# Energy monitoring IoT dashboard development > An energy monitoring IoT dashboard collects live data from inverters, smart meters, sensors and machines, and turns it into real-time views, alerts, reports and savings calculations. Infikey builds monitoring platforms for solar portfolios, factories and commercial buildings, with data pipelines, anomaly alerts and mobile apps. Typical builds cost USD 25,000–60,000 depending on devices and sites. Live generation and consumption from every site on one screen, with alerts that catch losses before the monthly bill does. - **Budget:** USD 25k–60k (INR 20–50 lakh) - **Data sources:** Inverters, smart meters, sensors, PLCs - **Protocols:** Modbus, MQTT, vendor cloud APIs - **Outputs:** Live views, alerts, reports, ESG data ## Dashboard features | Area | Features | |---|---| | Live data | Generation, consumption, power factor and demand per site, block or machine | | Alerts | Inverter trips, low performance ratio, abnormal consumption, communication loss | | Analytics | Performance ratio, specific yield, peak demand, baseline comparisons | | Reports | Daily, monthly and annual reports, scheduled by email | | Savings and ESG | Money saved by tariff, CO2 avoided, data for sustainability reports | | Field work | Tickets created from alerts, assigned to technicians on mobile | | Access | Portfolio view for owners, site view for operators, customer view for clients | ## Architecture - **Edge**: data loggers or IoT gateways reading Modbus devices, or direct connections to vendor clouds. - **Ingestion**: MQTT or HTTPS into a time-series database built for millions of readings. - **Processing**: rules and anomaly detection that compare actual output with expected output from irradiance or baselines. - **Applications**: web dashboards, mobile apps and APIs for customers and other systems. Cloud choice matters at scale; see [AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud](https://infikeytechnologies.com/compare/aws-vs-azure-vs-google-cloud). For factories, monitoring pairs naturally with [production planning software](https://infikeytechnologies.com/industries/manufacturing/production-planning-software). ## Cost | Scope | Budget (USD) | Budget (INR) | |---|---|---| | Single-site dashboard with alerts and reports | 25,000–35,000 | 20–28 lakh | | Multi-site portfolio platform with mobile app | 35,000–60,000 | 28–50 lakh | | Add AI anomaly detection and forecasting | +10,000–25,000 | +8–20 lakh | Hardware such as meters, sensors and gateways is separate. These are planning ranges, not quotes. ## Project blueprint: Portfolio monitoring for a solar O&M company Based on the requirements we hear most often from buyers like this. A solar operations and maintenance company looks after plants with inverters from several brands. Each brand has its own portal, technicians check them one by one, and faults are often discovered days later from low generation reports. What we would build: - Data integration from each inverter brand’s cloud API or on-site loggers - Portfolio dashboard with live generation and performance ratio per plant - Alerts for inverter trips, string faults and communication loss - Service tickets created from alerts and assigned to technicians - Monthly generation and savings reports for plant owners How success is measured: - Time from fault to detection - Generation lost to unresolved faults - Plants monitored per operations engineer - Owner reports produced without manual work ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you use data from our existing monitoring portals? Often yes. Many inverter and meter vendors offer cloud APIs, so we pull data into one dashboard without new hardware. Where they do not, a small data logger on site does the job. ### How do alerts avoid false alarms? Alerts compare actual values with expected values for the time of day, weather and season, with thresholds tuned per site, instead of simple fixed limits. ### Can customers see their own plant data? Yes. 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Last updated: 2026-10-19 Get an estimate: https://infikeytechnologies.com/contact Cost figures are planning ranges, not quotes. Final scope and price are confirmed after discovery.