Success story
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Energy grid monitoring
In the realm of renewable energy, a pioneering mobile application is making waves, tailored specifically for the discerning business clientele. This digital tool is a gateway to unparalleled oversight and management of green energy investments. It offers businesses real-time data and analytics on their solar energy systems, empowering them with the knowledge and control needed to optimize their investments.
Designed for ease of use and efficiency, the app allows selective access to employees, ensuring that the right people have the right information at their fingertips. This isn’t just an application; it’s a crucial companion for any business committed to sustainable energy solutions and keen on maximizing the value of their green initiatives. It represents a blend of technology and sustainability, crafted to enhance the renewable energy journey for forward-thinking enterprises.
If an issue arises with any piece of equipment, the app swiftly alerts users, pinpointing the exact device that’s experiencing a problem. This immediate notification system ensures that businesses can quickly address and resolve any technical issues, minimizing downtime and maximizing efficiency. It’s more than just an application; it’s a vigilant guardian of their renewable energy assets, providing peace of mind and reinforcing the reliability of their sustainable energy solutions.
Client
Global business covering a diverse range of specialized services for power and automation. Client with innovative leadership approach to implement new technologies, creative design, safe and reliable electrical systems.
From design to EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction), clients receive unparalleled assistance, ensuring every step towards eco-friendly energy is marked with innovation and expertise.
As an integrator for the most important technology providers in the world, the company provides the most suitable solutions for customer’s power and automation needs.
Industry
In the dynamic realm of renewable energy, where sustainability meets technological prowess, this industry stands at the forefront of a greener future. It encompasses a spectrum from distributed generation to control centers, offering comprehensive solutions for efficient energy generation and utilization.
Here, advanced technologies like photovoltaic panels and energy storage systems integrate seamlessly with sophisticated software, enabling real-time monitoring and insightful data analytics.
This sector is not just about environmental stewardship; it’s a testament to the power of technology in shaping a sustainable world.
Real time monitoring
This platform is designed to provide customized solutions to owners, O&M directors, asset managers, and technicians to manage their assets through real-time monitoring, production KPIs, analytics, power, and more.
The Renewable Asset Monitoring Platform gives the user the ability to perform automatic monitoring and data validation, configure alarms, in-depth analysis, and reporting.
The technical solution offers access to several categories of relevant information about the current state of the system.
- Energy production on multiple locations
- Value of energy sold to 3rd parties in the case of prosumers. kWh translation to currency of choice.
- Diverse timeframes available for charts, such as daily, monthly, yearly and all time.
- Instant alarm in the event of technical failures, such as Inverter problems that can cause the entire PV system to fail or not produce power as expected.
- User rights management to allow access only to certain parts of the infrastructure.
- Operators have access to a web application for backend management. Can visualize active users, logs and data flows.
The system is used for monitoring hybrid renewable energy-based power sources through Wi-Fi. It is an IoT-based SCADA of PV.
This platform is designed to provide customized solutions to owners, O&M directors, asset managers, and technicians to manage their assets through real-time monitoring, production KPIs, analytics, power, and more. The Renewable Asset Monitoring Platform gives the user the ability to perform automatic monitoring and data validation, configure alarms, in-depth analysis, and reporting.
Challenges
Role based data access
This feature was crucial to ensure that sensitive data was accessible only to authorized personnel within the client companies. The complexity lay in creating a robust and flexible system that could accommodate various levels of user permissions, each corresponding to different roles within a business.
One of the primary difficulties was designing an intuitive yet secure architecture that could manage these permissions seamlessly. It required a deep understanding of the client’s organizational structure and the specific data access needs of different employee roles.
Integrating this role-based access control into the existing infrastructure without compromising on the app’s performance or the security of the data was a significant challenge. Another aspect was the dynamic nature of businesses; roles and access needs could change over time, requiring the system to be adaptable and scalable.
Multiple systems integration
Integrating external data sources, such as SCADA systems and weather information, into the mobile application developed for the renewable energy sector posed significant challenges. These integrations were essential to provide comprehensive and accurate monitoring of the energy systems.
Integrating with SCADA systems, which are critical for controlling and monitoring industrial processes, required a deep understanding of these systems’ protocols and data formats. Ensuring seamless and secure data flow from these systems into the mobile application demanded meticulous planning and sophisticated technical solutions.
Weather data is crucial for predicting and understanding energy production variability, especially in solar energy systems. Sourcing this data from reliable external services, and then processing and presenting it in a meaningful way within the app, was a challenging task.
Providing real-time data
Delivering real-time data through a mobile application in the renewable energy sector presented us with a significant technological challenge. Our goal was to provide users with immediate, accurate information about their energy systems.
We implemented rigorous data validation protocols and advanced algorithms to filter anomalies and correct discrepancies. Our focus was on maintaining the integrity of the data from its point of origin to its representation in the app.
Minimizing latency was another critical aspect. The nature of renewable energy systems, influenced by fluctuating environmental conditions, necessitates up-to-the-minute data. This involved optimizing data pathways and enhancing backend processing speeds. Our use of state-of-the-art technologies ensured that the data flow was not only fast but also uninterrupted and consistent.
Reliability
Utilizing Microsoft Azure as our cloud infrastructure backbone played a crucial role in ensuring the application’s reliability. Azure’s robust and resilient cloud services enabled us to build an application that users can rely on for consistent performance.
Azure’s advanced monitoring and diagnostics tools allowed us to proactively address potential issues, ensuring high uptime and smooth operation.
We designed the application’s architecture to maximize uptime and reduce the risk of service interruptions. This involved implementing redundant systems and fail-safes to ensure continuous operation, even in the event of unforeseen issues. We also established a scalable infrastructure that could adapt to increasing user numbers and data loads, guaranteeing that the service remains accessible and responsive as demand grows.
Our Approach
Mobile-first approach
Designing for mobile-first meant prioritizing a seamless and intuitive user interface, essential for users who need quick and easy access to their energy data.
This approach ensured that the most crucial functionalities were accessible with minimal navigation, catering to the on-the-go nature of our users.
As smartphones are more widely used and always within reach, this approach allowed users to monitor and manage their energy systems from anywhere, at any time, increasing the practical utility of our application.
2 Factor Authentication (2FA)
The primary advantage of 2FA is the significant boost in security. By requiring a second form of identification beyond just a password, 2FA reduces the risk of unauthorized access. This is especially important given the sensitive nature of the data handled by our application, including real-time energy production and equipment status.
In an industry where data integrity is paramount, 2FA serves as an effective barrier against various cyber threats, including phishing attacks and credential exploitation. Even if login credentials are compromised, the additional authentication layer provides a crucial checkpoint to thwart unauthorized access.
Microservices architecture
Independently deployable services were designed from the initial stage. Each microservice is responsible for a specific business capability and communicates with other microservices through REST APIs. Adopting a microservices architecture was a strategic decision that brought several key advantages:
- Scalability – to efficiently handle varying loads.
- Flexibility in development and maintenance – as changes could be made to individual services without impacting the entire application.
- Improved fault isolation – if one service encounters an issue, it doesn’t bring down the entire application
- Technological agility – choose the best technology stack suited for each service
- Enhanced performance – optimize each microservice for its specific task.
- Easier integration – loosely coupled nature of microservices made it easier to integrate with various external data sources, such as SCADA systems and weather data.
- Easier deployment – updates or new features could be deployed more frequently and with less risk.