SCADA is used to monitor and visualize the parameters at a location or an operation. It helps reduce the need to check each instrument to measure individually. Currently, it is even possible to customize solutions to monitor the parameters from a distant site. The solar power plant consists of a sophisticated infrastructure working in perfect sync to maximize the potential electricity production. Primary components are solar panels, inverters, solar controllers, and transmission or energy storage systems.

The performance of solar power plants must be closely monitored to ensure the maximum productivity and availability to make sure that everything is running smoothly and the electricity generation rate is within acceptable values to satisfy the project Return of Investment schedule. Besides, monitoring is essential to scheduled maintenance, such as part replacement or solar panel cleaning, required for the power plant to maximize long-term performance.

This helps reduce the time required to check each device and panel in the whole system individually to identify the problem. Similarly, all major parameters can be viewed and required actions identified with ease.

Our add-on, customizable (IoT) Web-based Data Collection and Monitoring solution helps monitor Solar SCADA systems and the parameters and faults of each area/component of one or even more remote plants centrally. This helps reduce the need for employing multiple employees to physically check and monitor individually.

The data collected at a power generation station needs to be sent to the local Load Dispatch Centre on a real time basis. This is transferred through special dedicated communication lines. This is done by taking a leased line from authorized network service providers, through which the monitored parameters are transmitted, through towers, from project location to LDC.

Another option is to send the data via a VSAT. For this a dedicated satellite bandwidth is provided, for transmission of data. Jalsun provides both solutions in a hassle-free complete package, from providing the required infrastructure to obtaining required sanctions and approvals for the same.

For a leased server solution, the data is collected send through an data controller to be send through a transmitter via the leased server line. The structure of the leased server is similar to Mobile network, where the data is transferred from 1 tower to the next. This solution is more cost effective but we need to provide tower facilities to ensure transmission from remote locations where network coverage is limited.

In such cases, where network coverage is limited, we can use a VSAT solution. Here the data is transferred through satellites. At the power plant area, we will have a dish to transmit the data onto the satellite. This is then received at the LDC. Here we need to purchase the band, which will be costly. But when faced with a coverage issue, this will be a better choice.

Parameters transferred to and monitored by LDC are: