Telvent GIT, S.A. (Nasdaq:TLVT), a leading real-time IT solutions and
information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has been
selected by BP Solar International, Inc., an alternative energy subsidiary to
BP (NYSE:BP) and one of the world's leading solar companies, to deploy control
technology for BP Solar's Global Operations Center initiative.
Collecting solar
data across the world will enable BP Solar to accurately verify data reporting
− both by BP Solar as well as its clients − regarding solar usage and capacity,
which is one element of BP Solar's energy management services.
Telvent provides an integrated solution that enables BP Solar to view, monitor
and control all solar production and usage on a global level. The fully
redundant hosting system allows BP Solar to interface with its regional
operation centers located in the
United
States
and
Spain
.
Client portals designed by Telvent further support BP Solar and its customers
to monitor daily solar production, collection and use as well as helping
customers forecast whether daily solar generation will cover demand for power. The
information being collected allows for individual plant analysis and comparison
of performance, but also serves as a complete information management solution
for the company as a whole, helping to optimize the operational efficiency of
BP Solar business around the world, and contributing towards better business
decision-making.
According to Telvent's Chairman and CEO, Ignacio Gonzalez, "We are proud
that our solution will help BP Solar with its
Global
Operations
Center
initiative and continue its mission of designing, manufacturing and marketing
solar electric systems around the globe. Telvent provides seamless, sustainable
energy solutions that make business sense."
With the first stage of implementation, Telvent will provide hosting,
monitoring and control services for BP Solar plants, stations, customers and
offices around the globe. An established market leader providing real-time
information solutions for global energy markets, Telvent manages more than 60
percent of the total hydrocarbon movements in
North
America
and Latin American pipelines, largely in
North
America
and crude oil and refined fuels. BP Solar represents a
first-of-its-kind project as serves as an expansion of Telvent's offerings in
the solar business as the company helps centralize and manage BP Solar's collection
of data from assets located across the globe.