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Battery Storage and Solar: More Efficient When Controlled Together

Battery Storage and Solar: More Efficient When Controlled Together

Controls/PLC Solar
April 17, 2018
Cloud-Based EPMS Bridges the Gap Between Building Automation and Traditional EPMS

Cloud-Based EPMS Bridges the Gap Between Building Automation and Traditional EPMS

Data Center EPMS Healthcare
April 10, 2018
Webinar: Making Cents of Solar Data: How Well Does Your Plant Actually Function

Webinar: Making Cents of Solar Data: How Well Does Your Plant Actually Function

Solar Webinar
April 3, 2018
Energy Cost Allocation for Industrial Facilities

Energy Cost Allocation for Industrial Facilities

EPMS Manufacturing Power Quality Submetering
March 27, 2018
“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should” and Other SCADA Implementation Pet Peeves

“Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should” and Other SCADA Implementation Pet Peeves

SCADA System Integrator
March 19, 2018
5 Meter Installation Nuances When Monitoring Utility-Scale Solar kW

5 Meter Installation Nuances When Monitoring Utility-Scale Solar kW

Solar Submetering
March 13, 2018
4 Major Power Quality Issues in Industrial Facilities

4 Major Power Quality Issues in Industrial Facilities

Manufacturing Power Quality SCADA
March 6, 2018
Best Practices for Solar QFs to Play Friendly on the Grid

Best Practices for Solar QFs to Play Friendly on the Grid

Solar Video Webinar
February 27, 2018
Disaster Recovery: Preparing for SCADA Computer Failure

Disaster Recovery: Preparing for SCADA Computer Failure

Network & Communications SCADA Security
February 20, 2018
How Should You Design Your Main Solar Overview SCADA Screen?

How Should You Design Your Main Solar Overview SCADA Screen?

Solar
February 12, 2018
5 SCADA Security Considerations

5 SCADA Security Considerations

SCADA Security
February 6, 2018
Three 2018 Predictions for SCADA and Controls

Three 2018 Predictions for SCADA and Controls

Controls/PLC SCADA
January 30, 2018
Helping Co-Ops and Small Utilities Overcome Solar Interconnection Restrictions

Helping Co-Ops and Small Utilities Overcome Solar Interconnection Restrictions

Solar Webinar
January 23, 2018
Specifying a Fiber Media Converter

Specifying a Fiber Media Converter

Network & Communications Video
January 16, 2018
What Solar Bin Class Means for Site Monitoring

What Solar Bin Class Means for Site Monitoring

Solar Video
January 9, 2018
SCADA…What is It?

SCADA…What is It?

SCADA Video
January 2, 2018
How Solar Modules Work

How Solar Modules Work

Solar Video
December 27, 2017
Webinar: The Small Utility Solution to Overcome Solar Interconnection Concerns

Webinar: The Small Utility Solution to Overcome Solar Interconnection Concerns

Solar Webinar
December 21, 2017
Five Easy Ways to Improve the User Alarm Management Experience

Five Easy Ways to Improve the User Alarm Management Experience

HMI SCADA
December 18, 2017
Powering Remote I/O Using Solar Modules and Batteries

Powering Remote I/O Using Solar Modules and Batteries

SCADA Solar
December 13, 2017
Three Trends for Optimizing Utility-Scale Solar Ramp Rate Controls in 2018

Three Trends for Optimizing Utility-Scale Solar Ramp Rate Controls in 2018

Solar
December 12, 2017
Why SCADA Engineers Should Develop Project Management Skills

Why SCADA Engineers Should Develop Project Management Skills

Healthcare SCADA System Integrator
December 5, 2017
How Affinity Energy Helps You Manage Your Solar Assets

How Affinity Energy Helps You Manage Your Solar Assets

Solar Video
November 28, 2017
Meters and Meter Displays

Meters and Meter Displays

Submetering Video
November 20, 2017
Webinar: Schneider Electric’s Power Monitoring Expert

Webinar: Schneider Electric’s Power Monitoring Expert

Power Quality Webinar
November 15, 2017
Webinar: 7 Unique Ways to Optimize Solar Trackers

Webinar: 7 Unique Ways to Optimize Solar Trackers

Solar Solar Trackers Webinar
November 14, 2017
Time Synchronization in Electrical Systems – Why You Should Use IRIG-B, Not NTP Server

Time Synchronization in Electrical Systems – Why You Should Use IRIG-B, Not NTP Server

Controls/PLC Network & Communications Video
November 7, 2017
Increase PV Solar Panel Efficiency Through Soiling Monitoring

Increase PV Solar Panel Efficiency Through Soiling Monitoring

Solar Solar Trackers
October 31, 2017
20 Amp Circuit Breakers: a Blind Spot in Data Center Reliability

20 Amp Circuit Breakers: a Blind Spot in Data Center Reliability

Data Center Power Quality Submetering
October 24, 2017
Moving a Solar Tracking System More Than Once Every Hour is Pointless

Moving a Solar Tracking System More Than Once Every Hour is Pointless

SCADA Solar Solar Trackers
October 17, 2017
Webinar: Why Automate EPSS Testing and Reporting?

Webinar: Why Automate EPSS Testing and Reporting?

Controls/PLC Healthcare System Integrator Webinar
October 13, 2017
Webinar: Why Implement Active Power Curtailment on QF Sites?

Webinar: Why Implement Active Power Curtailment on QF Sites?

SCADA Solar Webinar
October 11, 2017
Multiple Facilities: Switching from Distributed to Centralized SCADA Architecture

Multiple Facilities: Switching from Distributed to Centralized SCADA Architecture

Healthcare SCADA
October 10, 2017
PV Performance: How Well Does Your Plant ACTUALLY Function?

PV Performance: How Well Does Your Plant ACTUALLY Function?

Infographic SCADA Solar
October 3, 2017
Best Practices When Your Emergency Power SCADA Operating System [still] uses Windows XP or Server 2003

Best Practices When Your Emergency Power SCADA Operating System [still] uses Windows XP or Server 2003

Controls/PLC Network & Communications SCADA Security System Integrator
September 27, 2017
Why I Like Campbell Scientific Met Stations/Dataloggers

Why I Like Campbell Scientific Met Stations/Dataloggers

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar Video
September 19, 2017
3 Great Qualities Every Control System Integrator Should Have

3 Great Qualities Every Control System Integrator Should Have

SCADA System Integrator Video
September 12, 2017
Solar Module Mismatch

Solar Module Mismatch

Solar Video
September 5, 2017
Infographic: Understanding the Impact of Power Quality

Infographic: Understanding the Impact of Power Quality

EPMS Infographic Power Quality
August 31, 2017
Schneider Electric’s Critical Power EcoXpert Program

Schneider Electric’s Critical Power EcoXpert Program

EPMS
August 29, 2017
ASHE Conference: Solutions to CHFMs Big Energy Problems

ASHE Conference: Solutions to CHFMs Big Energy Problems

EPMS Healthcare Power Quality
August 22, 2017
Solar Eclipse 2017: Slow Ramping Reduces Impact to Solar Farms

Solar Eclipse 2017: Slow Ramping Reduces Impact to Solar Farms

Controls/PLC Solar
August 14, 2017
Go Through the ISA-101 HMI Lifecycle Before Partnering with a System Integrator

Go Through the ISA-101 HMI Lifecycle Before Partnering with a System Integrator

HMI SCADA System Integrator
August 8, 2017
PV Safety: Electrical Safety Tips for Utility-Scale Solar

PV Safety: Electrical Safety Tips for Utility-Scale Solar

Solar Video
August 1, 2017
Chiller Plant Efficiency, and Other Medical Campus Central Energy Plant KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Chiller Plant Efficiency, and Other Medical Campus Central Energy Plant KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Controls/PLC Healthcare HMI SCADA
July 25, 2017
Easily Detect PV Underperformance

Easily Detect PV Underperformance

SCADA Solar
July 18, 2017
Designing for Situational Awareness and High-Performance HMIs

Designing for Situational Awareness and High-Performance HMIs

HMI SCADA
July 11, 2017
Using a Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) as a Utility-Scale Plant Controller

Using a Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) as a Utility-Scale Plant Controller

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar Video
July 6, 2017
SCADA’s Biggest Costs

SCADA’s Biggest Costs

Controls/PLC Ebook SCADA
June 27, 2017
KPIs and Solar Metrics to Track in Utility-Scale Solar

KPIs and Solar Metrics to Track in Utility-Scale Solar

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar
June 20, 2017
How IIoT Changes SCADA: Interview with a System Integrator

How IIoT Changes SCADA: Interview with a System Integrator

Controls/PLC IIoT System Integrator
June 13, 2017
6 Ways a Fully Integrated Solar Panel Tracker Can Optimize a PV Plant

6 Ways a Fully Integrated Solar Panel Tracker Can Optimize a PV Plant

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar Solar Trackers
June 6, 2017
An Interview with Allan Evora,<br>Affinity Energy President & Control Systems Integrator

An Interview with Allan Evora,
Affinity Energy President & Control Systems Integrator

System Integrator
May 31, 2017
Think You Need an EPMS System? Read This First

Think You Need an EPMS System? Read This First

EPMS Power Quality SCADA
May 23, 2017
5 Ways to Avoid Solar Downtime & Energy Loss Using Controls & Monitoring

5 Ways to Avoid Solar Downtime & Energy Loss Using Controls & Monitoring

Controls/PLC Solar Solar Trackers
May 15, 2017
What a Sunken Ship Teaches Us About Failed SCADA Projects

What a Sunken Ship Teaches Us About Failed SCADA Projects

SCADA System Integrator
May 8, 2017
What is Freelance Data Monitoring, and Does It Makes Sense For Your Solar Site?

What is Freelance Data Monitoring, and Does It Makes Sense For Your Solar Site?

Solar
May 2, 2017
What is an EPMS?

What is an EPMS?

EPMS Power Quality SCADA Video
April 25, 2017
Top 7 Most Popular Blogs About Solar SCADA

Top 7 Most Popular Blogs About Solar SCADA

SCADA Solar
April 18, 2017
Modbus Gateway: Integrating Legacy Modbus Serial Devices Into a Modern SCADA System

Modbus Gateway: Integrating Legacy Modbus Serial Devices Into a Modern SCADA System

Network & Communications SCADA Video
April 11, 2017
Top 7 Most Popular SCADA Blog Articles

Top 7 Most Popular SCADA Blog Articles

HMI SCADA System Integrator
April 4, 2017
10 Ways to Design a Smart Landfill Gas Monitoring System<br> to Optimize ROI and Performance

10 Ways to Design a Smart Landfill Gas Monitoring System
to Optimize ROI and Performance

Controls/PLC HMI SCADA Waste to Energy
March 28, 2017
Why Landfill Gas Needs SCADA Waste to Energy Technology

Why Landfill Gas Needs SCADA Waste to Energy Technology

HMI SCADA Waste to Energy
March 22, 2017
Solar Tracker Monitoring: You’re Doing It Wrong

Solar Tracker Monitoring: You’re Doing It Wrong

Controls/PLC Solar Solar Trackers Video
March 14, 2017
The Correct Way to Specify and Install Current Transformers

The Correct Way to Specify and Install Current Transformers

Submetering Video
March 7, 2017
Experiment: Are US Utility Scale Plants In Danger of Not Meeting Financial Contracts?

Experiment: Are US Utility Scale Plants In Danger of Not Meeting Financial Contracts?

Solar Video
February 28, 2017
Together, IT and Facility System Integration Can Master DCOI

Together, IT and Facility System Integration Can Master DCOI

Data Center
February 21, 2017
Bad DC Health is Costing Solar Plant Owners

Bad DC Health is Costing Solar Plant Owners

Controls/PLC Solar
February 14, 2017
My Solar SCADA Wish List: Basic Architecture

My Solar SCADA Wish List: Basic Architecture

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar Video
February 7, 2017
My Solar SCADA Wish List: HMI Features

My Solar SCADA Wish List: HMI Features

HMI SCADA Solar
January 30, 2017
Why Your I&C Vendor Should Double as Your Fiber Optic Tester & Terminator

Why Your I&C Vendor Should Double as Your Fiber Optic Tester & Terminator

Network & Communications System Integrator
January 24, 2017
Which Solar Power Inverter is Better? String or Central?

Which Solar Power Inverter is Better? String or Central?

Controls/PLC Solar
January 17, 2017
10 Reasons to Upgrade Your SCADA Control System

10 Reasons to Upgrade Your SCADA Control System

Controls/PLC SCADA System Integrator
January 10, 2017
How Monitoring Can Help You Get Better Solar Insurance Rates

How Monitoring Can Help You Get Better Solar Insurance Rates

SCADA Solar
December 15, 2016
How to Choose a PLC for Your Next Controls Project:<br> Advice from a Control System Integrator

How to Choose a PLC for Your Next Controls Project:
Advice from a Control System Integrator

Controls/PLC System Integrator
November 30, 2016
Multi-Circuit Submetering: A Cost-Effective Solution for Electrical Load Profiling of Hospital Emergency Power Supply System Loads

Multi-Circuit Submetering: A Cost-Effective Solution for Electrical Load Profiling of Hospital Emergency Power Supply System Loads

Healthcare Submetering
November 9, 2016
SCADA Is Not The Same As Solar Data Performance Analysis

SCADA Is Not The Same As Solar Data Performance Analysis

SCADA Solar
November 1, 2016
1 Simple Strategy to Update Your Data Center Device Maintenance Processes

1 Simple Strategy to Update Your Data Center Device Maintenance Processes

Data Center
October 25, 2016
Data Backup:<br>The Info Nearly Every Data Center Should (but Doesn’t) Backup

Data Backup:
The Info Nearly Every Data Center Should (but Doesn’t) Backup

Data Center SCADA
October 18, 2016
Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 3:<br>9 Best Practices

Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 3:
9 Best Practices

HMI SCADA
October 12, 2016
Automate Your Emergency Generator Testing to Meet Joint Commission Standards

Automate Your Emergency Generator Testing to Meet Joint Commission Standards

Controls/PLC Healthcare Submetering
September 27, 2016
5 Unique Challenges in Utility Scale Solar Projects

5 Unique Challenges in Utility Scale Solar Projects

Solar
September 20, 2016
Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 2: <br>Prioritizing Alarms

Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 2:
Prioritizing Alarms

HMI SCADA
September 14, 2016
Why Medical Campus Central Utility Plants Should Use PLC<br>Not DDC Controls

Why Medical Campus Central Utility Plants Should Use PLC
Not DDC Controls

Controls/PLC Healthcare SCADA
September 7, 2016
Nitty Gritty: Get Granular with Utility Scale PV Plant Data

Nitty Gritty: Get Granular with Utility Scale PV Plant Data

Controls/PLC SCADA Solar
August 31, 2016
Avoid the “Too Much Data, Not Enough Information”<br>Solar HMI SCADA Scenario

Avoid the “Too Much Data, Not Enough Information”
Solar HMI SCADA Scenario

HMI SCADA Solar
August 25, 2016
5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Control System Integrator

5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Control System Integrator

Controls/PLC SCADA System Integrator
August 18, 2016
Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 1: <br>Alarms are Only for Actionable Conditions

Smart SCADA Alarm Management Part 1:
Alarms are Only for Actionable Conditions

HMI SCADA
August 15, 2016
Don’t Base Solar Site Performance Off Misleading Facts.<br>Normalize Data Instead.

Don’t Base Solar Site Performance Off Misleading Facts.
Normalize Data Instead.

HMI Solar
August 2, 2016
7 Reasons to Use Modular Integration and Object Oriented Design in Data Centers

7 Reasons to Use Modular Integration and Object Oriented Design in Data Centers

Controls/PLC Data Center SCADA
July 20, 2016
Too Many Useless Data Points = Inefficient Solar Farm Operation

Too Many Useless Data Points = Inefficient Solar Farm Operation

SCADA Solar
July 12, 2016
Submetering Specification Part 3: Rate Structures

Submetering Specification Part 3: Rate Structures

Submetering
July 5, 2016
Submetering Specification Part 2: Installation

Submetering Specification Part 2: Installation

Submetering Video
June 27, 2016
How Long Does SCADA Implementation Take?

How Long Does SCADA Implementation Take?

SCADA System Integrator
June 21, 2016
Submetering Specification Part 1: Understanding Your Goals

Submetering Specification Part 1: Understanding Your Goals

Submetering
June 16, 2016
Don’t Fear Industrial Wireless Integration in Solar

Don’t Fear Industrial Wireless Integration in Solar

Network & Communications Solar
June 8, 2016
PV Voltage Control Negates Inductor/Capacitor Bank Interconnect Agreement Requirements

PV Voltage Control Negates Inductor/Capacitor Bank Interconnect Agreement Requirements

Controls/PLC Solar
May 23, 2016

This instrumentation blog covers the latest information information, news, tips, and tricks on SCADA, EPMS, PLC, controls, and monitoring for the power and energy industries. Specifically, mission critical industries that have high-intensity power usage, such as data centers, hospital central utility plants, and utility-scale solar farms.