SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SunLink Corporation has taken on O&M responsibility for a group of tracker and rooftop solar projects installed at Arizona State University (ASU). This win for SunLink’s PowerCare program is the latest in a series of solar installations and O&M contracts since the company launched its enhanced PowerCare program in July, 2015.
“In levelized cost of energy analyses it becomes clear how significant a role O&M plays in the cost equation of solar energy projects over time. Given that fact, it’s surprising that O&M is arguably the most neglected piece of the project stack when it comes to the investments our industry has made in improvements and optimization,” said SunLink VP of Products Kate Trono. “With PowerCare and our project intelligence platform VERTEX, we set out to change that reality, and revolutionize asset management and performance on a global scale.”
VERTEX is SunLink’s next-generation, secure SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and performance monitoring platform powered by the Internet of Things that connects grid operators and project stakeholders with real-time project performance intelligence. As a business intelligence platform, it enables long-term project profitability while ensuring grid security and stability. ASU has elected to install VERTEX on the tracker installations for which SunLink will be responsible to improve its O&M efficiencies.
“The solar industry is in a position to improve our O&M economics by using technologies proven by other sectors, while at the same maintaining the level of security required for large solar power generation assets to mitigate risk. VERTEX’s Restful API-based open architecture can enable other organizations across the industry to leverage our technology as a foundation on which to build their own applications -- all with the aim to collectively accelerate the advancement of solar,” added Trono.
For more information about SunLink’s tracker and VERTEX technology, join the company for the webinar, “How What Your Data Monitoring Isn’t Telling You is Threatening Your Financial Returns,” on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11am PDT. Register at http://sunlink.com/webinars/.
About SunLink
SunLink Corporation brings powerful solar energy solutions to market through innovative, highly engineered products, in-demand customer services and best-of-breed software that make solar PV electricity easier, safer, more reliable and less expensive to install. In addition to bringing to market well-designed products that are agile in their implementation, the company leverages unparalleled R&D, a legacy of more than a GW of successful projects, state-of-the-art engineering and creative problem solving to develop optimized, full-scope product+service+software solutions for roof and ground-mount solar projects of every size and complexity. It is this unique combination of trusted insights, products, services and EnTech convergence that helps solar developers and installers overcome obstacles and furthers the industry’s shared mission of advancing universal solar power adoption. For more information, visit www.sunlink.com or follow twitter.com/sunlink.
