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Availability
What was it last month, by site and by asset? Do the O&M report, the board pack and the lender report agree?
Independent data and analytics advisory for energy
Your assets already have the answers.
We help boards and leadership teams at generators, IPPs and asset owners turn SCADA, metering and maintenance data into decisions they can stand behind.
From a recent site
55%
output on a 17 MWp solar site that could have run at 100%
The plant was doing exactly what it was told. It was told the wrong thing.
The power plant controller miscalculated its set point and held the site back. No alarm was raised, and on screen the plant looked healthy. The set point the grid sent, the set point applied and the available power were all being recorded. Nobody was comparing them.
How set point errors happen, and how to catch themFor boards and executives
Four questions your business should be able to answer
For any site and any month. Quickly, and with the same answer whoever runs the numbers.
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Performance ratio
Temperature corrected, measured against the yield model, from irradiance sensors you trust?
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Curtailment by reason
How much energy did you lose to curtailment, why, and how much of it did you claim back?
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Loss accounting
Where did every lost MWh go, who owns each loss, and does it all add up to the revenue meter?
If the answers are slow, or change depending on who you ask, that is where we start.
How we help
Four ways in. Start wherever you are.
Educate
Asset training for data teams
How solar, wind, battery, gas and grid assets actually work, and what their data means. For the people building your dashboards.
Half or full day, on site or remote
Assess
Asset data assessment
We trace how your operational data travels from SCADA to the board pack, and show where value and accuracy are being lost.
Fixed scope, one site or a full portfolio
Advise
Asset model and architecture
A common model of your assets built on IEC 61400-25, 61724, 61850 and CIM, with clear data ownership and a platform-neutral architecture.
Project based
Govern
Board advisory
Ongoing advice to boards and executives on data and analytics: what to measure, what to ask, and what to fund next.
Retained
AcrossSolar PVOnshore and offshore windBattery storageGas turbines and CHPGrid connection and balance of plantin the UAE, the wider GCC and the UK
Independent
We have nothing to sell you except advice.
Most people advising generators on data are selling a platform. We have no software, no reseller margin and no ties to any OEM. Our advice follows your assets and your decisions, whichever tools you end up using.
White paper
Data rich, insight poor
Why energy generators struggle to turn their own asset data into value
White paper
Data rich, insight poor
Why energy generators struggle to turn their own asset data into value, what it costs, and the questions every board should be asking. Written for executives, with a technical appendix for your engineering and data teams.
About
James Brand, founder
I've spent 26 years in software and data, and the last five hands-on with PLCs, SCADA and plant data on industrial and energy sites. I set up Inerra Impact to give energy boards straight answers about their data, from someone who has worked in the switchroom and the boardroom.
- Siemens S7 PLCs, OPC UA, Modbus TCP and IEC 61850 in the field
- Azure and Microsoft Fabric data platforms, around 15 years in Azure
- Author of The Modern Factory Handbook
- Volunteer Renewable Energy Infrastructure Manager for the 100 Club, Liverpool
Start with a half-day board briefing
We walk your board through what your asset data can tell you, where it falls short and what to fix first. You leave with a short written summary.