DNV company GreenPowerMonitor has been selected to manage, control and monitor Opdenergy’s 104MW Sol de los Andes solar park in Chile.
Sol de los Andes is located 15km from Diego de Almagroin the Atacama region, and has an estimated generation of more than 280 gigawatt hours a year.
Opdenergy has relied on GreenPowerMonitor and its local GPM SCADA management solution, which will allow any device in the plant to be individually controlled, execute all types of commands and provide data on any parameter in real time.
GreenPowerMonitor chief executive Juan Carlos Arevalo said: “The growth of renewable energy installations is definitely a positive development for all – especially in Chile, where fossil fuels are prevalent in the energy mix, and the near-perfect conditions for photovoltaics in the Atacama desert make betting on solar power to achieve decarbonisation an obvious choice; as more and more green energy sources are integrated into existing grids, systems must be adapted to new-generation technologies and fitted to the specific features of renewables to efficiently manage operations.
“It is a privilege to continue working with Opdenergy, with whom we have a long history of pioneering the energy transition.
DNV acquired GreenPowerMonitor in June 2016, with the aim of combining its experience in the wind sector with GreenPowerMonitor’s PV asset monitoring and management solutions. Currently, GreenPowerMonitor is managing almost 4GW in Chile and more than 50GW between solar and wind in 90 countries.