9REN Group
9REN Group optimizes renewable energy production with AVEVA solutions
9REN Group designs, develops, builds and operates turnkey renewable power plants using photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind energy, relying on AVEVA software to harness the power of the sun. The geographic spread of its generation sites in Spain, Italy and the Middle East called for a centralized monitoring approach able to span different time zones and weather conditions. 9REN needed to increase the output of its renewable facilities, reduce field maintenance costs by minimizing manual supervision, and have a solution that could easily scale with its future sites. AVEVA solutions meet these requirements by offering a scalable, reliable platform suited to international deployment.
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How does AVEVA manage a renewable energy portfolio spread across several countries?
9REN Group operates photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind power plants in Spain, Italy and the Middle East. AVEVA software centralizes industrial supervision of these sites spread across different time zones and weather conditions. This unified platform enables real-time monitoring without sending teams on site, reduces manual supervision and supports geographic expansion into new regions. It is a standard for renewable energy producers that need to remotely manage widely dispersed assets.
Why is minimizing manual monitoring crucial for a renewable energy producer?
Field maintenance costs are a major expense for 9REN, whose sites are geographically remote. Automated monitoring through AVEVA makes it possible to detect anomalies, prioritize interventions and send technicians only when necessary. The result: event recognition increased by 50%, solar tracking of photovoltaic systems improved by 5% and report production time cut from one month to just two days. These direct gains drive the economic competitiveness of renewables.
How does AVEVA improve event recognition at a solar power plant?
AVEVA collects high-frequency data from inverters, trackers and weather sensors, then applies business rules to automatically classify operational events. At 9REN, this automation increased event recognition by 50%, freeing field teams from repetitive manual tasks. Contextualized centralization of data also speeds up decision-making and remote diagnostics, two essential levers for optimizing the yield of a renewable portfolio spread across several countries.
What impact has AVEVA had on 9REN's reporting capabilities?
Before AVEVA, producing monitoring reports took one month at 9REN. With the platform, this time has been cut to just two days. This acceleration turns reporting from an administrative burden into a real-time decision-making tool: performance indicators, availability rates and production deviations are automatically consolidated across the entire portfolio. Teams can therefore react quickly to drift and feed 9REN's strategic management with fresh, reliable data.
How can the scalability of an AVEVA solution be ensured to support an energy producer's growth?
9REN needed a solution that could easily scale as new renewable power plants were installed in new regions. AVEVA meets this need thanks to its object-oriented architecture and its library of replicable templates: each new site can be deployed quickly by reusing existing templates. This industrial standardization ensures operational consistency, speeds up commissioning and limits engineering costs, which are essential levers for a fast-growing sector such as renewable energy.