Fat Spaniel Technologies Launches Lifecycle Management Solutions for
the Global Renewable Energy Market
SaaS offerings tailored for plant operators and project managers yield high ROI from
commercial solar portfolios and plants
San Jose, Calif. – September 15, 2009 – Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc. today announced
a new family of Lifecycle Management solutions for the renewable energy industry. Fat
Spaniel Solar Plant Vision™ and Solar Operations Services build on the company’s
experience pioneering technology and providing solutions for 2500 solar photovoltaic
(PV) plants around the world. The first two Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) editions of Solar
Plant Vision meet the needs of solar PV plant operators and project developers. For
customers that want a turnkey service, Solar Operations Services complement the
company’s SaaS offering with a staff of operations experts that oversee and manage
daily operations. The new Fat Spaniel Lifecycle Management solutions are tailored for
the business models and distinct job functions spanning commercial, municipal, federal,
utility, educational, and residential solar projects.
“Complexities are inherent in every stage of the solar portfolio lifecycle—planning,
design, deployment, and day-to-day operations,” said Ned Chaney,
Business Director of American Capitol Energy. “An optimized management platform is
essential for driving down costs and remaining competitive. Fat Spaniel Lifecycle
Management services give us the efficiencies of SaaS and the benefits of Fat Spaniel’s
relationships with device manufacturers. The end-to-end solution overcomes the
challenges of integration and management, and allows us to focus on our business
goals.”
“Until recently, the primary focus of the renewable energy industry
has been on improving and augmenting generation to drive costs down to accelerate
the rate of adoption.” said Al Velosa, Research Director at Gartner. “However, many are
only now beginning to realize that efficient life-cycle and performance management is
essential in achieving these goals, leading to increased asset value and reduced risk. As
we work to create a low carbon economy, the use of IT marks
the next benchmark for solar. In fact, the use of IT will be essential
to facilitate the solar industry's business model.”
“Solar developers, integrators, and operations personnel currently rely on imprecise
tools with error rates of +/-20 percent—which significantly impacts financial returns and
plant efficiency,” said Matt Powell, CEO of Fat Spaniel Technologies. “The solar industry
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is at a critical juncture, and if it is to reach its full potential, lifecycle management
solutions must be designed into a system from site conception, to drive financial success
and reduce risk. We look forward to the continuing expansion of our Lifecycle
Management family of services—our technology can help s achieve the goal of making
renewable energy #1 in the world.”
Solar Plant Vision: Portfolio and Plant Management for Distributed Solar Sites
Solar Plant Vision services deliver high-accuracy, predictive capabilities that address
complete lifecycle management. Tailored to operations and maintenance (O&M) teams
and project managers, the solutions help optimize solar plant production and overall
portfolio performance. Complete operational and diagnostic data is collected
continually; environmental data can be gathered from plant locations or downloaded
from satellite services. Breakthrough capabilities are focused in three areas:
Plant management: A full range of device monitoring, troubleshooting, and
performance tracking maximizes production while minimizing costs.
Revenue management: Billing and reporting features simplify financial and
compliance management efforts.
Marketing and education: Real-time portfolio status can be displayed on Internet-
connected PCs to educate energy consumers, or displayed in kiosks located in
lobbies, retail stores, and other public places where clean energy can be
promoted and marketed.
Solar Plant Vision lets today’s operators achieve industry-leading results including
increased plant uptime, meeting or exceeding Power Purchase Agreement terms, and
driving down total maintenance costs by up to 30%.
Solar Operation Services (SOS): A Team of Management Experts
SOS combines Fat Spaniel’s industry-leading Lifecycle Management platform with an
experienced staff that delivers plant management based on customer-defined service-
level agreements. Portfolio managers gain increased energy output, maximum system
uptime, and cost-efficient, predictable costs. To accommodate future insourcing, a
build-operate-transfer (BOT) option can be included. Both short- and long-term SOS
contracts give customers complete flexibility, and make it easy to adjust for business
and operations dynamics.
Availability
Solar Plant Vision Premium Edition provides end-to-end lifecycle management
capabilities to O&M and project management teams. The SaaS service speeds start up,
and offers affordable terms based on plant scale. Solar Plant Vision Base Edition
provides a stand-alone software solution to customers that only need base-level
monitoring, reporting, and visualization capabilities. Solar Plant Vision Base and
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Premium Editions and Solar Operations Services can be quoted immediately, and will be
available starting in October 2009.
The 500+ solar plant operators who depend on Insight Manager, Fat Spaniel’s legacy
solar plant management offering, will be given an automatic upgrade to Solar Plant
Vision when it becomes available.
About Fat Spaniel
Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of Lifecycle Management services
for the renewable energy industry. Solar power producers, financiers, system
integrators, plant owners, and OEMs take advantage of Fat Spaniel’s category-defining
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to maximize system uptime, energy output, and
return on investment. Fat Spaniel is a trusted third-party service provider, offering an
open platform for remote system performance management, plant diagnostics and
maintenance automation, revenue-grade billing, REC trading, and performance-based
incentive collection. Fat Spaniel Lifecycle Management technology and services
empower renewable energy component vendors to provide fully manageable solutions
and inspire application developers to innovate advanced Web-based energy applications
and visualizations. Fat Spaniel solutions are deployed in 20 countries and more than
2,500 locations worldwide. With its partners and customers, Fat Spaniel shares the
vision of a world where renewable energy is the first and best energy source. For more
information, please visit www.fatspaniel.com.
Media Contacts:
Shelly Greenhalgh
Fat Spaniel Technologies
shelly.greenhalgh@fatspaniel.com
408-279-5262
Caroline Venza
Antenna Group
caroline@antennagroup.com
415-977-1939
SOURCE: Fat Spaniel Technologies
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