Climate change concerns, carbon taxes and rising grid electricity rates are driving massive investments in renewable energy generation. Manufacturing advances are reducing the cost of solar panels, storage and electric vehicles accelerating the trend for distributed generation, microgrids and EV charging networks. Cachelan provides SmartGrid energy portals to monitor and control unattended sites to ensure equipment can be maintained for maximizing output over their 25+ year lifetime. Cloud technology enables cost effective portals to be custom configured and quickly installed. Internet access by browser with no software to install or maintain reduces operating costs.