oil and gas supermajors.

Constructed by a leading US EPC, the PV plant consists of more than 60 substations, using a 330KV HV connection line to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) grid.

Working remotely for most of the commissioning, with an on-site presence at critical points, the Power Factors team helped bring a quarter of the capacity online, providing 63 MW of clean, cost-effective solar power in September 2020. Once completed, the plant will provide energy to power the equivalent of 34,000 homes and offset 268,675 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year comparable to taking over 57,000 fuel-burning cars off the road.

Despite the early concerns of the solar energy industry about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Power Factors has seen no negative effects on our utility-scale segment. On the contrary, the company’s footprint in SCADA and PPC deployments is experiencing fast expansion both in North America and globally.

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