Energy
Remote condition monitoring for solar, wind, and grid assets
Energy providers manage generation and grid assets scattered across huge service territories (solar arrays, wind turbines, substations) with a limited number of field technicians. ExoSense® can add remote condition monitoring across generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure to protect reliability and cut down on truck rolls.
Unplanned downtime costs generation
Unplanned downtime at solar and wind sites can quietly erode annual energy yield, and most of it goes unnoticed until a site visit or a monthly report flags the gap. Remote condition monitoring turns that lag into an early-warning system. It's the same visibility Exosite brings to condition monitoring and predictive maintenance programs across industrial equipment.
With Exosite
- 1Connect
Wire in inverters and SCADA
Inverters, turbine controllers, and substation SCADA, or new sensors where there are gaps.
- 2Digitize
Stream data into ExoSense
Generation and grid data become live signals for every asset.
- 3Detect
Flag problems early
Rules flag underperforming strings, developing mechanical issues, and equipment anomalies.
- 4Act
Roll a truck only when needed
Crews get the alert and the trends, and dispatch only when a site needs it.
Key features
Distributed asset monitoring
Generation, transmission, and distribution assets across a service territory in one view, with maps and fleet dashboards.
Condition-based alerting
Email and SMS alerts from configurable rules, so crews respond to real risk instead of routine noise.
Legacy and mixed equipment
Connect existing SCADA, PLCs, and controls alongside new sensors, without replacing what's installed.
"ExoSense gives operations teams one connected view across generation and grid assets, instead of a dozen separate portals and a spreadsheet to tie it all together."
Crews can prioritize the sites that actually need a visit, and leadership gets a real-time read on fleet-wide performance without waiting for a monthly report.
Fewer truck rolls, faster response
ExoSense allows generation, transmission, and distribution assets across a whole service territory to be monitored from one simple application. Technicians spend less time driving between sites and more time on the work that actually protects uptime.
Renewable Asset Health Monitoring
Sensors on inverters, turbine gearboxes, and generators can track vibration, temperature, and output performance. That data feeds anomaly detection models that catch developing failures before they become a costly outage or a compliance issue.
Challenges
- Assets are spread across large, hard-to-reach service territories
- Environmental extremes make frequent manual inspection impractical
- Limited field crews need to be pointed at the sites that actually need them
The majority of wind turbine failures happen within the gearbox and generator, leading to costly repairs and downtime. First Energy's Condition Monitoring System integrates next-generation vibration sensors and the ExoSense IoT platform to provide an efficient and reliable monitoring system.
To address the waste and inefficiencies of industrial compressed air piping applications, Parker Hannifin turned to IoT to develop a customizable condition-monitoring solution.
Read the case study →Where your program can go next
Most teams start by connecting a handful of remote sites, such as a solar array, a wind asset, or a substation. The same connected equipment then supports predictive maintenance on turbines and inverters, performance-based service agreements, and connected products if you build energy equipment.
- Condition MonitoringReal-time equipment health, alerts, and dashboards for your customers.
- Predictive MaintenanceAnomaly detection and machine learning in the data pipeline to catch failures early.
- Service TransformationMove from selling equipment to selling uptime and recurring service.
- OEM Connected ProductsConnect your product for usage data, field feedback, and over-the-air updates.
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