Utilities — Renewables
One operating view across the renewables portfolio, on the same Maximo as the rest of the network
For utilities running wind, solar and battery storage alongside conventional generation and networks, IBM Maximo Renewables provides the portfolio asset-performance layer — SCADA, datalogger and OEM portal ingest, hardware-agnostic analytics, and the work it generates lands in Maximo Manage.
Utilities are now operating mixed portfolios of conventional generation and networks alongside fast-growing renewables. Most of the existing Maximo footprint was designed around the conventional side. The renewables side is usually under-served — typically run from OEM portals and a handful of spreadsheets, with limited portfolio-wide visibility and limited integration into the work-management process that the rest of the estate already uses.
IBM Maximo Renewables is the part of the MAS suite that closes that gap. It is hardware-agnostic, built around the renewables data model (strings, modules, racks, turbines, towers, BESS), and integrates with the same Manage instance that already runs the rest of the utility estate.
Why this matters for a utility
- One operating view across mixed renewables OEMs — wind, solar, BESS — without depending on any single OEM portal
- Portfolio-level loss bucketing and string-level analytics that surface a meaningful share of the under-performance the operator can actually act on
- Work generated by analytics lands in the same Manage work-management process as the rest of the estate, not in a parallel system
- Defensible availability and performance evidence into grid-code, regulatory and ESG reporting
- Consolidated platform — Manage for the system of record, Renewables for the analytics, on the same managed cloud
What we deliver
- Onboarding of new wind, solar and BESS sites against the renewables data model, with quality checks against renewables-specific rules
- Data ingest from SCADA (OPC UA / DA, Modbus), dataloggers (FTP, SFTP, structured files) and OEM portals (API)
- Performance and availability analytics configured to the portfolio: loss bucketing, string analysis, weak module and cycle detection, custom alerts
- Integration with Maximo Manage so work generated by analytics lands in the same work-management process as the rest of the estate
- Operations centre dashboards for asset managers, performance managers and reliability engineers
- Managed hosting and run-state on the same MAS platform as Manage
How this fits with the wider utilities programme
For utilities running both conventional and renewables, the natural pattern is Monitor across the conventional network, Health for capex prioritisation across the whole estate, and Renewables for the renewables-specific analytics. All three sit on the same Manage backbone, the same OpenShift estate, and the same managed cloud. The wider utilities approach lives on the utilities sector page.
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Frequently asked questions
- How is wind, solar or BESS asset performance management different from a conventional plant?
- Renewable assets fail differently from rotating plant or T&D primary plant. The failure modes are dominated by string-level under-performance, blade and gearbox issues, BESS module degradation and weak cycles, and inverter behaviour. The data model is different too — strings, modules, racks, turbines, towers — and the data sources are SCADA, dataloggers and OEM portals rather than substation telemetry. Maximo Renewables is built around exactly that shape.
- Where does this fit if we already run Maximo Manage for our conventional generation or network?
- It sits on top of Manage. Manage stays the system of record for assets, work and inventory across the conventional and renewables estate. Renewables provides the analytics and onboarding layer for the renewables portion. The work it generates lands in Manage and follows the same planning and dispatch process as the rest of the operation.
- What about regulatory and grid-code obligations?
- The asset and work record continues to live in Manage, which is where the regulatory evidence already sits in most utility estates. Renewables strengthens that evidence by giving the operator a defensible, portfolio-wide view of availability, performance and root cause, which feeds the same submissions and grid-code reporting paths.
- Does Renewables work across mixed OEM portfolios?
- Yes — that is its defining advantage over OEM portals. We have onboarded portfolios with multiple wind OEMs, multiple inverter OEMs, and BESS systems from different vendors into a single Maximo Renewables instance. The hardware-agnostic ingest is what gives the operator the single fleet view that the OEM portals cannot.
- Can MaxIron host and run Renewables?
- Yes. Renewables runs on the same Red Hat OpenShift estate as the rest of MAS, on the same managed cloud platform we use for Manage. Hosting, monitoring, patching and upgrade are owned by the same operations team. See managed Maximo and MAS hosting.
One platform across the conventional and the renewables estate
Tell us what your renewables portfolio looks like and which OEM portals you are tired of stitching together. We will tell you what an onboarding actually looks like alongside the rest of your utility Maximo estate.
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