Solar Site Articles
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How to Choose the Right Sun Tracker?
A complete measurement of solar irradiance includes global (GHI), direct (DNI), and diffuse (DHI or DIF) radiation. To accomplish this, a high-quality solar monitoring station typically comprises an automatic sun tracker fitted with instruments to measure these components individually. Depending on the application, long-wave radiation and reflected short-wave radiation may be added to provide the ...
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Curious facts about the Sun: Sunspots, solar storms and how they affect the Earth
Sunspots are among the many curious and mysterious aspects of the Sun. They are areas that concentrate large amounts of energy and the site of solar storms whose effects reach our planet and can have potentially harmful ...
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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 - Several key steps of the renewable project development process
Are you considering developing a solar project on your land, rooftop or lake ? If so, Anliatec is your partner to understand and implement the necessary steps of solar project development. 19 projects complete 32 MWp installed 13 micro-hydro turbines 6 PV plants built ...
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Customer-sited solar: four pathways to maximize the green energy revolution’s potential
Decarbonizing power generation is pivotal in the fight against climate change. Accounting for circa 30% of global energy related CO2 emissions, the sector is responsible for more emissions than any other industry. Decarbonizing how we generate energy is a mammoth task. Fortunately, we have the technology today to ensure that, with selective policy intervention, power generation becomes the first ...
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Achieving Greater Terrain Flexibility Across Challenging PV Solar Sites with DuraTrack
Achieving Greater Terrain Flexibility Across Challenging PV Solar Sites with DuraTrack Utility-scale power plant projects around the world are running into a common challenge. The ideally flat sites are either drying up or being used for other purposes, meaning PV plants need to find solar solutions that enable terrain flexibility and allow EPCs, designers, developers, and operators to maximize ...
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Part 1: Pitfalls to Avoid for Utility-Scale PV Solar Lenders and Insurers
Throughout Array’s 30-plus years in utility-scale PV, we’ve seen major shifts in the solar energy market. As the market currently expands with utility-scale PV assets, more and more lenders and investors are seeing the potential in funding these projects. Considering that these are multi-million-dollar endeavors, it’s remarkable the amount of guesswork that can still sneak into ...
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Part 3: Why PV Trackers Are a Critical Component of a Risk Profile for Utility-Scale PV Solar Lenders and Insurers
Every aspect of the PV solar project plays a part in risk. Plant design, available technology, and risk mitigation features that can be built into a tracker can affect all elements of a solar assets long-term risk profile. Trackers are one of the major inputs of the risk equation. In this final post of our 3-part series on risk mitigation for investors and insurers, we’ll talk about ...
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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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TBox RTU’s provide reliable, Cyber Secure solution at the Shaanxi-Beijing 4th Gas Pipeline - Case Study
About the Shannxi-Beijing 4th Gas Pipleline PetroChina Beijing Natural Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. is a regional company specializing in pipeline construction and operation management for PetroChina. It is responsible for the construction, operation and management of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Gas Pipeline Project (referred to as Shaanxi-Beijing Pipeline). The 4th Shaanxi-Beijing Gas Pipeline Project ...
By Ovarro
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Solar operators take on price, timing risk to secure offtakers
Asset managers are building wholesale market expertise and creating time-sensitive labor and cleaning strategies to meet the risk demands of offtakers, leading operators told the PV USA Operations conference. Falling solar costs and growing demand from utility and corporate offtakers are placing new pressures on asset management and operations and maintenance (O&M) groups. U.S. ...
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US wind O&M thrust creates new roles, supplier networks
U.S. wind operators will invest in repowering, digital tools and remote technologies in the coming decade, supported by deeper service and spares networks, analysts and suppliers told New Energy Update. The phasing out of the U.S. federal production tax credit (PTC) is set to profoundly impact wind industry spending and employment trends. The 10-year PTC is set at $23/MWh for projects ...
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Capacity-hungry solar owners deploy tech to curb growing pains
Fast-growing U.S. solar operators are using automated systems, centralized spare parts networks and advanced monitoring solutions to minimize labor and operations costs, company officials told the PV Operations USA conference. Rapid growth in solar installations and intense price competition is presenting new challenges for fleet operators. Utility-scale installations are forecast to hit a ...
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Invenergy equips solar services teams for 3 GW growth push
Invenergy is developing in-house analytics to accelerate growth in solar services and predicts more complex roles and wider technology knowledge within maintenance teams, Brad Purtell, Director, Services Business Development at Invenergy, told New Energy Update. As U.S. solar costs fall and installations surge, developers are expanding operations and maintenance (O&M) divisions to gain a ...
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Solcast partnership with BloomSky deploying sky-imagers
Solcast has partnered with BloomSky on our Super Rapid Update solar power forecasting products. Get a sky-imager installed on your solar farm site with affordable and fast installation. Sky-imagers for short-term solar forecasting Solcast recently wrote about our super rapid update solar forecasting product for short-term prediction. Sky imagers blended with solar power forecasting In this ...
By Solcast
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Exploring Bifacial 2MIL for LCOE Optimization
Setting the Record Straight on Bifacial Modules and Trackers Recently, bifacial solar modules have been gaining popularity, especially with the recent announcement that they are exempt from US tariffs. So we are taking this opportunity to set the record straight regarding our history and future with bifacial module solutions. Array has a long-established history of mounting panels in a wide ...
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Solar Module Shortage is No Problem with Array Technologies’ Flexible Installation Capability
No Modules, No Panic. With U.S. solar developers and site owners scrambling to get module orders shipped to sites ahead of the ITC step-down at the end of the year, panel shortages are becoming commonplace. In fact, Reuters even reports that the need for speed is prompting some developers to stockpile panels to make sure their projects will qualify for the 30 percent tax credit.1 The demand is ...
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Utility-Scale Solar: Maximizing Project Profitability with Trackers
Watching the prices recently for utility-scale solar power-purchase agreements has felt a bit like being a spectator at an ultra-competitive Olympic event, where each successive race delivers a new world record. The headline-grabbing 1.79 cents per kilowatt-hour tender announced in Saudi Arabia this past October is just one indicator of a global trend, in which PPA prices have been steadily ...
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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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North of Scotland shines for Moray ‘super-solar’ site
A massive solar project in Moray which could provide enough electricity to power the whole of Elgin demonstrates that the north of Scotland is a prime location for this type of renewable energy solution. The ambitious energy project will use around 200,000 solar PV panels and will provide enough electricity for 21,000 homes. It is being planned by Elgin Energy at the former RAF airfield at ...
By AES Ltd
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