Canopy Power's Hornbill remote microgrid management platform updated

Canopy Power's Hornbill – a platform for 24x7 monitoring and management of remote microgrid systems – has been updated. Microgrids are typically owned by businesses and communities which are remotely located or which are not connected to power grids, such as island resorts, fisheries and mines.

Source: Canopy Power. The Hornbill Base (left) and Hornbill Portal (right).
Source: Canopy Power. The Hornbill Base (left) and
Hornbill Portal (right).
According to Canopy Power, remote microgrid systems are a huge enabler for significant economic development, but when poorly managed, can result in system reliability and performance sustainability issues.

Its Hornbill features real-time monitoring, remote management and advanced analytics. When linked to a remote microgrid installation and with control services tailored to individual requirements, Hornbill minimises operation and maintenance costs, maximises uptime, and also increases project bankability.

The system is composed of the Hornbill Base – hardware installed at the site with the microgrid – and the Hornbill Portal – a cloud-based visualisation and control interface. The microgrid system performance can be checked on one's smartphone or other device, allowing proactive measures to be taken to manage the system and optimise performance.

Hornbill Base has now been enhanced by the addition of a local touch-screen interface, surge protection, an uninterruptible power supply and additional local data storage. Hornbill Portal now features data download and graph comparison functions, as well as real-time error detection and condition monitoring.

“Hornbill allows entire portfolios of disparate systems to be managed on a single cloud-based platform,” says Daniel Rye, Business Development Director of Canopy Power.

“The rich dataset translates to cost savings and value-add for customers and project investors. It also facilitates our commercial offerings such as project financing and O&M services.” O&M stands for operations and maintenance.

Canopy Power systems, including Hornbill technology, are deployed in some of the region's most known island resorts, such as Nikoi Private Island and Batu Batu.

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