Tag: Renewable energy

27
Apr

Webinar “How to protect your renewable energy assets from cybersecurity threats” (Spanish)

IT cybersecurity threats also affect OT environments, including renewable industry. Being protected is crucial, especially in emerging architectures, such as those that can be found in this type of power plants. In this webinar on 6 April — its full version is already available — Manuel Alguacil, CISO & ICT Director at Isotrol, analyzed this reality by focusing on virtual
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30
Sep

How to extend control and operation systems to operate hybrid plants with storage

  According to Francisco G. Castrejón, Isotrol’s consultant, the hybridization with storage is going to give a decisive boost to the renewable plants. Thanks to it, these assets feature more flexibility and firmness, and, in many cases, they will be able to improve the answer of traditional power plants. Our expert gave all the details about this new and promising
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7
Sep

Machine Learning, artificial intelligence serving the renewable energies

By Fernando Heredia – Source: Energía Online This is a tool used in the entire world that is starting to settle in Argentina. It can predict faults in equipment and increase park generation more than 2%. We are at the operating system of Genneia. Patricio Neffa, the Director of Innovation, Development and Project Management, picks up one of the 236 turbines
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13
May

Spanish Wind Energy Association interview with Isotrol Cybersecurity Manager Manuel Alguacil

Source: Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) 1. ISOTROL is a Spanish company specializing in engineering, software, and control services. Which position does renewable energy have in your current market? The link between Isotrol and renewable energy dates back to the ‘90s. We were one of the first companies to develop technology to exploit and operate wind parks in Spain, and
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12
Jan

Isotrol and Dronetools make significant progress in the Drone4PV project aimed at the maintenance of photovoltaic plants with drones and Machine Learning technology

In this project, drones are used to take thermal pictures in a photovoltaic plant that, together with the data from the plant control systems, will serve as a starting point for analyzing and forecasting failures or problems with solar panels. Last December, the Isotrol Research and Technology team undertook the data collection phase of the European Drone4PV project in a
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