Managing remote power systems is a challenge, but an increasingly necessary one. Fortunately, there are new hardware and software technologies emerging that will allow solar electric system optimization in the field while reducing downtime, without being on-site.
The past decade has seen tremendous growth in solar electric systems being used to power remote applications and systems. One example is in the oil and gas extraction industry, where a global network of well over three million miles of pipelines and 65,000+ extraction sites, with over 9,000 of them off-shore, means that the vast majority of operations are far from any electrical grid.
