Case Study: Equans achieves clearer curtailment loss visibility with 3E SynaptiQ

Equans quantifies curtailment losses across 2 GW solar portfolio with 3E

EQUANS, a major EPC contractor and O&M provider operating a large global portfolio of solar and storage assets, faced significant challenges in quantifying energy losses due to curtailment. Their traditional tools could not distinguish between genuine underperformance and externally-imposed curtailment events, particularly in complex markets like the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM). This lack of visibility meant energy shortfalls were misreported as performance degradation, threatening contractual guarantees and consuming valuable engineering time for manual analysis. To address this, they turned to vendor 3E and its SynaptiQ Curtailment Analytics and Digital Twin technology.

The solution from 3E involved deploying a digital twin to model unconstrained energy yield and integrating with market data to automatically detect and timestamp curtailment events. This allowed EQUANS to automatically isolate and quantify curtailment-related losses. As a result, EQUANS can now accurately quantify curtailment losses plant by plant, day by day. This enables more accurate performance reporting, reduces unnecessary site visits by prioritizing true underperformance, and ensures contract compliance through curtailment-adjusted KPIs.

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