solar irradiance monitoring Articles
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Learning curve proving steep for the Indian CSP industry
Phase 1 of the National Solar Mission aimed to provide India with a learning curve for its first steps into CSP, with recent developments suggesting that there are many lessons to take into the next phase. In a recent interview Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), attributed delays in CSP project development to problems in the supply of critical ...
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Five reasons to visit this year’s Solar Power International
rom September 10th to September 13th 2017, Solar Power International will open its doors at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, in Las Vegas, NV. We’ll be at booth #818 and we are looking forward to your visit. You will find below five good reasons why you should stop by: 1. The best chance to exchange views with solar energy professionals in North America SPI is North America’s ...
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Lowering uncertainty is fundamental to managing solar investment risk
The principal input to the rate of return calculation for a solar farm asset is the expected revenue generation from the solar farm. This highlights the importance of high quality solar irradiance data: revenue generation is primarily influenced by the availability of solar irradiance at that location over time. Humans dislike uncertainty Humans aren’t big fans of uncertainty. We go to ...
By Solcast
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Display and Log Solar Data on Site With the METEON 2.0
Do you want to check your installed pyranometer on site? With the METEON 2.0 handheld data logger you can connect directly with any of our pyranometers. Smart or analogue, and see real-time measurement values. Simple, quick, convenient and accurate. Easily Check Kipp & Zonen Instruments on Site METEON 2.0 can be connected to any of our pyranometers and provide you with real-time measurement ...
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Project - Leading PV in Datong, Shanxi with 14 Solar Monitoring Stations
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced a total PV installation target of 18.1GW for 2016, within which 12.6 GW are for standard types of PV installations, including both ground-mounted PV and distributed PV ...
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Building an Effective Meteorological Station for Solar PV
Weather conditions have a huge influence on photovoltaic output. Even intermittent cloud cover can have a dramatic effect on incident solar energy, while other factors like air temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation, humidity and air pressure can all influence the efficiency of solar cells. Monitoring weather conditions accurately is crucial in order to understand variations in PV ...
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A Review of the Historical and TMY data now on offer through the API Toolkit
In this post, Solcast dives into its historical and TMY data offering. This includes a brief review of methods plus the basics on historical time-series data, typical meteorological year data and monthly averages data.TMY and time series data for the solar powered future Building off Solcast’s announcement last week that we are now offering historical and TMY data, under the continued ...
By Solcast
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