Jan 7 2010
Paladin SmartGrid software platform has been unveiled by EDSA, a chief developer of power analytics solutions for the management, design and testing of complex electrical power systems. Paladin SmartGrid software platform is a recently developed software solution that helps in removing a significant barrier that prevents the spread of the usage of alternative energy. This new software platform is a “master controller” since it enables the use of distributed and on-premise energy sources that include local co-generation, wind and solar without affecting the reliability of utility grid.
At present, Paladin SmartGrid software platform is approaching its final testing stage at an unrevealed customer site. This platform will be commercially revealed by the second quarter of the year 2010, which is much in advance of the timeline imagined by industry experts this technology to become available. Industry analysts at the Galvin Initiative were of the view that it would take 3 to 5 years to develop a sophisticated platform like the Paladin SmartGrid software platform.
EDSA has managed to bring out this new technology much ahead of the scheduled time as a result of basing Paladin SmartGrid on Paladin Live, which is already proven in FAA facilities, public power grids, financial data centers and various other mission-critical operations.
Kurt Yeager, Executive Director of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, remarked that many initiatives have been taken by universities and private sector to develop the appropriate type of software required for the master controller to meet the changing and complex energy requirements of a modern mission-critical campus. Yeager stated that Paladin Live provides the appropriate type of detailed functionality that will enable significant Smart Grid Demonstration efforts to expand their work towards the next step for commercial applications.
Paladin SmartGrid is the first software platform that is commercially available for enabling on-line management and controlling the next-generation “hybrid” power infrastructure by incorporating on-premise power generation and the conventional utility power.
Source: http://www.edsa.com/