Trimark’s MESA Open Standards Based Dispatchable Energy Controller To Help Resource Owners Monetize Investments in Storage
Trimark’s DEC Provides PV+Storage Resource Owners Expanded Opportunities in the Energy Market Folsom, CA, January 11, 2021 – Trimark Associates, Inc., the industry leader in intelligent energy control solutions, has announced the launch of its Dispatchable Energy Controller (DEC). The DEC follows Modular Energy System Architecture (MESA) DER, an open standard designed to ensure interoperability […]
Trimark’s End-to-End Solution Is Key in Commissioning World’s Largest PV+BESS Project
First Resources in Edwards/Sanborn Project Reach Commercial Operation. Folsom, CA, January 4, 2022 – The first four phases of the world’s largest solar-plus-storage (PV+BESS) project have reached their Commercial Operations Dates (COD). Trimark Associates, Inc. played a crucial role in the Edwards/Sanborn project by providing systems and services required for comprehensive plant control, ADS dispatch, […]
Who Trusts Trimark?
Who Trusts Trimark? When the largest power-generation resource owners and EPCs need a partner they can trust, they turn to Trimark. Whether controlling PV, Battery Storage and substations; stabilizing power at the point of interconnection; certifying revenue meters; or deploying real-time and secure communications, resource owners are confident that Trimark will deliver. Not only do […]
Trimark Awarded SCADA for World’s Largest PV+BESS Project
The Edwards & Sanborn project redefines the utility-scale PV+Storage landscape. Folsom, CA, February 17, 2021 – Trimark Associates, Inc. is proud to announce our involvement in the Edwards & Sanborn project, the world’s largest solar-plus-storage (PV+BESS) project currently under construction. Located in Kern County, California, the project weighs in at 1,118 megawatts (MW) of solar […]
Keeping an Open Mind: The Benefits of Trimark’s Open Architecture SCADA Systems
Trimark’s SCADA systems are known for being robust and having detailed menus. They enable users to monitor individual devices in real time and receive customized, proactive alarms. To site operators, these features are invaluable. Trimark SCADA’s open architecture foundations are crucial to its ability to present charts and graphs. This blog highlights the open architecture […]
Checking In: An Update on Trimark’s Conference Plans
If there’s anything we can all agree on, it’s that 2020 has been… peculiar, to say the least. Just about every major event out there has been restricted, postponed, or cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of industry or location. This includes a number of energy-related conferences, conventions, and trade shows, particularly those […]
Mark’s Musings: Trimark Turns 20
Happy 20th Anniversary, Trimark! Trimark turned 20 over the weekend! I don’t know what’s crazier: imagining the world in the year 2000, or remembering what it was like to be in my forties. Time sure flies… Needless to say, things have changed considerably since 2000. That year marked the apex of the electric utility deregulation—a […]
How Trimark Boosts Efficiency of PV Plants with Precise Meteorological Data
Because of the nature of the sun and the sky, the production of a photovoltaic plant is highly variable. Though we can’t make the sun shine at the snap of our fingers, PV site operators nevertheless need to react to these fluctuations as quickly and appropriately as possible to avoid significant revenue losses—including penalties from […]
The Need for Networking and Security Knowledge in Modern SCADA Systems
In today’s SCADA systems, having a basic understanding of networking concepts is crucial for engineers and technicians alike. A large majority of the equipment communicates over a TCP/IP network backbone and the classic SCADA engineer is typically quite clueless as to the inner workings of a network. This is due to most SCADA engineers being […]
Join Trimark at the Solar Asset Management (North America) Conference, April 7-8, in Oakland, CA
We hope to see you at the Solar Asset Management (SAM) – the leading conference dedicated to optimizing the operational phase of solar plants and portfolios. Join us at the Oakland Marriott City Center on April 7 and 8 to network and learn how to optimize your solar portfolio. SAM is a must-attend event that […]