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SARATOGA, Calif., November 2, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

   SenseHawk (www.sensehawk.com), a solar software as a service (SaaS) startup,

announced that SB Energy, SoftBank Group Corp's US-based solar and storage

platform, has adopted its solution for digitizing solar site operations. The

deployment will enable SB Energy to achieve quick event-response time while

increasing operations and maintenance (O&M) efficiency, resulting in robust

savings and higher return on their investment.

   Abhijit Sathe, Co-CEO of SB Energy said, "We believe the SenseHawk digital

workflow solution for our operating sites will result in substantial

productivity gains for our O&M team. It is the type of innovation essential for

scaling renewables."

   SB Energy's implementation of the SenseHawk field mobility and asset

information solution for solar will enable remote management of all assets

through a single, powerful dashboard. The included 'digital twin' system fuses

real-time performance data, drone feeds, and more, with a full-featured digital

model of the site to facilitate efficient workflows that can be visualized on a

map. The ability to seamlessly integrate with SB Energy's supervisory control

and data acquisition (SCADA) system will allow users to select and prioritize

the alarm notifications, and quickly translate them into actionable,

geo-located tasks for field teams.

   "Our goal is to make onsite operations as simple as opening your favorite

maps application and finding a restaurant in a new city while also making

communication and coordination simpler. The SB Energy implementation stands

testament to the real dollar value that our platform can deliver," said Swarup

Mavanoor, CEO of SenseHawk.

   Solar software is seeing increased traction with the acceleration of solar

installations worldwide. However, aggressive cost reduction in construction and

O&M is creating challenges for O&M teams tasked with ensuring optimal plant

performance. Since legacy computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)

for plant maintenance are not intuitive for field personnel use, O&M team

members still rely on emails and deep personal knowledge of solar farms to

pinpoint tasks in a work order. This results in specific personnel being

dedicated to specific sites, increasing cost.

   SenseHawk's digital twin, which simulates the asset and its environment on

the platform, makes onsite task management simple and seamless, even for techs

that are on site for the first time. With the SenseHawk app, a technician can

move to a new site and immediately become productive without needing time to

'study' the site. Savings of 20-30% are easy to achieve with the productivity

gains SenseHawk delivers. The SenseHawk platform is enterprise-ready with an

extensive system of collaboration, access control, and single sign on (SSO)

capability.

   Every component, event, and spare part on the site is digitized and loaded

into SenseHawk's map-based platform. A SCADA alarm, for instance, will trigger

a workflow with tasks tagged to specific components or parts on the map. O&M

technicians can use SenseHawk's mobile map interface to find and complete these

tasks. All task updates, including pictures, files, and remarks, are synced to

the cloud, ensuring that everyone is up to date.

Don Nista, Director of O&M, SB Energy said, "We hope that the SenseHawk

platform will help our technicians and operators to locate an issue and then

easily and quickly know what specific actions to take to resolve the issue and

maintain, or exceed, site yield targets."

   While SB Energy has already used SenseHawk's drone analytics capabilities to

monitor construction quality and progress, it now plans to use SenseHawk's task

management tools and Therm solution for infrared thermography at its

operational plants.

   About SB Energy

   SB Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., is a leading

utility-scale solar, energy storage, and technology platform. SB Energy

develops, constructs, owns, and operates some of the largest and most

technically advanced renewable projects across the United States. SB Energy's

mission is to provide flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the

global energy transition, and benefiting our planet, customers, communities,

and people.

   For more information, visit http://www.sbenergy.com.

   About SenseHawk

   SenseHawk, Inc. is a California-based SaaS provider that is working to

digitize solar. SenseHawk builds and deploys on-demand software applications

that enable yield improvement, defect identification, progress monitoring,

productivity enhancement, cost reduction, collaboration, and data management

throughout the solar lifecycle. From development and construction, through

operations and maintenance, SenseHawk software has been deployed on 600+ solar

sites worldwide.

   For more information, visit https://www.sensehawk.com.

   Media contact:

   Savita Dhawan

   savita@wizikey.com

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   Source: SenseHawk