The purpose of Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) is to demonstrate the hardware quality, system configuration, and specification...
What Is SCADA System Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Why Is It Important?
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SCADA Systems
7 Ways Open Architecture Designs Simplify Solar PV SCADA System Retrofits
Retrofitting is the process of modifying or replacing an existing SCADA system within a solar PV plant to fit the new or changing...
6 Ways to Reduce SCADA Costs With Intelligent Site Design
Site capacity is one of the major factors that drives the total cost of a SCADA system for a solar or energy storage project....
10 Ways to Maximize Your SCADA Historian Investment
At a solar PV plant, the historian is responsible for storing and logging the data that the SCADA system aggregates. It allows...
6 Ways to Prepare for Standardizing Your Fleet’s SCADA and DAS Systems
Many solar PV asset owners have wide and disparate portfolios, often due to rapid-growth mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As a...
Achieving Holistic SCADA Synergy: Substation Device Monitoring and Controls Integration
We've spent several blogs on how the SCADA system interacts with the different field devices at a solar PV site, including the...
7 Ways Solar PV Tracker Systems Integrate With SCADA
Solar tracker systems are an advanced technology for mounting PV panels. They use motors to automatically move the panels to follow...
A Quick Guide to HMI for Solar PV Projects
A Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a user interface that allows a person to interact with a system, machine or device. In simpler...
7 Things to Know About PLCs for Solar PV Projects
A Power Plant Controller (PPC) is used to control and regulate the networked inverters, devices and equipment at a solar PV plant in...
10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a SCADA Integrator
When you're trying to determine which SCADA provider to work with for your solar PV project, it's important to make sure that you're...