A few weeks ago, KOSTAL Solar Electric migrated the free PIKO Solar Portal to servers at Europe's greenest data centre the datadock in Strasbourg. In
accordance with KOSTAL's high quality standards, this change will provide enhanced performance as well as a high level of system reliability. This leads to a more convenient and secure use of the PIKO Solar Portal.
Besides system security, a vision for the future played an essential role in the decision to switch to the datadock data centre. On the one hand, with the options offered here, customer demands and challenges can be implemented into the portal. On the other hand, KOSTAL Solar Electric is also showing responsibility in terms of the future. Datadock thus exhibits numerous aspects that identify it as the most environmentally friendly data centre. These include a total energy consumption which is 25 percent lower than that of an average data centre. Further noteworthy innovations are the use of clean hydro-electric power for cooling, the exclusive use of green energy and a net zero carbon footprint. Furthermore, the datadock data centre has been certified by the German TÜV as conforming to ISO 27001 standards and has repeated its success in achieving the highest possible rating of five stars from the Data Center Star Audit (DCSA) of the eco e.V. the German Internet Business Federation. This makes it the greenest data centre in Europe.
With the help of the PIKO Solar Portal, investment in solar power plants will be protected against loss of revenue, for example, through active email alerts in case of an incident. Besides incident alerts, the PIKO Solar Portal also yields complete system data and displays it graphically. For example, daily, weekly, monthly and annual yields, as well as the entire history, can be retrieved over the Internet world-wide. Due to the recording and the display of building consumption, the plant operator is also made aware as to what the optimal use of the generated power would be. This allows consumers to use the energy smartly and to attain a maximum degree of self-sufficiency. Thanks to the data export feature, remote monitoring and analysis can moreover be performed in case of an incident. The PIKO Solar Portal can also be used for solar power plants with multiple inverters and, thanks to the multilingual menu, it is internationally available.
Registrations for the PIKO Solar Portal can be made free of charge via the KOSTAL Solar Electric website (www.kostal-solar-electric.com).
