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Trimark Capabilities Overview
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© Trimark Associates, Inc.
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Trimark’s T1-S Complete Suite
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T1-S PowerViewer (Vantage) • Portfolio-wide performance • Meteorological context • Site-wide PV inverter control • Interval meter data reporting • Visual production status • Alarms and notification
T1-S Historian • Data archival • Analytics / Reporting
T1-S Gateway (SCADA / RIG) • CAISO Validated RIG • Data capture from smart • Secure data telemetry devices and instruments
Metering • Revenue and Power Metering • Meter Data Services
MET Stations
Secure Network
Balancing Authority
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T1-S Data Gateway (RIG)
• Purpose • CAISO-validated RIG – T1-S Gateway software • Bi-directional, secure data telemetry • Real-time data collection from intelligent devices:
meters, inverters, MET stations, substation equipment, etc.
• Automatic Generation Control (AGC) dispatch instructions
• Specifications • Industry-standard network protocols
• Eight USB 2.0 ports • Four serial ports (two RS-232/422/485 and two RS-232) • One 10/100/1000 Mbps ENET NIC
• Modbus data exchange with field devices • Stores and forwards data in case of
communication failure • Scalable from 20 points to 50,000 • Can be configured in redundant architecture • Ruggedized to withstand temperature extremes • Designed, built and assembled in the U.S.A.
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CAISO Revenue Metering
Dynamic Loss Compensation
Maintenance & Service
UL-certified Panel Shop
Settlement Quality Meter Data
Commissioning, Certification, and
Inspection
Metering Application Engineering
Select Meters
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Meteorological Data
• Wind
• Temperature
• Irradiance
• Barometric Pressure
• Back Panel
Temperature
• Based on Lufft sensor technology
• Connects to T1-S Data Logger
• Delivers data to CAISO via the RIG
• Meets CAISO requirements for measures, data archival and battery backup
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Vantage HMI – Portfolio View
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• View status for all resources
• Define resource sets
• Click site name for details
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Vantage HMI – System Overview
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• Real-time, key performance indicators
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Vantage HMI – Mobile Information Access
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Vantage HMI – Equipment List
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• Status
• Central view of all controlled devices
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Vantage HMI – Inverter Control
• Manage inverters as a group
• Schedule commands
• Fine-tune control
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Vantage HMI – Trending and Reporting
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• Data presentation for analysis
• Tabular or graphic • Pre-defined
parameters • Export to Excel
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Vantage HMI – Alarms and Notification
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• Criticality • Frequency (time
stamped) • Acknowledgement
tracking • Notification
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Vantage HMI – Interactive Site Diagram
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• Interactive site map
• Drill down for details
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Vantage HMI – Account and User Setup
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• Set user role and authority
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Vantage HMI – User Security
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• Manage security policy
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System Block Diagram
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Energy Communications Network (ECN)
• CAISO requires that Resource Owner (only) orders ECN from AT&T.
• Specialized unit within AT&T works with the Owner.
• Typical lead time is 3 months for T1 line.
• CAISO recently authorized ANIRA as a lower cost ECN option. Lead time is 5-6 weeks.
• ANIRA requires broadband connection.
• Usually is the critical path for a project!
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System Architecture for Multi-site Management
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Significant Market Changes and Standards
• Interconnection/performance standards for inverters
• Grid Support
• California Interconnection requirements
• Inverter Safety Standards
• Guidelines and practices for power utility automation and testing • Trimark configured and tested inverter
controls on Sandia’s test bed
* Expected to be adopted in early 2014
Sandia National Labs and IEC
61850
IEEE 1547 A*
UL 1741
CPUC Rule 21 Update*
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IEC 61850: International Standard
• Sandia National Labs is leading an international consortium of research labs and inverter manufacturers
• Definitions and standards of controls related to inverters, storage, EV, etc.
• Sandia developing test protocol for PV inverter controls (defined in section 7)
• Trimark helped Sandia use T1-S to configure and test inverter controls on Sandia’s test bed to determine grid stability.
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Curtail Inverter Output
• Curtail site-wide generation to 60% of nominal site output.
• 30-second ramp. • 30-second duration
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Set Power Factor or VARs
• Set Power Factor to 0.90 (overexcited)
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Recent Developments – the case for AIC
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“Georgia Power's latest interconnection agreement
requires that even small solar generators use advanced
inverters to provision reactive power.”
“Advanced inverters offer dynamic reactive power
control, which can help maintain the integrity and
reliability of the electric grid.”
“Compared to conventional solutions, installing
advanced inverters on small-scale renewable and
energy storage systems improves voltage regulation
throughout a distribution system.” FierceSmartGrid, September, 2013
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Advanced Inverter Controls” A Convergence of Regulatory and Business Drivers
Inverter Control
Requirements
FERC 764
CAISO Tariff and BPM
Generator Business and Operations
CA RPS: 33% of Electricity from Renewables
Sandia National Labs and IEC 61850
Sunspec Alliance
IEEE 1547 Interconnection
Standard
CPUC-Mandated Storage (AB 2514)
IEEE P2030
UL 1741 Safety Standard
CPUC Rule 21 Interconnection
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Why not just use inverter firmware for site control?
• You must control site or fleet output
• Fleet often has disparate inverters (models, mfgs., capacity, etc.)
• Human must change parameters at every inverter
• Parameters presented by inverter are difficult to access and interpret
• E.g. “US743”
• Lacks aggregated feedback
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Communication – nPhase Example
Trimark - a Preferred Verizon Partner
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nPhase Network Architecture
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Recurrent Energy, Kansas South Case Study
• Solar farm near Lemoore, CA. • Nearest ATT infrastructure several miles away.
• Not enough circuits. AT&T willing to add but caused delays.
• Telecom infrastructure had to be brought to site at owner’s expense. • Labor: installation, electrical contracting, land leases, permits. • High voltage protection requirement: ~$20,000
• AT&T – Multiple contacts to order and coordinate. • High voltage engineer, site engineer, sales engineer, account
manager. • No commitment from ATT on install time.
• Seven month schedule to install. • Represents typical case. • When delays occur, highly probable that it is due to ECN issues.
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User Interface (HMI)
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PowerViewer
• Intuitive, performance monitoring application delivers data in a browser-based interface
• View up-to-the-minute information from any project
• Data monitoring, report generation, alarms and historical data comparison • View inverter production with respect to irradiance • Historical and real-time power generation for a specific inverter or
string • Compare efficiency of multiple inverters
• Identify performance issues and create opportunities to improve effectiveness of generation resources
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Compare Power Production To Irradiance
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Administration of T1-S
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T1-S Host Set-Up Screen
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System Events Logging
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Configuration Editor
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Configuring an I/O Point
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Configuring a Master Connection
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Configuring a Slave Dataset
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Creating Analog PointCalculations
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Creating Digital Point Calculation
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T1-S Console (Forcing Points)
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