Photovoltaic Monitoring News
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Equipped with String Detection and Easy to Maintain, PrimeVOLT Debuts its All New 75kW Inverters
The Bureau of Energy, MOEA plans to increase PV installation power production to 20GW production by 2025, signaling the importance of solar energy when it comes to energy generation transition. In alignment with the government’s green energy policy, PrimeVOLT, a local inverter manufacturer in Taiwan, introduced a series of inverter product lines applicable to different installation ...
By PrimeVOLT
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From photovoltaic systems, to battery storage and electromobility: energy eff i- ciency in direct current systems
(Wohlen AG, March 2018) The trend towards efficient utilization of limited resources has led to the introduction of a host of activities for energy efficiency improvement. For DC systems especially, monitoring their performance and error-free operation is fundamental. Photovoltaic and battery storage systems are particularly relevant here and the focus is also evidently on the power supplies of ...
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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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Powerful: The New Sunny Portal Professional Package
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 ...
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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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Fronius USA Solar Electronics Division Launches New Fronius Service Program
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
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Upsolar Introduces Smart Modules Powered by Tigo Energy
Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today unveiled its smart modules optimized by Tigo Energy. The first smart modules certified by TÜV Rheinland PTL for Europe and North America, Upsolar’s products are now available for residential, commercial and utility-scale installations. Tigo Energy's module-level monitoring software (Photo: Tigo Energy) Tigo ...
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Upsolar Unveils 2.2 MW Smart Array in Vermont
Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today announced the completion of its largest project in the United States to date: a 2.2 MW solar power plant in Sharon, VT. Constructed by New England-based Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc., the system incorporates Tigo Energy’s Module Maximizer™ technology to feed optimized renewable ...
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Trina Solar Launches Trinasmart Solution In North America
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or "the Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced the availability of its newest line of high performance solutions – Trinasmart. Trinasmart combines the Company's award-winning high performance modules with new maximizer ...
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SEI Announces Advanced Solar Training Lab: PV351L
Solar Energy International has announced its most advanced solar training opportunity yet for solar professionals - PV351L: Tools and Techniques for PV System Operations and Maintenance. Exciting and complex new analytical tools for photovoltaic system operations and maintenance (O&M) allow fast access to information which previously had been very difficult to gather. Whether commissioning ...
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SMA Sunny PRO Club Expands Regional Forum Program, Adds New Dates Through 2012
As popular demand for SMA Regional Forum events continues, additional dates have been announced through 2012. SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership program for solar installers—will host six Regional Forums during the latter half of 2012. The remaining events—free with pre-registration—are planned for select U.S. cities, with the next ...
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Mersen Joins the SunSpec Alliance
Mersen, formerly Ferraz Shawmut, recently became a member of the SunSpec Alliance. The SunSpec Alliance is dedicated to establishing information standards for renewable energy. Its mission is to "accelerate the growth of the renewable energy industry by driving data- and communications interoperability standards." The Alliance is also working to "create a common language that renewable energy ...
By Mersen
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SMA Sunny PRO Club Extends Regional Forum Program through 2012
Due to popular demand, SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership program for solar installers—has extended its Regional Forums through 2012. This year, its slate of technical training, hands-on product workshops and informative presentations was expanded to include micro-string hybrid photovoltaic (PV) systems, SMA’s monitoring and off-grid inverter ...
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Feed in Tariff instability promotes Engineering innovation across Europe’s PV market
There is 28GW of total PV installed capacity in Europe, which equals the electricity consumption of approximately 10 million households. With the Feed in Tariff instability across Europe it means the speed of future PV installations will see a slower growth rate, as investors reconsider and recalculate their ROI. This means now more than ever, the European solar developers and EPCs are focusing ...
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SMA Sunny Central String-Monitor Provides Insurance for Energy Yields
ROCKLIN, Calif., Dec. 15, 2010—Large-scale PV system owners can now protect their investments with SMA America’s Sunny Central String-Monitor-US, which instantly and accurately detects power deviations by measuring and comparing individual string currents. These interruptions can then be corrected by system owners immediately, reducing the duration of suboptimal system performance ...
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Efficiency record of 17.6% on flexible CIGS solar cell on plastic developed at EMPA
Flexible thin film solar cells on polymer film with a new record efficiency of 17.6% have been developed by the scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology (EMPA). The conversion efficiency record has been independently certified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany. Scientists under the leadership of Dr. Ayodhya N. ...
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Optimizing MW output in utility scale PV plants
With 6,600MW of utility scale PV under development, the US solar market is quickly expanding from commercial scale PV to utility scale plants. This means now more then ever, harvesting every kilowatt-hour possible is critical to succeed in such a competitive market. Aggressive RPS targets are yet to be met, which means utility scale PV plants are one of the most attractive renewable projects to ...
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Maximum Efficiency and Substantially Reduced System Costs: SMA Sunny Central 800CP Distinguished with the Intersolar Award 2010
KASSEL/MUNICH, Germany, June 16, 2010 – SMA Solar Technology AG received the Intersolar Award in the photovoltaics category at this year’s Intersolar in Munich. The prize was awarded for the entirely redesigned Sunny Central 800CP. “CP” stands for compact power: the new SMA central inverters offer both superior output and performance in a small space, and is the first PV ...
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Sputnik Engineering, the Swiss inverter manufacturer, launches the MaxVisio touchscreen unit
MaxVisio displays the daily values of a photovoltaic plant in a single view. Sputnik Engineering launched the new display unit shortly before Christmas. It features a colour touch-screen and can be hung on the wall or placed on a desktop. It can display both the actual output of a photovoltaic plant as well as a record of its monthly, yearly, and total outputs. If the MaxMeteo sensor is also ...
By Solar Max
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SMA America unveils new sunny beam PV system monitor
Solar power system owners looking for a compact, simple-to-use and attractive way to monitor and display their system’s performance can now do so utilizing the SMA Sunny Beam. SMA America, LLC has announced the immediate availability of the new desktop solar power system monitor, which also now features Bluetooth® wireless technology. The Sunny Beam is compact and lightweight, making it small ...
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