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Solar Solutions

Whether you build panels or operate solar farms, Rockwell Automation helps you automate faster, manage smarter, and run safer
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What’s Keeping Solar Leaders Up at Night

The solar industry is under intense pressure to deliver clean energy at scale—safer, faster, and more affordably than ever before. But whether you’re manufacturing solar panels or operating solar farms, meeting this demand comes with complex challenges.

For one, regulatory requirements and cybersecurity expectations are rising. As critical infrastructure, solar operations must adhere to strict compliance standards while protecting sensitive data and equipment from growing cyber threats. At the same time, recruiting, training and retaining skilled workers has become more difficult, especially in an industry where advanced technologies like MES, automation, and AR/VR are essential to daily operations.

Manufacturers are racing to reduce the cost-per-watt of solar energy, which means uncovering every opportunity to streamline production and increase throughput without compromising quality. That includes improving how raw materials, components, and finished goods flow through warehouses and production lines. Meanwhile, operators are working to implement and scale digital solutions across facilities—all while navigating labor shortages and ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Adding to the complexity is market volatility. With material costs and market prices constantly shifting, both solar panel manufacturers and solar farm operators need the flexibility to adapt quickly, optimize resource use and maintain profitability in a dynamic landscape. These challenges are real—and growing. But with the right automation, insights and support, they’re surmountable.

Faster. Smarter. Safer.

Whether you build solar panels or operate solar farms, Rockwell Automation helps you automate faster, manage smarter, and run safer

Solar Panel Manufacturers

Build the plant of the future | Accelerate time to market | Scale with ease

With Rockwell Automation, you enable optimized production at scale.

Optimize greenfield plant design and accelerate commissioning by simulating and emulating processes and plant designs. Use standardized technology stacks and building blocks to expedite plant launch.

  • Digital twin
  • Manufacturing Execution System
  • AI/ML

Increase production efficiencies by automating complex tasks to streamline time-consuming and error-prone processes.

  • Process and Discrete Automation
  • Visualization and Data Management
  • Warehousing and Material Handling (Production Logistics)

Improve and optimize brownfield plant processes by continuously analyzing, modelling and emulating data to glean insights with AI/ML and digital twins.

  • Digital twin
  • Manufacturing Execution System
  • AI/ML

Connect islands of automation by bridging disconnected automation systems with a plant-wide network to gain visibility into performance and OEE.

  • Main Automation Contractor Ecosystem Coordination
  • Visualization and Data Management
  • Warehousing and Material Handling (Production Logistics)

Solar Automation Systems

Maximize uptime | Optimize maintenance costs | Reduce engineering time

Rockwell Automation provides technologies that allow you to capture and convert solar energy reliably and efficiently to keep costs down.

Rockwell Automation offers solar farm operators automation solutions that lower overall lifecycle costs when compared to traditional DCS offerings.

The flexibility, scalability and multidisciplined capabilities of an open control architecture from Rockwell Automation and its partners allows operators to leverage a single-vendor solution from the solar field throughout the entire process of solar electricity generation.

Our system and engineering teams help solar power developers to begin producing power more quickly. They also help operate and maintain your site more efficiently, making solar power generation a more cost-effective alternative.

Key solutions

  • Cybersecurity
  • SCADA solar-farm controllers
  • AR/VR for Training and Operations
  • Networking & Communication Infrastructure

Accelerate time to market with solutions that enable optimized production at scale

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Scale with confidence

Rockwell Automation delivers industry standard solutions with confidence and consistency—key to achieving the right results.

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Leverage deep IoT and manufacturing expertise

Delivering quality projects and working efficiently requires a partner with expertise in your systems and your region.

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Rely on an expansive PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem

A global presence and comprehensive network of partners can help you meet all project needs and requirements.

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Help secure your operations

Rockwell Automation offers a robust portfolio of cybersecurity products and services

Services and Support

  • NERC CIP compliance consulting services
  • On-site and remote training and support
  • Commissioning support
  • Distributors from the PartnerNetwork™ program
  • Network Services
  • Engineering Services

Why Partner with Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation is a respected leader in the renewable energy sector, providing well-established, pre-validated solutions that are trusted by leading solar panel manufacturers and solar farm operators around the world.

Operating in more than 175 countries, Rockwell Automation includes an expansive network of strategic partners, giving you access to the best resources and support for your projects. Our deep industry expertise allows us to deliver quality projects efficiently, meeting all your project needs and requirements with confidence and consistency.

Smart, connected operations technology from Rockwell Automation enables optimized production at scale, helping you accelerate time to market, empower your workforce, and optimize your operations. Our solutions enhance employee efficiency and decision-making, unify technology ecosystems to streamline operations, and strengthen data integrity—all backed by a robust cybersecurity portfolio.

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Field Monitoring System for Solar Power Plants
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Field Monitoring System for Solar Power Plants

The Rockwell Automation Solar Power Field Monitoring System provides SCADA functionality to integrate solar generating capacity into a centralized monitoring system. It includes pre-built functionality for monitoring and control of circuit breakers, transformers, switchgears, inverters, alarms, diagnostics, trends and reports, with multi-site installation experience of more than 7GW of solar generation capacity. Learn how to leverage data and analytics to deliver better insights throughout your operations lifecycle with Rockwell Automation.

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Ready to scale your solar operations with confidence?

Whether you're building the next generation of solar panels or optimizing the performance of your solar farms, Rockwell Automation has the expertise, technology, partner ecosystem and global support network to help you move faster, operate smarter, and strengthen your future. Talk to an expert today and discover how Rockwell Automation supports your solar success.

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