We have created powerful and versatile PV monitoring solutions to meet a wide range of customer needs in the marketplace. To meet this vast range of customer needs requires tremendous versatility and deep rooted expertise. In order to find the best solution for each project and every customer, we have developed top-tier customer service and support, including system planning, training, resources, and support.
These are our promises to you:
- We Increase Your Yield
Most solar industry professionals will confirm that monitored systems produce more power. Our powerful technology enables informed decision-making with highly accurate and actionable insights into your portfolio performance. There is no better way to safeguard your solar power investments.
- We Lower Your Operational Costs
Our comprehensive software toolkit includes many features to reduce the time your O&M provider spends managing your system, saving you money. We also offer financial analytics to record costs associated with service, downtime, and performance issues. This will enable you to consider cost factors in your decision making process as you manage your system and your full portfolio.
- We Save You Time and Money
Our products and services combine expertise in solar technology with constant attention for the business concerns of our clients. That’s why we offer the industry’s most comprehensive software toolkit to meet daily workplace needs, including specialized workflow tools, portfolio oversight, automated alerts and reports, financial analysis, and much more.
- We Give You Maximum Flexibility in Project Planning
We understand the wide range of demands from one job to another, and we are here to integrate with your project needs. We accommodate a wide range of custom deployments such as SCADA requirements and integration with third party software and databases. And, of course, we offer compatibility with an industry-leading range of hardware devices.
- We Make it Easy to Manage Your Full Portfolio
For asset managers and contractors, we provide the supreme benefit of accommodating a diversified project portfolio in a single software interface. No other monitoring provider can match our ability to aggregate data from a varied range of projects.
- We Grow with an Evolving Market
We listen to our customers; your feedback helps us meet evolving marketplace demands. We will continue to relentlessly innovate our product line with new software features, more options and compatibility, and more customer services.
- We Never Leave You Hanging
Above all else, we pledge to continue the uncompromising commitment to responsive customer service and expert technical support that has been the cornerstone of our success.
Company Highlights
AlsoEnergy was founded in 2007 by Robert Schaefer and Holden Caine, both with a background in hardware and software integration, who felt there was a need to build real-time software solutions that integrate renewable energy system performance data with financial management.
In 2009, AlsoEnergy introduced PowerTrack™, a cloud-based software platform for monitoring renewable energy system performance. The software is quickly hailed as the most flexible and affordable solar power monitoring software.
October 2013: AlsoEnergy acquires DECK Monitoring, becoming the largest independent PV monitoring provider in North America. AlsoEnergy now offers 2 industry-leading software products, helping us find the perfect fit for all your portfolio management needs.
AlsoEnergy monitors over 10,000 solar power project sites across the U.S., the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
AlsoEnergy’s software is now accessible in five languages and also through iPhone, iPad, and Droid applications.
Satisfy your utility requirements and get all the benefits of our comprehensive software for solar monitoring and portfolio management.
No major solar power investment should go without the benefits of a PV monitoring system from AlsoEnergy. Our solar-specific analytics provide critical performance insights for your array, but that is just the beginning of the benefits of AlsoEnergy software. There is also a comprehensive toolkit for workflow and portfolio management, so you get a true enterprise-level solution for your full portfolio of PV systems. Use our software to integrate your O&M efforts with your business objectives. Streamline operations for contractors and project stakeholders, saving time and money over the life of each project.
Now AlsoEnergy offers an expanded range of options so you can get our solar monitoring suite along with all the SCADA control features required for your project. We can integrate our PV monitoring with a wide variety of third party and utility control configurations; we also offer an integrated PV monitoring and SCADA package using our own site controller. The AlsoEnergy site controller accommodates a wide range of commands, giving you thorough insight and control over your electrical distribution network. We will customize a system to meet your needs for hosting and security, data frequency, and command response.
AlsoEnergy is committed to provide solar-specific solutions to meet the needs of utility-scale PV asset managers. Our monitoring and control solutions integrate with third party software you may already use, including OSI PI. Communications between sites and utility SCADA systems, regulatory agencies, and other bodies often needs to be secured; we have deployed solutions that secure these critical links over standard copper Ethernet, cellular, and radio links. We are also actively pursuing NERC CIP compliance.
AlsoEnergy Site Controller
AlsoEnergy offers a fully integrated SCADA-plus-monitoring solution with our own site controller. This option gives you the convenience of a single source provider, along with the advantages of dedicated service and support from AlsoEnergy.
The AlsoEnergy Site Controller enables a large range of control variables including Power Curtailment, Ramp Rate, and Power Factor. You can access all SCADA controls in your AlsoEnergy software interface, either from an on-site workstation, or remotely.
We offer an optional On-Site Historian to accommodate needs for local data storage or for high frequency data.
Integration with Third Party SCADA
AlsoEnergy monitoring can be integrated with a third party SCADA system at many existing sites, or we can integrate with third party SCADA as your project is planned and installed.
It is part of our mission to offer SCADA system-independent monitoring solutions. We will work with you to enable requested data sharing between platforms.
Integration with Utility Visibility/Control
Some customer projects require metering, inverter on/off controls, or full SCADA controls for the local utility. AlsoEnergy monitoring can be integrated with utility infrastructure at many existing sites, or we can integrate with utility metering and controls as your project is planned and installed.
We have integrated AlsoEnergy monitoring with utility infrastructure for a variety of project needs. Utilities with whom we have worked include CAISO, SCE, and greater Toronto area LDCs.