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Fat Spaniel Technologies - Renewable Energy Monitoring and Reporting Solutions
Fat Spaniel is a nice intersection of renewable energy technology and web technology. The company was founded in 2003 and appears to be going great guns. The following were inputs I collected from the company's web page.Fat Spaniel Technologies is an independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry, with the company’s solutions utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs, and growing a growing number of wind power companies. Fat Spaniel solutions help optimize energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, and increase RoI for renewable energy power plant projects.
Fat Spaniel solutions address industry needs in three areas:
* Operations & Maintenance: Optimize uptime and output while keeping the costs of O&M under control
* Revenue-Grade Data Services: Gain independent, verifiable data for billing, agency reporting, Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) reporting, and production analysis
* Marketing & Education: Review and share web-based, graphical visualizations of system status and performance, to increase the impact of clean energy systems
For energy producers:
Fat Spaniel Insight Manager™ – A complete set of web applications that capture critical service information, detect system faults, generate actionable alerts, help managers analyze plant performance vs. predicted output, and deliver revenue-generating reports. Energy analysts and financial professionals can perform complex what-if analyses using empirical plant data, view animated performance charts, and engage in deep regression analysis.
For consumers:
Fat Spaniel Insight Views™ – An interface that lets renewable energy plant owners publicly display their energy production and environmental stewardship on the Internet. Integrated Web 2.0 technology encourages rapid adoption and fosters interaction in the renewable energy community.
For application developers:
Fat Spaniel Insight Platform™ – The foundation for all Fat Spaniel solutions and the world’s first open energy intelligence platform for building, sharing, and running energy data applications. It enables software developers to extend in-house monitoring systems, explore new energy management capabilities, and leverage an open architecture that supports multiple vendors, hardware types, and integration with the energy IT infrastructure.
I'm not sure how critical the solutions are for the consumer. I mean, unless the solution can show real return on investment from monitoring RE usage, it might just be a cosmetic thing. For the producers, it is quite a different story, however. It could be a much needed solution for them, as RE producers wish to get critical insights and reporting on their performance as they gear themselves to propel their companies into the future.
posted by Ecacofonix at
7:46 AM
Monday, June 1, 2009
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