Making renewable energy visible

Story

Naturalwatt designs and installs renewable energy systems for both the public and private sector. Systems include solar PV, solar thermal and wind turbines. Coming from an engineering background, Naturalwatt have now designed and developed a unique product that makes renewable energy visible.

Energy from the sun and wind is turned into electricity by solar panels (photo voltaic or PV) and wind turbines. It can be difficult to know how much energy is being generated by a system and how much is being used by the property or household.

The Naturalwatt Dashboard Controller makes this lack of information a thing of the past. It provides a new level of control for renewable energy systems. The dashboard measures and displays LIVE solar production and wind turbine output, as well as many other renewable energy system components e.g. solar thermal controllers (normally Resol), heat meters etc.. Naturalwatt manage the system remotely and make any necessary software updates. The live data is displayed and monitored on the internet. It can tunnel securely out of Broadband (ADSL/DHCP) environments with the minimum of easy setup.

Will Grafton M.D. of Naturalwatt says “Commercial and private property owners installing renewable energy systems see the Dashboard Controller as the heartbeat of their system. By being able to see the green energy their system produces as well as how much energy they use they can change the way they use energy and reduce energy bills even further.”

The Internet Dashboard
Available anywhere you can connect to the internet, the dashboard shows the energy generated, energy currently being used and CO2 saved. With off –grid storage systems it also shows the amount of energy left in the storage. Each of these dashboard displays can be turned into a graph showing energy generation and/or use over a number of different time frames. The picture below shows a graph of the power generated over seven days.

Key benefits

• Dynamic view of each system’s renewable energy production as well as household energy consumption (with approved meter)
• Save on electricity bills by helping to modify behaviour and the way energy is used
• Recording Interaction Modules for SMA Fronius Steca Victron Wind Turbines and many other Renewable Technologies
• New Software Modules can generally be produced on demand
• Personal view via the web to monitor energy produced, and used in each property
• Direct SECURE link to our Central control System for 24hr recording and updating
• Enables ROCS to be claimed via Ofgem approved mechanism
• Effective, reliable and proven technology which has already been successfully used for 3 years
• Can be easily enhanced as new renewable technologies become available
• 240V Power Supply included
• Can integrate with Davis Weather Stations for Schools
• Linux basis gives 100% reliable operation

Specification
Installation Time 1 hour
Telephone Support included
Inputs Victron Steca SMA Fronius Wind up to 6kW, Micro Hydro, CHP
Space Required Minimal Space Required 15 cm x 10cm
System Warranty 2 Years.
S/W Maintenance Self Maintained – Web Costs – £36 per annum after 1st year
Internet Connection DSL local Ethernet Connection or via GPRS (cost option)

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