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How IoT enables operational excellence for off-grid systems at scale A case study from Nigeria Hendrik Broering | COO AMMP Technologies | ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum | October 2019

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Page 1: How IoT enables operational excellence for off-grid

How IoT enables operational excellence for off-grid systems at

scale – A case study from Nigeria

Hendrik Broering | COO

AMMP Technologies | ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum | October 2019

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NO GRIDMarket is entirely

off-grid

Sabon Gari MarketSecond largest industrial centre in Nigeria

12,000 SHOPSWith customer foot traffic of 1 million people monthly

3.0-5.0kVAshared generators power

the whole market

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A centre powered by fossil-fuel gensets

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Rensource solution

The Rensource solution: Deployment of 100 decentralized solar mini-grids across the market

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Rensource solution

The Rensource solution: Deployment of 100 decentralized solar mini-grids across the market

Systems

Hubs

Sabon Gari

8 hubs

100 mini-grids systemsTotal PV: 0.7 MWp

Total storage: 0.8 MWh

5000+ smart meters

1 market, 12 000 shops

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The operational challenge

It is operationally challenging to manage such a high number of decentralized off-grid systems including all connected customers

Customer satisfaction Business success Public perception

Fast response times Understand power needs Erase idea of poor energy service

Reduce operational costs

Operate 100 mini-grids with a total of more than 5000 smart meters efficiently

Fast issue resolution

Management of equipmentLow costs of electricity

Management of field technicians

Proof best in class delivery to stakeholders and investors

Proof solar advantage over diesel

The goal

The challenges

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AMMP network operations center (NOC)

Data storage,

analytics, and

visualization

AMMP core

Two things need to be at the core of the NOC…

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The solution

1. The NOC needs to combine non-tangible data acquisition with physical “ground truth”

Systems HubsMeter

Non-tangible data

System measurementsPhysical locations of systems

and meters

Meter measurements

Meter associations

Equipment associations

Hub associations

System associations

Physical truths

Battery, PV, Inverters, Charge

controllers etc.

Energy readings, voltages,

states etc.

Equipment type

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The solution

2. Different stakeholders in the organization need different type of information and functionalities

Reporting

Benchmarking

Alert management

System and meter management

Detailed troubleshooting

Portfolio focus / long time horizon

Network operations center

Engineering

Central operations team Investors

ManagementField service engineersCustomer operation

Individual system focus/ short time horizon

Birds-eye view

System configuration & remote control

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Example 1

Hierarchical dashboarding

Detailed troubleshootingBirds-eye view

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Example 2

Multi-channel alerts

Alert management

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Different stakeholders need different alerts

Every alert across all the systems and meters Custom selection of alerts won`t spam inbox

Central operationsField service engineersCustomer operation Engineering

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Example 3

System management

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Direct and indirect impact of network operations center on the business

Customer satisfaction Business success Public perception

Fast response times Understand power needsErase idea of poor energy

service

Reduce operational costs

Fast issue resolution

Management of equipmentLow cost of electricity

Management of field

technicians

Proof best in class delivery to stakeholders and investors

Proof solar advantage over

diesel

Network operations center

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Besides Sabon Gari Market, there are now in total 8 Rensource industrial clusters managed through the AMMP platform

Sabon Gari Market

Iponri Market

Nepa 1 Market

Nepa 2 Market

Ita-Osu Market

Isikan Market

Ikenne Market

Edaiken Market

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Sabon Gari Market

Rensource completely transformed Sabon Gari market into a smart solar mini-grid cluster

Before Now

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AMMP

We are now providing monitoring and management for more than 350 off-grid systems across 5 continents

The Netherlands

Colombia

Nigeria

Kenya

Tanzania

Myanmar

Australia

Ghana

Honduras

ZimbabwePresent

Pipeline

Sierra Leone

Chad

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www.ammp.io

Hendrik Broering

COO

[email protected]

Prince Ojeabulu

Head, Network Operations Centre

[email protected]

www.rensource.energy

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