en.Wedoany.com Reported - TGS's Prediktor division will supply its PowerView™ plant SCADA monitoring solution for Scatec's Grootfontein solar power project in South Africa's Western Cape province. The project encompasses three photovoltaic power plants near Ceres and Touws River, with a total capacity of 225 MWAC (273 MWp), and the generated electricity will be fed into the Eskom national grid.
The Grootfontein project represents a large-scale deployment for TGS's Prediktor division, with the contract covering all three photovoltaic plants in the development. These three projects near Ceres and Touws River achieved full commercial operation in December 2025, supplying power directly to the Eskom national grid. Scatec required a monitoring and control platform capable of managing the three plants as a coherent operational unit, rather than treating them as isolated facilities.
Operating three large-scale photovoltaic plants simultaneously presents operational challenges. Operators need unified real-time visibility across all facilities; otherwise, performance issues at one plant could be missed while staff focus on another. Additionally, each plant integrates inverters, solar trackers, substations, weather stations, and metering systems that communicate via different protocols. Standardizing these data streams through a centralized SCADA solution is essential for coherent daily operations. Scatec also needed the platform to serve two functions simultaneously: providing local plant-level monitoring for on-site teams and centralized reporting for its broader asset portfolio management.
PowerView™ delivers real-time monitoring, control, and performance management through an integrated web portal. Operators can access a unified view of all three plants from a single interface, tracking equipment status and production metrics. The platform collects equipment data at high frequency, recording and aggregating it to support operational analysis, alarm management, and long-term performance tracking. When equipment deviates from expected behavior, the alarm management layer quickly flags it, reducing the interval between detection and response. Plant control functions are built directly into the platform, allowing operators to manage inverter operations, adjust tracker controls, and handle substation switching via PowerView™, while maintaining security authentication and full operational traceability. Reporting capabilities cover production analysis, availability tracking, and performance ratio calculations, providing Scatec's asset management team with the information needed to assess plant health.
Will Ashby, Executive Vice President of Business Development at TGS, stated that projects like Grootfontein demonstrate the critical role digital infrastructure plays in scaling renewable energy globally. By providing operators with unified access to operational data and performance insights, solutions like PowerView enable more efficient plant operations and better decision-making across growing renewable energy portfolios. As Scatec operates in multiple international markets with an expanding portfolio, the ability to monitor and manage assets through a consistent digital platform becomes increasingly important. South Africa's Eskom national grid has faced reliability challenges in recent years, and solar projects connected to this grid must operate efficiently while complying with grid codes. A SCADA platform supporting real-time control and structured reporting helps Scatec consistently fulfill these obligations across all three Grootfontein plants. The project also adds significant capacity to the Western Cape's expanding renewable energy base, a region attracting increasing utility-scale solar investment.
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