GE programs Invenergy PV

Invenergy has chosen GE Power to provide asset performance management software to help optimise output at a 20MW solar farm in North America.

The deal will involve the connection of GE’s industrial internet solution to its LV5 solar inverters, with the aim of achieving over 99% plant availability throughout the lifespan of the project. 

The software will be deployed by the end of the year, GE said.

The agreement also includes the creation of a digital replica or twin of a physical asset to help operators better manage performance and service of individual assets. 

The digital twin for Invenergy will collect historical data from over 70,000 assets installed by GE globally. 

“It provides a plant blueprint that is ‘perfectly healthy’ to which real-time data is compared against for seeking data anomalies, usually a sign of fault or inefficiency,” GE said.

Invenergy senior vice president operations and asset management Alex George said: “Working with GE to build digitally empowered solar farms allows us to more efficiently deliver clean and affordable power to meet the increasing energy demand.”

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