Solar Photovoltaic Monitoring Articles & Analysis

The team at OTT HydroMet is excited to announce that our Class A irradiance sensor, the Kipp & Zonen SMP12 won an Innovation Award at the inaugural Veralto Innovation Conference (VIC). Held in Waltham, Massachusetts at Veralto headquarters, over 80 engineering and product management leaders came together for three days of discussions and knowledge exchange focused on “Powering Growth ...

By OTT HydroMet - Veralto

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.

With the completion of the Operational Impact of Extreme Weather Events study, a first-of-its-kind analysis examining how the region's power system would fare under stressful weather and operational conditions, ISO New England has delivered a detailed snapshot of energy shortfall risks in 2027 and 2032. Energy shortfalls happen when the region's electricity supply falls below consumer demand. ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Date: February 22 to 23, 2023 Location: Booth 1203 - Galleria Hall, Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, MAThe profitability of your PV plant changes every day – make sure you know why.​ Easily identify the causes with accurate and real-time data that impact performance ratio. K&Z’s experience as the world's first manufacturer of pyranometers paired with versatile weather instrumentation ...

By OTT HydroMet Solar Energy

WINAICO again received the “Top Brand PV” award in the MODULE category in 2021 from the Bonn-based market research company EUPD Research. Every year, EUPD Research conducts surveys among installers in the global core markets as part of the “Global PV Installer Monitor” and produces an independent assessment of the perception of many brands. ...

By Win Win Precision Technology Co., Ltd.

The social and economic disruption brought about by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are having serious impacts on the solar PV industry globally - both in terms of day-to-day operations and investments - but the sector stands ready to resume its long-term growth trend and contribute to a green economic recovery that protects the climate, creates jobs and ensures inclusive growth. The ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Operators and tech companies are combining drones with artificial intelligence to provide faster, more-detailed plant inspections and earlier preventative actions, sector experts told New Energy Update. As solar operators continue to seek operational savings amid intense market competition, drone technology is set to have a major impact on PV and wind costs in the coming years. The ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells. The measurement was independently confirmed by Fraunhofer CSP. Thanks to the excellent low light and high temperature behavior of the organic semiconductor, the electricity ...

By Heliatek GmbH

The new Sunny Portal Professional Package improves status displays, processes larger databases faster with higher resolution and features expanded analysis options. It is the ideal solution for commercial PV system operators requiring professional monitoring of their PV plants. We have optimized operating workflows in this area and thus reduced costs for our customers. Effective immediately, the ...

By SMA Solar Technology AG

O2 Energies has flipped the switch on its 4.25 MW Rockwell Solar Farm in North Carolina. The utility-scale PV plant is powered by decentralized inverter solutions by SMA, including 145 Sunny Tripower TL-US three-phase, transformerless inverters and two SMA Cluster Controllers. The system is expected to generate more than 6,200 MWh of clean, renewable energy for Rowan County annually. ...

By SMA America, LLC

Solar panels, or photovoltaic (PV) modules, are being rapidly deployed across the world as costs fall and the need for sustainable, low-carbon energy grows. Being able to effectively characterise PV cells is a key factor in quality control during manufacturing and understanding their long-term behaviour. NPL researchers, Simon Hall, Matt Cashmore and John Blackburn, have developed a new ...

By National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

SMA’s decentralized inverter solutions have been selected for the largest PV plant in Honduras. The 24 MW Pavana Solar Park in Choluteca will feature a decentralized system design with 880 Sunny Tripower 24000TL-US three-phase, transformerless inverters and 22 SMA Cluster Controllers for advanced system monitoring and control. The power plant, designed by Orlando, Florida-based EPC Sybac ...

By SMA America, LLC

SMA is now offering free monitoring for life for its Sunny Boy 240-US micro inverter. Applicable to all Sunny Boy 240-US micro inverters purchased during 2014 in North America, and active for the inverter’s entire lifecycle, this exclusive monitoring package includes the Sunny Multigate-US and Sunny Portal. This combined technology allows system owners to access module-level data via the ...

By SMA America, LLC

Two scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been included in Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Research list for the thousands of citations of their work by fellow researchers over the past decade. The Highly Cited Researcher list represents some of the world’s leading scientific minds. Researchers earned the distinction by writing the ...

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

SMA has unveiled a new solution that simplifies online monitoring of residential and small commercial photovoltaic systems. Webconnect enables direct data transmission from the inverter to SMA’s Sunny Portal, the world’s largest Web-based PV monitoring platform, through the system owner’s existing Internet connection, without the need for additional communications or ...

By SMA America, LLC

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton will be presenting, at this year’s Solar Energy UK exhibition, a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions that have been specifically developed to facilitate the grid connection of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy sources. Eaton will be on stand F34 at the exhibition, which is the UK’s largest dedicated solar energy event, where the ...

By Eaton Corporation

The renowned PV manufacturer ReneSola now offers PV modules with embedded power optimization technology from SolarEdge Technologies. As partner, the Lithuanian module manufacturer Via Solis integrates the SolarEdge power optimizer technology into the prefabricated ReneSola modules, and supervises the distribution of the smart PV modules throughout Europe. The first smart ReneSola PV modules come ...

By SolarEdge Technologies Ltd

FREMONT, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SolarEdge Technologies, a leading global provider of end-to-end solar power optimization systems and monitoring solutions, today unveiled a new line of products for commercial applications in the North America market. The new offering includes: a line of 3-phase solar inverters from 9kW to 20kW in size; a 600W capable power optimizer enabling a ...

By SolarEdge Technologies Ltd

PORTAGE, Ind., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Fronius Service Program helps photovoltaic (PV) system installers maximize customer energy yields by certifying them to complete board-level replacements in the field, reducing system downtime to minutes instead of days. Launched by the Fronius USA Solar Electronics Division in March 2013, the Fronius Service Program will offer training ...

By Fronius

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today announced it will be presenting its portfolio of electrical solutions for the safe, efficient harvest and grid connection of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy at Intersolar Europe 2013, one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the solar industry, from 19 - 21 June in Munich, Germany. Eaton and recently acquired Cooper Industries will ...

By Eaton Corporation