New
Power Plant Controller Reduces Cost of PV System Management By
Eliminating Need for Multiple Controllers and Includes Self-tuning
POI to Accommodate International Grid Codes.
Chicago,
USA (October 21, 2013) -- At Solar Power International this week,
Santerno,
the Carraro Group company that specializes in alternative energy
electronics and industrial automation, will display its new Santerno
PV Power Plant Controller (PPC). The Santerno PPC is a utility-scale
solar power system controller that consolidates management of
photovoltaic (PV) power plants, providing a single point of
integrated control and monitoring.
Santerno
developed its own power plant controller in order to reduce costs and
expand management capability and control for its utility PV
customers. The Santerno PPC is a complete control solution that
provides a single access point for the plant supervisory control and
data acquisition (SCADA) control systems, including all PV inverters,
the data logger, and auxiliary services. This eliminates the need to
integrate a separate management system for the solar power inverters.
The
Santerno PPC also provides a single, self-tuned, modified
proportional internal (PI) controller which operates at the plant
level to make sure all the inverters match power grid code
requirements. Unlike other systems, the Santerno PPC does not require
the trial-and-error approach typically used to match standard PI
regulators. The power parameters are set in advance using the plant
data and the electrical characteristic data for the Point of
Interconnection (POI) so it automatically matches international grid
code requirements.
"As
an engineering-oriented company, we are always working to develop new
technology that solves our customers' needs and delivers the highest
return on investment. By developing our own Power Plant Controller we
are able to consolidate management of Santerno solar inverters with
other plant monitoring and SCADA systems into a single interface,"
said Franco Valentini, Marketing Director of Santerno. "When you
add in support from our online Web management portal, you have a
complete controller solution, including remote monitoring."
The
Santerno PPC can be configured for most grid operator protocols, and
is compliant with European and worldwide standards, field
programmable according to local regulations. It also can be
optionally configured to control static VAR compensator (SVC) or
static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) at the Point of
Interconnections (POI). This enables the PV plant for Extended Power
Capability or Flexible AC Transmission System functions. It also has
Digital Control Functions, including closed loop active power
curtailment, closed look reactive power control, closed-loop POI
voltage control, and P(f) curtailment control.
Santerno
is displaying its new PPC at Solar Power International, booth 746.
For more information, visit http://www.santerno.com.
About
Santerno
Headquartered
in Imola, Italy, with offices around the globe, Santerno designs and
markets solar inverters and products used to produce electricity from
renewable sources. Since 2006 the company has been part of the
Carraro Group, a multinational company specializing in power
transmission systems with engineering and production operations in 16
countries. Santerno has more than 40 years of expertise in design
automation of power electronics and has manufactured solar power
inverters for 27 years, hybrid vehicles for 16 years, and wind power
systems for six years. Santerno has more than 40 distributors
worldwide.
For
more information, visit http://www.santerno.com.
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