Solar Radiation Monitoring Articles & Analysis

The U.S. Department of Energy this week (April 19) released details for 35 projects across 20 states that voluntarily shared with DOE they received a total of $1.93 billion in allocations of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). 48C is an allocated tax credit funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda through the Inflation Reduction Act, aimed at accelerating clean ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Solar Log data logger combines smart functionality with greater flexibility for more efficient control, management and monitoring of PV plants We’re thrilled to announce a collaboration with Solar Log,Thanks to this partnership, Sunmeter is now fully compatible with all models of Solar Log data loggers, making monitoring your solar systems easier and more seamless than ever before. ...

By Soluzione Solare S.r.l.

The New York Independent System Operator this week (March 25) reported that New York recently set new records for hourly wind and solar generation.Wind power facilities generated 2,176 megawatts during the 1p.m. hour on Saturday, March 9 and served 12 percent of system load.Behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter solar resources generated 3,832 megawatts during the 12 p.m. hour on Tuesday, March ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Technical specifications provide valuable insights into a measuring instrument, but its true capabilities come to light through real-world performance. The presence of dew, frost, or debris on the optical dome of a radiometer can greatly influence its readings, often resulting in inaccurate data. Fortunately, these challenges can be effectively addressed by implementing ventilation and heating ...

By OTT HydroMet Solar Energy

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) this week voted unanimously to implement a new solar incentive program that will pave the way for up to 3,750 megawatts of new solar generation by 2026, doubling the state’s solar capacity. The Successor Solar Incentive Program (or “SuSI” Program) is the culmination of a nearly three-year Solar Transition process mandated by the Clean Energy Act of ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The California Public Utilities Commission on July 23 issued a Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan 2.0, intended to coordinate development and implementation of policy, and will host a public workshop to discuss the draft and solicit comments.Distributed energy resources include rooftop solar and other distributed renewable generation resources, energy storage, electric vehicles, time ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Delta-T Devices’s SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer is amongst instruments being used on a one-year long expedition to the Central Arctic. This major research project, titled MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) is closely analysing the Arctic (as the epicentre of global warming) in order to gain fundamental insights about the nature of global climate ...

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

ENGIE Storage recently (8/31) unveiled a new supply and services offering for developers of in-front-of-the-meter (IFOM) solar and energy storage projects in New England and emerging markets. Comprising energy storage system design support, supply, operations, performance guarantees, and payments for rights to participate in ISO-New England wholesale markets, the offering improves project ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2019 edition of The 50 States of Solar. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership and ...

By Smart Grid Observer

In January 2007, California launched a $3.3 billion ratepayer-funded effort to install 3,000 megawatts (MW) of new distributed solar over the next decade and transform the market for solar energy by reducing the cost of solar generating equipment. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) portion of the solar effort is known as the California Solar Initiative (CSI) program. The CSI ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The annual solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in key Americas countries are expected to grow at 5.5 percent, generating $141.2 billion in annual investment by 2022. Backed by strong regulatory activity aimed at adjusting incentives and support mechanisms, solar has extended beyond the traditional markets of the US and Chile to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia. The annual installed ...

By Smart Grid Observer

As emerging energy sources—such as solar—compel customers to become more active participants in the grid, their energy management needs are getting more complex. Oracle is equipping utilities to serve as trusted advisors to these increasingly active customers with its new Oracle Utilities Opower Distributed Energy Resources Customer Engagement Cloud Service.Available today, the offering initially ...

By Smart Grid Observer

It is no longer a secret that fossil fuels such as hard coal and lignite are harmful to the environment. Germany would like to become greener and continue to rely on renewable energies as a result of the energy revolution. Intelligent technology in particular should support people in this and make power generation more eco-friendly. The problem of climate changePhasing out nuclear energy ...

By OTT HydroMet - Veralto

Delta-T Devices has revealed that its SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer is being used to record solar radiation data aboard two Saildrones on a six-month, 4,000 nautical mile mission to the equator and back. The aim is to develop and extend the work of the existing Tropical Pacific Observing System. Saildrones (pictured left) are highly innovative autonomous sailing drones, which can be remotely ...

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

Delta-T Devices’s SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer is being used to record solar radiation data aboard two Saildrones on a six-month, 4,000 nautical mile mission to the equator and back. The aim is to develop and extend the work of the existing Tropical Pacific Observing System. Saildrones (pictured below) are highly innovative autonomous sailing drones, which can be remotely programmed and ...

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has launched its consideration of the utility of the future, announcing NextGrid -- a statewide collaborative to transform Illinois' energy landscape and economy. Convened by the Commission and led by an outside, expert facilitator, NextGrid is an approximately eighteen-month consumer-focused and collaborative study. In addition to identifying and exploring ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The Electric Markets Research Foundation has released a white paper that says preliminary research reveals the value of solar diminishes as more rooftop solar is added to the grid and the costs of net metering to customers without rooftop solar become so significant over time that it is not a sustainable policy. "A uniform net metering tariff is generally unlikely to be appropriate at high PV ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Florida voters rejected a utility-backed ballot measure Tuesday aimed at blocking third-party competition in the state’s rooftop solar market. The measure, Amendment 1, would have embedded new language into the Florida Constitution that would have affirmed the right of customers to own and lease solar panels, a right consumers already have. In actuality, the measure would have protected ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

Interconnecting to the grid is one of the key hurdles for renewable energy project development. The process can be lengthy, expensive and irksome. Some projects take three or more years to get interconnected, with a price tag of millions of dollars, and it is because of these difficulties that there has been a renewed focus around the country on reforming the interconnection process. California ...

By Greentech Media

Researchers from Université de La Réunion have installed a Delta-T Devices Sunshine Pyranometer as part of a weather station on the crater’s edge of one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The volcano, named Piton de la Fournaise “Peak of the Furnace” lies on the south-eastern side of Reunion Island, a French island in the Indian Ocean. The volcano is ...

By Delta-T Devices Ltd.