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Expanding the Solar PV Market Through Data Standards and Interoperability

Expanding the Solar PV Market Through Data Standards and Interoperability. Tom Tansy, Chairman tom@sunspec.org 2012. 2013 State of the Alliance. What They’re Saying About Us.

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Expanding the Solar PV Market Through Data Standards and Interoperability

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  1. Expanding the Solar PV MarketThrough Data Standards and Interoperability Tom Tansy, Chairman tom@sunspec.org 2012 2013 State of the Alliance

  2. What They’re Saying About Us “if you look at the list of companies who’ve already signed on to the program, is hard to believe. It’s a veritable Who’s Who list of industry heavyweights, and the more important question is becoming not who’s on the list, but why are some companies not on it?”

  3. SunSpec Alliance Mission Accelerate the growth of the renewable energy industry by standardizing data interfacesof energy system components and by promoting the adoption of SunSpec Alliance recommendations and the SunSpec brand

  4. Why Data Standards? Customer Benefits Drive out cost inefficiencies Establish economies of scale Open new markets Provide catalyst for innovation Create metrics for testing and certification Highlight best practices Drive out cost inefficiencies Leverage economies of scale Enable component interchangeability Create platform for policy directives Establish minimal quality specs Protect existing investments Supplier Benefits

  5. SunSpec Alliance Today • Global • 60+ members, $ billions in annual PV sales • 45% Europe and Asia, 55% U.S. • Vendors, customers, integrators • Robust • All common PV devices modeled • All IT elements covered • Increasingly “cybersecure” • Timely & Relevant • Growing awareness that standards are required • Supportive of performance driven market • Needed for securitization of asset class

  6. Growing

  7. SunSpec Alliance Members

  8. Robust SunSpec Device Models Inverter (Control) SunSpec Plant Extract Document SunSpec Applications SunSpec Networks ModbusTCP/IP Zigbee RS-485 802.X String Combiner Cloud Local SCADA Meter Firewall Firewall Internet SunSpec Logger SunSpec Data Store Module Enviro SunSpec Web Service Storage(Control) Remote Monitoring and Control XML, SSL, encryption, authentication Tracker (Control)

  9. Unprecedented Functionality Multi-Site, Multi-Application, Simultaneous Monitoring Loggerware Moxa HQ 320 kW DC INV AC Internet Loggerware Power-One Aurora Vision Logger DC Customer Application Weather Regulatory Reporting / Audit

  10. Timely & Relevant • Enabling • SunEdison, SunPower, Bechtel, Black & Veatch • Empowering • Inverter control, tracker control, storage control • Influential & Enriching • International standards • Solar as an Asset Class

  11. Driving International Standards • NIST/SGIP Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and roadmap • IEEE 1547/P2030 Interconnection guidelines and interoperabilitywith the electric power system • IEC 61850 Communication networks and systems for power utility automation, logical nodes, protocol mappings • EPRIPV/Storage inverter communication specification • ZigBeeSmart Energy 2.0 specification • UPVI Specification for module electronics • SolarTech Solar 3.0™ Standards for permitting & interconnection

  12. SunSpec in Microgrid Applications Customer Energy NOC Mission Critical Assets Internet Smart Loads ISO Utility Grid Customer Microgrid Energy+ Grid Support Distributed Generation

  13. SunSpec Enables Solar As Asset Class “I will lend to you at favorablerates if the performance ratingof your plants is in the upperquartile for your region. “I will deposit plant performance data into a public database in return for favorable lending rates for my bestperforming plants.” BORROWER BANKER Open Actuarial Database “I enable and encourage free flow of data because it makes my system more valuable to both Bankers and Borrowers. ” COMPONENT SUPPLIER MONITORING COMPANY

  14. SunSpec Actuarial Database • Standardized telemetry, non-repudiation • StandardizedKey Performance Indicators • Preferred lending rates for best plants

  15. SunSpec Performance Indicator • Data quality scale to calibrate risk • Plants that fail to meet minimum standard are excluded • Best performing plants are naturally SunSpec 700 Basis Point Borrowing Advantage for Best Plants

  16. Why All The Effort? Market Dominance

  17. Thank You Expanding the Solar PV Market Through Data Standards and Interoperability

  18. SunSpec Showcase

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