Mind4Energy was founded by four enthusiastic engineers which had the common idea of delivering responsible and high quality services within the renewable energy sector. Passionate and experienced in photovoltaic and monitoring systems Eduardo, Thomas, Mathieu and Dirk decided to join forces in order to meet one of the most important challenges we have as a society: Reliable and Sustainable Energy Supply.
Mind4Energy’s Powermonitor is developed in cooperation with Ghent University.
It is conceived by PV experts as service tool. Our goal is to make PV plant operation easy and to maximize the facility’s output.
The Powermonitor consists of a secured, web-based interface.
Main features:
- Yield, Power, Voltage
- Specific yield
- Faults and warnings
- Performance reports including Performance Ratio
- Alarm notification
- Service log and ticketing system
- Availability
- Benchmarking based on independent meteo-data or local sensors
- Compatible with different loggers and inverters
- Library for storage of project details (datasheets, manuals and as-built file)
- Sub-logins, with the ability to aggregate projects per region or per investor/owner
- Special features according to clients request (including customized reports…)
Mind4Energy data logger:
- PLC based data logger, more details in products section.
Additional services:
- Design of the monitoring system including selection of cable type (ftp, optic fiber…), interfaces, loggers, communication cards
- Hardware installation (Turnkey option). Installations follow regular communication installation norms and standards
- Possible integration of independent sensors and meters (related to logger selection..)
- Management of communication (via GPRS, Ethernet…)
Services
Mind4Energy combines more than 20 years of PV experience in design, commissioning and testing of plants and systems.
Services offered:
- Daily follow-up of PV system via Mind4Energy Powermonitor
- In case of problems: immediate diagnosis via Mind4Energy Powermonitor
- On-site diagnostics by means of advanced measurement devices such as insulation meter, thermal camera, module specific current and voltage measurements and power analysis for local grid issues
- Identification of PV problems, contact with manufacturers and installers, implementation of the solution
- Yearly on-site plant inspection and report with recommendations
- Design review of existing installations (shadow analysis, electrical AC and DC, structure, monitoring)
Mind4Energy Datalogger
- Phoenix Contact PLC with 2GB local memory
- Industrial power supply and UPS
- GPRS or 3G modem for connection with monitoring portal
- Ready for communication with inverters, weather sensors and energy meters
Mobile Pyranometer
with GPRS connection to the monitoring portal
- Pyranometer Kipp & Zonen SMP11
- GPRS connection to monitoring portal; client receives login with password
- Can be used to verify performance of a PV plant on a temporary basis
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