Reliance Industries Limited to acquire majority stake in SenseHawk

Reliance Industries Ltd (“RIL”), has today signed definitive  agreements to acquire a majority stake in SenseHawk Inc (“SenseHawk”) for a total  transaction value of USD 32 million, including funding for future growth, commercial rollout  of products, and R&D. 

Founded in 2018, SenseHawk is an early-stage California-based developer of software based management tools for the solar energy generation industry. SenseHawk helps  accelerate solar projects from planning to production by helping companies streamline  processes and use automation. 

SenseHawk has helped 140+ customers in 15 countries adopt new technology for their  600+ sites and assets totalling 100+ GW. 

SenseHawk’s Solar Digital Platform offers end-to-end management of solar asset lifecycles.  Customers see value with SenseHawk in: 

1. a) Pre-construction evaluation and process optimization: The platform approach enables unification of multiple processes and data into a single GIS supported view for dashboarding, land data management, design option management, BOQs, approvals  and more.  
2. b) Construction management: Combined with the map view, chat, and digital forms, the SDP provides improved communications between project teams enabling early issue detection and onsite resolution, automated progress reports, connects engineering  drawings and schemas to components on site and accelerates processes. 
3. c) Operations and maintenance: SenseHawk brings all stakeholders to a single interface. Teams work off of the same map-based tasks, with access to all required data mapped to a digital twin, significantly improving new site ramp up. Customers save time and effort  with preventive maintenance schedules, alarm handling and performance visualization. 

SenseHawk, along with RIL’s other investments in New Energy, will be synergistic and  create unique solutions with higher value to customers.