☀ Solar operations intelligence · Australia

Know your solar plant before it costs you.

ZephIQ gives Australian solar operators at every scale — from a 1MW community solar farm to a 100MW+ utility portfolio — the same real-time performance intelligence that was once exclusive to the largest IPPs. Transparent, size-based pricing means you pay for what your plant actually needs. Real-time PR tracking, automated investor reports, and fault detection in under 5 minutes. Stop finding out from your O&M contractor.

0
AUD lost per MW/year
to undetected underperformance
43.7%
of Australian NEM
now from renewables
0%
generation increase
with active monitoring
Plant · Wangaratta North · Live

Performance ratio

84.7%
Target 88% · Gap −3.3pp

Live generation

3,841 kW
Expected 4,520 kW

Revenue MTD

$31,840
Budget $30,560 · +4.2%

Uptime today

99.1%
1 inverter alert active
Simulated data for illustration · Real-time
$5,700–$6,000

Lost per MW/year (undetected)

Source: NREL performance data
45.1 GW

Australia solar installed

Source: AEMO Dec 2025
14%

Generation gain from monitoring

Source: ARENA study 2024
250+

Solar operators in Australia's under-served 1–100MW segment

Source: ZephIQ market analysis
<5 min

Fault detection time with ZephIQ

vs. hours with OEM portals
The problem

You're managing a million-dollar solar asset
with tools built for something else

Across Australia, solar operators of every size — from a 3MW agri-solar installation to a 75MW utility farm — are managing million-dollar assets with inverter OEM portals, spreadsheets, and reactive O&M contractors. Enterprise APM software at AUD $60,000+/year is not the answer for most. There is a better way, built for your scale.

Faults run for hours before anyone knows

Inverter portals only alert on total failure. A string underperforming by 18% can run silently for days. The average operator discovers issues when their O&M contractor — not their dashboard — calls.

$700–$1,200 lost per hour of undetected downtime on a 10MW plant

Reporting is manual and painfully slow

Operations managers spend 10–15 hours per week pulling SCADA data, reconciling spreadsheets, and writing monthly reports for investors. That's labour time worth AUD $30,000–50,000 per year doing admin instead of decisions.

3–5 hours spent writing each monthly investor report

Enterprise tools are priced for enterprise portfolios

Platforms like Power Factors and GE Digital cost AUD $60,000–200,000 per year. Built for 500MW IPPs, not 10MW independent operators. So operators use nothing, and performance silently erodes year after year.

AUD $60,000+/year for enterprise APM · ZephIQ from $299/month
How it works

Live in two weeks.
No consultants. No hardware.

ZephIQ connects read-only to your existing SCADA or inverter management system. We write nothing back. Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit, and stays within Australia.

01
Connect

Share read-only credentials for your inverter management system. We support Huawei FusionSolar, Sungrow iSolarCloud, SMA Sunny Portal, Fronius Solar.web, and ABB Ability. We handle the integration — typically done within 72 hours.

Supports Modbus TCP/RTU and OPC-UA for direct SCADA connections

Read-only access only — ZephIQ never writes back to your systems

Credentials stored with enterprise-grade encryption — we never share or expose your access keys

BOM weather integration is automatic — no additional setup required

02
Calibrate

ZephIQ establishes your plant's performance baseline using 12 months of historical data if available. Your performance ratio model is calibrated to your specific location, panel technology, tilt angle, and local irradiance conditions.

IEC 61724-1 compliant performance ratio calculation

Weather-normalised against BOM irradiance data for your exact GPS coordinates

Soiling, temperature, and clipping loss separation from day one

30-minute onboarding call included with every plan

03
Operate

Your dashboard goes live. Alerts are configured. Your first automated report is delivered on the 1st of next month. From this point, ZephIQ runs continuously — surfacing issues, quantifying losses, and reporting to investors without you writing a word.

Fault detection alerts delivered via SMS and email in under 5 minutes

Monthly PDF report emailed automatically to all stakeholders on the 1st

Loss waterfall: soiling, temperature, downtime, curtailment — all in AUD

O&M contractor SLA tracked, work orders managed, costs logged

Intelligence panels

Everything your plant performance
should be telling you

Each panel surfaces a specific operational insight. Not just data — decisions.

Starter

Live performance ratio gauge

Weather-normalised PR updated every minute. See your actual vs expected generation instantly — not at end of month when it's too late to act.

Starter

Sub-5-minute fault alerts

Inverter offline, string underperformance, generation gap — all detected and dispatched via SMS and email before your O&M contractor's next site visit.

Starter

Automated investor reports

Professional PDF delivered to all stakeholders on the 1st of each month. PR summary, revenue, uptime, faults resolved. Zero manual effort. Every month.

Core

Energy loss waterfall

Soiling, temperature, inverter downtime, clipping, and grid curtailment — all quantified in kWh and AUD. Know exactly where your revenue is going.

Core

O&M oversight & work orders

Create work orders from alerts. Assign to your O&M contractor. Track response time, resolution time, and cost per visit. Hold providers accountable with data.

Operator

Multi-site portfolio view

All sites in one dashboard. Cross-site PR benchmarking, fleet-wide alerts, consolidated investor reporting, and budget vs actual tracking across your entire portfolio.

Pricing

Built for plant size,
not portfolio complexity

Four transparent plans. No lock-in contracts. No implementation consultants. No surprise fees.

Monthly Annual Save up to 18%
Starter
1–5 MW · Single site
AUD299/mo
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
Live PR gauge (1-min refresh)
Inverter status grid
SMS + email fault alerts (<5 min)
Revenue vs budget tracker
Automated monthly PDF report
BOM weather integration
Mobile-responsive dashboard
2 inverter brands (Huawei, Sungrow)
Get started →
Operator
15–30 MW · Up to 5 sites
AUD749/mo
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
Everything in Core
Multi-site portfolio dashboard
Cross-site benchmarking
Custom report builder
API access (REST)
All inverter brands supported
Phone + email support (4-hr SLA)
Dedicated success contact
Get started →
30–100 MW
Enterprise
30–100 MW · Up to 10 sites
AUD1099/mo
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
Everything in Operator
Up to 10 sites
Priority support (2-hr SLA)
Dedicated account manager
Quarterly performance review
Custom SCADA integration support
SSO support
Investor portal included
Contact us →

One-time onboarding fee: AUD $299 (Starter/Core) · AUD $499 (Operator) · AUD $799 (Enterprise) · Waived for annual plans

Managing more than 100 MW? Contact us for portfolio pricing →

Compare plans

Feature Starter Core Operator Enterprise
Live PR tracking
Automated monthly report
SMS + email alerts
Revenue vs budget
Energy loss waterfall
Work order + O&M log
Investor summary report
Multi-site portfolio view
Custom report builder
API access
Priority support (2-hr SLA)
Dedicated account manager
Quarterly performance review
SSO support
Investor portal included
ROI calculator

See what ZephIQ saves your plant

Based on NREL underperformance benchmarks and Australian O&M labour rates.

Plant capacity (MW)
1 MW100 MW
10 MW plant
Recommended plan: Core · AUD $499/month
Recovery rate assumption
Conservative (15%)Optimistic (40%)
Annual underperformance loss AUD $57,000
ZephIQ performance recovery + AUD $17,100
Time savings (8 hrs/wk) + AUD $20,280
Emergency call-outs avoided + AUD $12,000
Annual ZephIQ subscription − AUD $4,788
Estimated annual net gain
AUD $44,592
ROI: 832% · Payback: 21 days
Based on NREL benchmark of AUD $5,700/MW/year underperformance loss, $65/hr operations labour, and typical O&M call-out costs. Results are estimates and will vary.
Intelligence modules

Add only what your plant needs

Premium modules available on any plan. Each has a named, measurable ROI. Activate in 24 hours. Cancel any time.

$79/mo
Soiling loss detector
Tracks irradiance-normalised PR trends to estimate soiling accumulation. Recommends cleaning dates based on economics.
→ Avoids 1–2 unnecessary cleans/year: AUD $3,000–6,000 saved
$79/mo
Inverter fault classifier
ML model trained on inverter error codes. Labels fault type: ground fault, MPPT, overtemp, comms. Right tech, first visit.
→ Cuts diagnosis time 60% · Fewer repeat call-outs
$79/mo
7-day production forecast
BOM forecast + plant-specific historical data. Daily MWh prediction with confidence range for O&M scheduling.
→ Stop scheduling maintenance on your best generation days
$79/mo
Curtailment analyser
Reconciles generation against AEMO dispatch records. Quantifies every MWh of curtailed output in AUD for dispute evidence.
→ SA operators: typical curtailment loss 0.9–2.1% of annual revenue
$99/mo
String performance heatmap
Visual heatmap of underperforming strings. Flags issues without additional hardware. Prioritises inspection scope.
→ Reduces inspection area 50% · No drone required
$99/mo
Degradation tracker
Statistical model separates soiling from genuine panel degradation. Flags when degradation exceeds 0.5%/year IEC warranty threshold.
→ One successful warranty claim = years of subscription paid
$49/mo
O&M contractor scorecard
Tracks your O&M provider's SLA: response time, resolution time, repeat fault rate, cost per visit. Monthly PDF scorecard.
→ Reduces SLA breach rate 40% · Renegotiate from evidence
$149/mo
Investor portal
Read-only, white-label portal for investors and asset owners. Live production, monthly reports, LGC tally, revenue vs budget.
→ Saves 2–3 hrs/month on investor comms · Professional image

Built on infrastructure you can trust

AU Data Residency
100% Australian hosted · Data never leaves AU
BOM Integration
Bureau of Meteorology weather data
Privacy Act 1988
Australian Privacy Act compliant
IEC 61724-1
PR calculation standard compliant
Read-only access
We never write to your SCADA
About ZephIQ

Built in Australia, for Australian solar operators
at every scale

ZephIQ is a Solar Operations Intelligence (SOI) platform designed from the ground up to serve the full spectrum of Australian solar operators — from a 1MW community energy scheme running a single Huawei inverter, to an IPP managing a 100MW+ multi-site utility portfolio across QLD, NSW, VIC, and SA. We believe that operational intelligence should not be gated behind a $60,000-per-year enterprise contract. Every solar asset deserves to perform at its best, and every operator deserves to know when it doesn't.

Our mission

Democratise solar operations intelligence — making the same performance visibility available to a 2MW agri-solar operator in regional Queensland that was previously reserved for 500MW IPPs with dedicated data science teams. Transparent pricing, scaled to plant size. No consultants, no lock-in contracts, no minimum fleet requirements.

Our platform

ZephIQ sits between your raw SCADA or inverter management system and the operational decisions your team needs to make. It connects read-only to your existing infrastructure — Huawei FusionSolar, Sungrow iSolarCloud, SMA, Fronius, ABB, or direct Modbus/OPC-UA — and transforms time-series data into IEC 61724-1 compliant performance intelligence. No hardware. No agents. Live in under two weeks.

Our commitments

Your plant data never leaves Australia. ZephIQ is hosted exclusively on AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2), compliant with the Australian Privacy Act 1988, and operates on a strict read-only access model — we pull data from your systems, we never push commands back. Every calculation follows IEC 61724-1 for performance ratio, so your numbers are defensible to investors and regulators.

Why we built ZephIQ — and who it's for

ZephIQ was founded by specialists in solar asset operations and data engineering who watched the same problem repeat across dozens of Australian solar farms: operators running assets worth millions of dollars were managing them with tools built for something else. The small operator used inverter portals that only alerted on catastrophic failure. The mid-size operator spent hours each month in Excel before writing investor reports by hand. The growing portfolio owner stitched together five different systems and still couldn't compare PR across sites.

Enterprise APM platforms existed — but they were built for 500MW IPPs and priced accordingly. The 3MW community solar scheme, the 15MW agri-solar installation, the 60MW utility project — all sat in a gap between OEM portals and unaffordable enterprise software.

ZephIQ closes that gap. It is purpose-built for the full range of Australian solar operators, with plans that scale from AUD $249/month for a single 1–5MW site all the way to enterprise-grade portfolio management for 100MW+ fleets — and custom pricing for anything beyond that. Every operator, regardless of scale, gets the same intelligence layer: real-time PR, fault detection under 5 minutes, automated investor reporting, and energy loss quantification in AUD.

8+
Inverter brands & SCADA protocols supported out of the box
<5 min
Fault detection time — versus 4–16 hours with OEM portals
$5,700
AUD lost per MW/year to undetected underperformance (NREL)
1MW+
Minimum plant size supported — no fleet too small, no portfolio too large

Accuracy first

IEC 61724-1 compliant PR calculations. Weather-normalised against Bureau of Meteorology data. Every number we surface is defensible.

No lock-in

Monthly plans cancel any time. No implementation consultants. No multi-year commitments. If ZephIQ doesn't deliver value in 30 days, you get your first month back.

Full transparency

Pricing is public. Methodology is documented. Every performance figure shows its calculation inputs. Nothing is a black box — your numbers are yours to understand and verify.

Built for operators

Designed with solar operations teams, not for them. Every feature traces back to a real workflow pain: fault detection, O&M oversight, investor reporting, or performance trend analysis.

FAQ

Common questions

Typically 10 business days from sign-up to live data. Days 1–3 we connect to your SCADA or inverter management system. Days 4–7 we establish your performance baseline. Days 8–10 we go live and run a 30-minute onboarding call. All done remotely — no site visits required.
Starter and Core plans support Huawei FusionSolar, Sungrow iSolarCloud, SMA Sunny Portal, Fronius Solar.web, and ABB Ability. Operator plan supports all OEM brands. We also connect directly via Modbus TCP/RTU and OPC-UA for SCADA-only installations.
Yes. All data is stored exclusively within Australia on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure. We do not replicate data outside the country. ZephIQ is compliant with the Australian Privacy Act 1988.
Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time with no penalty — your access continues until the end of the current billing period. Annual plans are paid upfront and non-refundable after 30 days, but you can cancel auto-renewal at any time.
Never. ZephIQ operates on read-only access to your inverter data. We pull data, we never push commands or changes. Your operations team remains in full control of all plant equipment at all times.
This is common for operators who have grown through acquisition. The Operator plan supports mixed-fleet portfolios with different OEM brands across sites. We normalise the data into a unified performance model so you can compare sites on equal terms.
We offer a 3-month pilot at 50% discount for operators who commit to a weekly 20-minute feedback call. This gives you enough time to see ZephIQ catch a real performance issue and verify the ROI before paying full price. Contact us to arrange a pilot.
Get in touch

Talk to us — whatever your plant size

Whether you're running a 1MW single-site installation or building a 200MW portfolio, we want to hear about your plant. There is no minimum scale requirement and no sales pressure. Tell us what you're working with and we'll tell you exactly how ZephIQ can help.

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Location & data residency
Australia — AWS Sydney
ZephIQ is an Australian business. All plant data is hosted exclusively on AWS ap-southeast-2 and never leaves the country.
Portfolio pricing
100 MW+ custom plans available
Our Enterprise plan covers up to 10 sites and 100MW. Managing more? Email us for a custom portfolio pricing conversation — no obligation.

Plans at a glance

Starter
1–5 MW · Single site
From AUD $299/month
Core
5–15 MW · Up to 3 sites
From AUD $499/month
Operator
15–30 MW · Up to 5 sites
From AUD $749/month
Enterprise
30–100 MW · Up to 10 sites
From AUD $1,099/month

30-day money-back guarantee: If ZephIQ does not surface at least one previously undetected performance issue in the first 30 days of your pilot, we will refund your first month in full. No questions asked.

Start your pilot

3-month pilot at 50% off

Tell us about your plant and inverter brand. We'll confirm compatibility within one business day — no commitment required to start the conversation.

No payment to start Response within 1 business day Cancel any time