Summary:
A French SME has fully developed a cloud-based software dedicated to monitoring renewable energy production facilities (photovoltaic sites or wind parks) or buildings. This scalable software provides the user with special features for viewing, analysing or reporting data and is compatible with any type of hardware. Commercial agreements with technical assistance are sought with operators, investors, asset managers, developers in the field of renewable energies or building management.
Description:
Since 2010, a French company has been continuously developing and improving a software for managing energy in photovoltaic solar plants. In 2015, the French company joined forces with an energy production group and added new multi-site features for wind parcs and buildings.
Today, the French SME supervises or maintains more than 7200 industrial and residential sites in France and French Overseas Departments and Territories. They support investors, maintainers or major operators in energy sector.
With extensive features, the sofware gives the ability to all types of users (investors, operators, landowners) to access data of any type of their sites with custom views. The software has been and is continuously being developped with the objective of accompanying renewable energy professionals in their daily operations with a comprehensive solution that fits their needs no matter their role, function or type of site they operate. The software is providing them with the relevant information and features in order to maximise the performance of their site by being able to always make well informed decisions.
This energy management software enables the users to:
- VISUALISE: create customised dashboards in order to visualise data and receive alerts
- MAINTAIN: reduce the downtime of the power plants thanks to the integrated maintenance module and the mobile application for service technicians
- OPTIMISE: maximise the availability and performance of the energy production sites using advanced analytics
- CUSTOMISE: modify the dashboards and charts, with the possibility to create alarms and periodic reports
The French SME developed the software from end-to-end and keeps adapting it according to the clients’ needs. Though they rely on a leading host for the management of their servers, they remain the architects and daily operators of the secure technical infrastructure of the software in which they integrate the data of their clients’ power plants. Finally, their technical department offers a phone and email support to the customers concerning the software’s uses and the interconnection between communication gateways.
The SME currently wishes to expand its activities abroad and is looking for operators, investors, asset managers or developers in the renewable energy sector interested in a commercial agreement with technical assistance in order to adapt the software to their specific needs.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought:
Sector: Renewable energy
Type: Operator, investor, asset manager, developer
Role: To implement the software. No setup costs are charged to users. As onboarding steps, the users will be asked to add/create the new site(s) on the software and to register the gateways of the site(s). Once the gateways are connected, the software will automatically add any additional equipment on site.
The French company will provide the partner with specific initial training and also constantly update features novelty.
Stage of Development:
Already on the market
Comments Regarding Stage of Development:
The software has a strong footprint on the French market with 10% market share. It’s also being used on French overseas territories (25% market share) and it has proven to be perfectly functional on different territories and time zones.
IPR Status:
Exclusive Rights
External code:
TOFR20210506001
