Solar Photovoltaic Monitoring News
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ISO-NE's Study of Energy Shortfall Risks Produces Innovative Tool for Assessing Energy Adequacy
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. ...
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Discover OTT HydroMet’s Solar Energy Monitoring Solutions at RE+ 2023
Discover OTT HydroMet’s comprehensive, accurate, and reliable PV Plant monitoring portfolio at RE+ 23 in Las Vegas, NV, where North America’s clean energy leaders will meet from 12-14 September. RE+ unites SPI, ESI, and Smart Energy Week.Meet us at booth 4859 (Sands Expo, Level 2)The profitability of your PV plant changes every day – make sure you know why. Easily identify the causes with ...
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Discover OTT HydroMet’s Solar Energy Monitoring Solutions at RE+ Northeast
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 ...
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EDF Renewables N. America and Clean Power Alliance Sign Power Purchase Agreement
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) recently announced the signing of a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project. The project, consisting of a 300 megawatt (MWac) solar project coupled with a 600 MWh battery energy storage system, is expected to begin delivery of clean electricity to CPA's customers throughout Los Angeles ...
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Installers Vote WINAICO Top Brand
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. ...
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AGC Glass Europe presents SunEwat: a new range of energy-generating facade solutions for all your needs
The key factor in a building’s image is typically its facade. In this fast-moving world, architects and designers have to adapt and evolve in an effort to comply with increasingly stringent environmental standards and cost-efficiency requirements. This is especially true for buildings, which account for about 40% of energy consumption in the EU. With this in mind, AGC Glass Europe’s ...
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The World`s Solar Industry Can Play a Critical Role in Post-COVID-19 Recovery, Creating Growth, Jobs and a Greener Future
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 ...
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Operators deploy learning drones to cut PV, wind labor costs
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 ...
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Major product portfolio expansion in the area of energy distribution: new re-sidual current transformers as well as intelligent AC/DC current transformers
In the field of heavy cur-rent measurement, current transformers are essential. Among the important parameters are reliability and accuracy, to guarantee very lengthy service life. A measurement device like this one from Camille Bauer Metrawatt AG, developed and manu-factured in Switzerland, normally always needs one current transformer for each conductor, which is why these products are so ...
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Natcore Technology, Coveme Sign Joint Development Agreement
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF; Frankfurt: 8NT) has signed a joint development agreement with Coveme spa, the Italian company that is a leading innovator in the manufacture and conversion of polyester films. Natcore has recently developed the Natcore Foil Cell, which combines a revolutionary laser process with a novel metallization strategy, thus enabling high-efficiency cell ...
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Heliatek sets new OPV world record efficiency of 13.2%
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 ...
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SMA Sunny Tripower Inverters Energize O2 Energies’ 4.25 MW Rockwell Solar Farm
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. ...
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SMA Sunny Tripower Inverters to Power Largest PV Plant in Honduras
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 ...
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SMA Announces Free Module-Level Monitoring for Life for Sunny Boy 240-US Micro Inverter
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 ...
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Two NREL Scientists Named to Highly Cited Researcher List
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 ...
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Eaton’s Complete Line of Solar Circuit Protection Solutions Help Safeguard Vital Components in Commercial, Utility and Residential Applications
Power management company Eaton’s Circuit Protection division is helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contractors and system owners protect vital photovoltaic (PV) power systems by offering a complete range of reliable solar circuit protection solutions. With Eaton’s complete portfolio, from fuses and circuit breakers to power distribution blocks and surge protective ...
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SMA’s Sunny Portal Reaches 100 Terawatt Hours of Clean Solar Energy Monitoring on Earth Day
SMA’s Sunny Portal has reached a milestone achievement of 100 terawatt hours (TWh) of solar energy monitoring on Earth Day. This achievement, which affirms Sunny Portal’s status as a leading Web-based PV monitoring platform, is the equivalent of avoiding more than 70 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering Earth’s atmosphere. “Reaching 100 TWh of energy in ...
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SMA Introduces webconnect monitoring for residential and small commercial PV systems
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 ...
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Eaton presents class-leading solutions at Solar Energy UK
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 ...
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Smart ReneSola PV modules with embedded SolarEdge technologies
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 ...
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