NextWave Energy Monitoring announced it has connected 529 megawatts (MW) of solar projects developed by Cenergy to its PVPulse monitoring platform, strengthening its position in the US energy data management market. This operation includes a 300 MW solar plant in California, now the country’s largest facility to rely on this monitoring technology.
Custom equipment for 37 projects
The agreement between the two companies, finalised in May 2025, provides for the installation of Class-A data acquisition systems (DAS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment across 37 sites operated by Cenergy. These systems will enable the collection of energy performance and weather data, generate real-time alerts and facilitate remote asset management. The projects are located in Illinois, California and Maine, with capacities ranging from 1.3 MW to 300 MW.
The progressive commissioning of these infrastructures is scheduled between the third quarter of 2025 and the third quarter of 2027. Cenergy benefits from shorter lead times thanks to NextWave’s ability to deploy its equipment in two to four weeks, a faster pace than the industry average, allowing compliance with tight commissioning schedules and access to federal tax incentives.
A partnership focused on asset performance
For Cenergy, this partnership is part of a strategy to maximise the yield of its solar asset portfolio, which already includes more than 60 MW of community solar plants in Illinois and Maine integrated into PVPulse. “NextWave’s engineering team brings a level of expertise and collaboration that’s hard to find in the monitoring space,” said Andrew B. Goldin, Senior Vice President of EPC at Cenergy.
The 300 MW project also integrates advanced control functions enabling asset management teams to have remote access, along with user management tailored to stakeholder needs. According to NextWave, these solutions are designed to meet not only current operator and regulatory requirements but also the expected evolution of standards imposed on large-scale projects.
A rapidly growing market
The integration of these new capacities illustrates NextWave’s intention to respond to growing demand for monitoring tools adapted to large-scale solar projects. “Successful solar projects require moving beyond a transactional, customer-vendor dynamic toward a true partnership,” said Nader Yarpezeshkan, Chief Executive Officer of NextWave.
He stressed that the success of the collaboration with Cenergy depended on anticipating technical and regulatory constraints as well as implementing tailored solutions from the design phase. Real-time performance monitoring is thus presented as a central element in the long-term valuation of solar assets.
