zenon

Zenon is a comprehensive software platform designed for the automation and optimization of solar photovoltaic (PV) plant operations. It supports both local and remote management of utility-scale PV plants, integrating various assets into a cohesive operations management solution. This platform is essential for stakeholders involved in the financial investment, construction, operation, or maintenance of photovoltaic plants, ensuring effective operational monitoring and control.

Zenon offers a wide range of functionalities for solar PV facilities, including the integration of assets such as panels, trackers, combiner boxes, inverters, and weather stations. It allows dynamic system access for stakeholders at local, regional, or global levels and supports the integration of auxiliary assets like switchyards and electrical substations. The platform also facilitates reporting and advanced analytics for continuous process optimization and can integrate with higher-level systems such as microgrids and virtual power plants.

Features and Key Benefits

• Solar String Heatmap
• Realtime KPIs and Dashboards
• Detailed views for Inverters, Trackers, and Met-Stations
• Alarm Management and Sequence of Event Tracking (SoE)
• Integrated Historian for long-term data archives
• Dynamic Analytics and Reporting
• Seamless Process Server Redundancy
• Programmable Soft Logic (IEC 61131-3)
• Mobile Event Notification via E-Mail, SMS, VoIP
• Role-based Access Control and Secure Remote Access
• IoT gateway for cloud integration
• Web Visualization Service (HTML5)
• Vendor Independent Device Connectivity (e.g., Sunspec MODBUS)

Zenon ensures high performance and scalability, supporting both local plant management and cloud-based solutions. It is hardware-independent, supporting all relevant communication standards, and offers intuitive HMI and comprehensive asset integration for effective operations management. The platform is engineered for simplicity with configurable functions, templates, and automatable engineering processes.

Security is a key focus, with features such as central user authentication, protocol encryption, and central logging. Zenon is compliant with modern IT and OT security standards, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of your solar PV operations.

Zenon supports over 300 native communication protocols, enabling seamless connectivity and networking for Solar-PV operations management. This includes generic automation protocols, proprietary device protocols, and IT and IoT system interfaces, among others.

For fast project realization, zenon provides standards and tools that allow for the simple combination of solution components. The Solar PV SCADA Application Library supports the integration of devices like solar inverters and metrology stations, based on the Modbus SunSpec standard.

Overall, zenon offers a robust solution for maximizing the output of solar PV assets, providing advanced insights into processes, and facilitating continuous performance evaluation and improvement according to standards like IEC 61724 for Photovoltaic System Performance Monitoring.