Industrial Facilities Understand Day-to-Day Impact of Solar Like Never Before

New solar dashboard bridges information gap between corporate and operations teams

RALEIGH, NC – April 15, 2025 – Industrial facilities can now understand the day-to-day impact of solar energy like never before, thanks to innovative solar capabilities added to the Nsight® Energy Intensity Platform. Facility operators and managers now have real-time metrics, solar-aware energy performance indicators, and a dashboard to track their solar energy utilization, environmental impact, and energy savings.

The dashboard is designed to answer questions such as:

• How does on-site solar change the dependency on grid power during peak pricing events?
• How does solar affect the energy and demand charges seen on utility bills?
• How much solar capacity is available relative to overall facility demand in real-time?

As on-site solar generation becomes increasingly popular at industrial sites, the need for comprehensive visibility into its operational impact has grown. Nsight addresses this need by providing a user-friendly interface with a solar dashboard and enhanced energy performance indicators.The solution integrates seamlessly with existing metering infrastructure and Nsight capabilities to capture energy spend information from utility and solar invoices.

“Our new solar capabilities in Nsight are a game-changer for the increasing number of industrial facilities adding solar,” said Joe Stevens, VP of Product at Ndustrial. “It bridges the gap between corporate and operational teams, so that everyone has a clear picture of how to get the most out of solar energy on a day-to-day basis to improve their bottom line.”

Key features of the Nsight solar dashboard include:

• Real-time tracking of energy spend reductions
• Comparison of solar vs. grid blended rate
• Estimated GHG emissions avoided by using solar instead of grid
• Solar energy contribution to facility demand, historically and in real time
• Metrics to minimize unused solar and maximize savings 
• Portfolio aggregation of solar performance across all facilities

The solar dashboard is cost-effective and scalable because it can leverage existing metering infrastructure and is highly configurable for unique situations at each facility. Additionally, the Ndustrial solution can leverage metering data directly from other platforms to increase scalability and reduce time to roll out the solar solution.

Ndustrial customers with solar installations can easily upgrade their existing Nsight platform to include the solar dashboard, often without additional hardware installations. New customers can cost-effectively incorporate solar monitoring into their project scope for a comprehensive energy management solution.

For more information on how the Nsight solar dashboard can optimize your facility’s solar energy utilization, visit ndustrial.io or contact busdev@ndustrial.io. 

About Ndustrial

Ndustrial provides software and services to help the $60B industrial market combat inflation and climate change by optimizing energy intensity — the crucial metric of energy, emissions and cost required for one unit of production. By uniting production data with energy usage for some of the most complex, energy-demanding operations in the world, Ndustrial’s AI-powered solutions enable smarter energy decisions in real-time. The company has helped customers like Lineage, ABB and W.L. Gore (makers of Gore-Tex) avoid over $100M in energy spend to date. Learn more at ndustrial.io