KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd's (TNB) is deploying big data analytics applications in its large scale solar (LSS) farm in Sepang to improve energy productivity and operational efficiency.
TNB said its wholly-owned TNB Renewables Sdn Bhd had appointed Envision Digital International Pte Ltd to do the task.
TNB said the 50 megawatts (MW) solar farm is one of the largest in Malaysia with 238,140 solar panels generating more than 110,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy in its first year of operation in 2019.
TNB Renewables managing director Mohd Yusrizal said the company was constantly seeking for innovative technology solutions that will help accelerate its growth in the renewable energy sector.
"The solar farm in Sepang is our first LSS project in Malaysia. By adopting cloud- based solutions, we can monitor and analyse the solar farm's performance remotely and achieve better returns on investment.
"TNB Renewables is also committed in adopting innovative solutions in building up our capability towards becoming a leading renewable energy asset developer and asset manager within Malaysia and the region," he said in a statement.
The project with Singapore-based Envision Digital will involve the deployment of its cloud-based digital analytics applications, including EnlightTM Solar, EnsightTM Solar, and Forecaster.
Envision Digital international president Sylvie Ouziel said as Malaysia strives to achieve 20 per cent renewable energy capacity by 2025, projects such as this, to help improve productivity of existing renewable energy assets through the application of AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) technology, are vital.
"Wider adoption of AIoT in the renewable energy sector can hopefully in time amplify the benefits of this. We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with TNB Renewables on this project and to be playing a role in building a more sustainable energy sector and future for all Malaysians," she said.
Since the beginning of this project in March 2019, both organisations begins to collaborate on multiple initiatives revolving around new energy and digital transformation.
Eventually, TNB Renewables will build a digital renewable energy platform leveraging Envision's EnOS AloT Operating System, to connect various renewables assets and applications, such as biogas, biomass and mini hydro.
The platform will not only provide asset operation and performance visibility to the company, but also allow the integration and synergised operation among various renewables energies.