The influence of salt spray and high humidity environments on solar PV systems

Salt spray contains a large amount of chloride ions, which can easily penetrate the protective layer of a metal surface and cause an electrochemical reaction with the contact metal causing a product to fail.

Date : 2021-09-07

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 247

Aerosol, dust reduce solar generation from PV, cause financial loss

A team of researchers have found that aerosols, dust, and clouds reduce solar energy generation from photovoltaic (PV) and rooftop solar installations resulting in substantial economic impact.

Date : 2021-09-04

Source : Economic Times - Energy World

Country : 100

How artificial intelligence will change solar O&M and asset management

Combining AI practices with aerial inspections of solar projects is one such way of enhancing O&M practices. AI has the potential to transform the way solar projects are operated and managed.

Date : 2021-09-03

Source : PV Tech

Country : 247

Wireless networks hold the key to protecting utility solar projects

Wireless communication networks can provide cost-effective, scalable and reliable connectivity for solar projects. In fact, deployed wireless project examples showed up to 75% cost reduction when expanding existing wired communication networks in installed PV plants with wireless vs. more wired communication infrastructure.

Date : 2021-09-03

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

Solar data solutions to maximize PV project performance

Reliable and accurate solar data is critical at each stage of a project’s lifecycle to maximize performance and profitability. Understanding which type of solar data meets the needs, and the attributes that will help the business scale, is key to project success.

Date : 2021-09-02

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 247

Researchers uncover hidden factors that affect solar farms during severe weather

Researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on US solar farms, and sort out what factors affect energy generation.

Date : 2021-09-01

Source : Lab Manager

Country : 232

Hidden factors that affect solar farms during severe weather

Researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on U.S. solar farms, and sort out what factors affect energy generation.

Date : 2021-08-31

Source : Science Daily

Country : 232

Small-scale monitoring, big-time changes: how RTUs have adapted to the world’s energy mix

While the rapidity of the energy transition has created new challenges for RTUs, the devices themselves are nothing new in an industry that has always been interested in collecting, analysing, and interpreting data stemming from its operations.

Date : 2021-08-31

Source : Power Technology

Country : 44 231

Clean energy catalyst program announces funding awards

Massachusetts announced a $2.6 million funding program to support clean energy innovation. The programs aim to ensure early-stage ventures have the resources to advance critical technologies toward marketable products.

Date : 2021-08-31

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 232

Sri Lanka can gain a myriad of benefits from Twinning Floating Solar and Hydropower

Floating solar could bring multiple benefits such as better land utilisation, improved efficiency and it gives potential to help Sri Lanka meet its renewable energy goals.

Date : 2021-08-26

Source : The World Bank

Country : 205

Terabase acquires First Solar’s “PlantPredict” performance monitoring software

PlantPredict was developed by First Solar for utility-scale PV modeling, and is aimed at reducing delivery uncertainty by producing field-verified energy forecasts.

Date : 2021-08-25

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 232

TÜV Rheinland confirms that Soltec’s algorithm increases PV plant yields by 5.3% on cloudy days

The objective of the Soltec Diffuse Booster algorithm is to increase the production of PV plants on cloudy days, that is, when there is more diffuse than direct irradiation. The algorithm, which uses both sensors and weather forecasts, moves the trackers to the optimal position in order to capture the maximum solar irradiation.

Date : 2021-08-24

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 204

Extreme events & O&M of solar PV plants

Solar PV equipment is expensive, and care should be taken to insure the system against any natural disaster or extreme weather event. Any type of solar PV installation should carry insurance and depending on where the system is in the world will depend on the type of insurance offered.

Date : 2021-08-24

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 247

An autonomous helicopter drone connected via 5G SA network is running the inspection of the solar plant of A1

During the inspection, an Orion helicopter drone was used to monitor the plant. The drone collected infrared images of solar panels for processing and analyzing of its conditions while in parallel a live video broadcast in HD resolution went on.

Date : 2021-08-20

Source : Suas News

Country : 253

Above, SecondSol partner to address component obsolescence challenges in solar industry

This rapid technological development has resulted in PV modules becoming obsolete within a few years of production, creating a big challenge for solar plant managers and O&Ms that need replacement modules.

Date : 2021-08-17

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 247

Solar panel cleaner RST Cleantech eyes Tel Aviv listing

Israeli solar panel cleaning services provider RST Cleantech is seeking to list its stock through an initial public offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Date : 2021-08-09

Source : Renewables Now

Country :

Novel plant design for agrivoltaics improves yield

The novel design methodology consists of utilising metal brackets as mounting structures, conventional solar panels, and a grooved glass plate placed between the solar panels.

Date : 2021-08-06

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 44

Futuristic farmers deploy solar power to farm for microbes

Get ready for the cellular agriculture revolution as solar power meets carbon capture for microbial protein production.

Date : 2021-08-05

Source : Clean technica

Country :

Morgan Solar releases asset management hardware and software set for utility-scale market

The combined hardware-software offering is set to disrupt the solar asset management market by enabling deep data and insights of unprecedented quality and all-in cost.

Date : 2021-08-03

Source : Solar Power World Online

Country :

Data tool from Morgan Solar enables real-time insight into panel performance and optimization

Morgan Solar is introducing a new tool that is intended to provide a continuous stream of data on panel performance and also sync with other sensors.

Date : 2021-08-03

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 38

Moxa launches new IIoT solution for floating solar plants

The Industrial Internet of Things is being used in floating solar plants to overcome the maintenance challenges. Moxa is one of the few providers of IIoT solutions for floating solar plants.

Date : 2021-07-28

Source : Energy Global

Country :

How is the power sector keeping it up with robotic innovations in 2021?

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Robotics can have a critical impact on clean and cheap energy for future generations.

Date : 2021-07-25

Source : Analytics Insight

Country :

Schneider Electric implements predictive maintenance for Nestlé's Dubai south factory

Schneider's Internet-of-Things and Cloud-Based technologies will help ensure that Nestlé Al Maha factory in the UAE avoids unplanned downtime, improves asset performance and optimizes electricity usage

Date : 2021-07-22

Source : News wire

Country :

SMA adds advanced string monitoring and other features to Sunny Tripower CORE1 inverter

SMA America has released an update to the Sunny Tripower CORE1. The update not only includes multiple innovative offerings — such as an intelligent IV curve diagnostic and advanced string monitoring — but also features that increase reliability and power production.

Date : 2021-07-21

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 232

Machine learning models to help photovoltaic systems find their place in the sun

Scientists develop algorithms that predict the output of solar cells, easing their integration into existing power grids

Date : 2021-07-20

Source : EurekAlert

Country :

Machine learning models to help photovoltaic systems find their place in the sun

Scientists have developed a machine learning-based approach that can more accurately estimate the output of photovoltaic systems than similar algorithms, paving the way to a more sustainable society.

Date : 2021-07-20

Source : Science Daily

Country : 117

Soltec’s ‘Dy-WIND’ technology tackles dynamic effects of wind on solar tracker structures and panels

Soltec, have developed a new method for comprehensive dynamic analysis in tracker wind-design to give the stability needed to a PV power plant installed at an extreme location or exposed to high winds.

Date : 2021-07-19

Source : PV Tech

Country : 204

SA Water deploys AI-powered drone technology to monitor its vast solar assets

It uses thermographic drone inspections detect various module problems like faulty junction boxes, wiring issues, string issues, and Potentially Induced Degradation (PID).

Date : 2021-07-14

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 13

Solabot Technologies: Facilitating groundbreaking automation solutions for advanced solar technologies

Solabot Technologies is an advanced dry robotic cleaning solution company that aims to deliver premium quality services for solar panel systems. It significantly reduce the manual efforts required for wet cleaning and helps reduce operational costs.

Date : 2021-07-13

Source : Analytics Insights

Country :

The importance of soiling monitoring & mitigation

A webinar taking a deep dive into environmental monitoring, SCADA integration, and solar panel cleaning using robotics and automation to increase awareness of soiling losses and emphasize the importance of long-term considerations during development.

Date : 2021-07-12

Source : PV Magazine

Country :

Australian utility SA Water partners with Above to inspect solar PV plants

The utility will deploy drones to fly over solar PV plants to inspect the modules for potential problems. With advances in drone technology and software, SA Water has made inspections at solar plants considerably safer, faster and cheaper.

Date : 2021-07-12

Source : Renewable Energy Magazine

Country : 13

Solar module cooling techniques for the desert

Saudi scientists have tested several cooling technologies for solar panels and have found that active techniques work better than passive ones under harsh climatic conditions.

Date : 2021-07-12

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 191

The impact of dust on solar panels matters

Researcher would expect the power plant operators to clean the panels regularly. But then, whether they are doing it in an optimized manner needs to be evaluated. And this is something that cannot be simulated by popular tools for the design and analysis of PV power plants.

Date : 2021-07-10

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 100

India’s solar learning curve inspires action across the world

India’s path towards fully realizing its renewable energy potential could be a gamechanger for its own citizens, as well as for global efforts to tackle climate change. Getting solar projects off the ground is no easy task; solar's expansion in India offers key lessons to boost clean energy investments around the world.

Date : 2021-07-09

Source : The World Bank

Country : 100

How hard Is It to build A virtual power plant anyway?

Machines with higher processing power combined with faster remote communications networks — and the lowered cost of both — were the factors that really made this application possible.

Date : 2021-07-02

Source : Utility Products

Country : 232

Best preparations for solar under extreme weather

The COVID-19 global pandemic caused us to reassess how and where we work, and it forced developers, equipment manufacturers, EPCs and asset owners to learn how to meet the needs of their businesses, customers and stakeholders while keeping their employees safe from sickness and harm.

Date : 2021-06-21

Source : PV Tech

Country : 247

Top European solar PV O&M companies ranking

Operations and Maintenance plays a big part in the solar landscape and researchers therefore ranked the top operations across Europe in terms of their capacity in MWp.

Date : 2021-06-14

Source : Solytic

Country : 253

Vienna solar power plant uses help from sheep

The panels are higher than normal and the electrical components are installed in a sheep-safe manner. A special seed mixture was sown to prepare the soil and the solar farm was already fenced in. The panels themselves serve as shelter for the animals when it rains or shines and a farmer will check on the heard once per day.

Date : 2021-06-11

Source : The Mayor

Country : 14

Built solar assets are ‘chronically underperforming’ and modules degrading faster than expected

The report states that over a 20-year asset life, project degradation could therefore be underestimated by as much as 14%, resulting in severaly overestimated performance and revenue forecasts produced within a P50 model.

Date : 2021-06-08

Source : PV Tech

Country : 247

Solar Operations Solutions develops software for PV tracker O&M

Solar-Ops’ myPV IQ software, a monitoring and control solution for utility-scale PV solar and energy storage facilities, includes tools to visualize ganged and independent tracker rows for asset management and maintenance capabilities.

Date : 2021-06-07

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

Solar-Ops’ myPV IQ includes tool to improve solar tracker reliability

Solar-Ops’ myPV IQ software - a monitoring and control solution for utility scale PV solar and energy storage facilities - includes tools to visualize ganged and independent tracker rows, supporting enhanced asset management and maintenance capabilities.

Date : 2021-06-07

Source : Solar Builder Magazine

Country : 247

25 years life? PVEL rings alarm on high failure rate among Modules

For modules, perhaps the most obvious indicator has been higher output, and hence, larger sizes. Now, PV Evolution labs, (PVEL), a leading independent test lab for the downstream solar and energy storage industry, has rung the alarm bells on a possible risk to the sector, from quality issues.

Date : 2021-06-01

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 44

Solar Operations Solutions power plant controls chosen to operate 20-MW Indiana utility solar project

St. Joseph Solar, a 20-MW utility owned and operated solar facility, specified real-time power plant curtailment and power factor controls, multi-level inverter monitoring, tracker integration, weather stations monitoring and RTU data concentration – all controlled by the myPV IQ Grid Support power plant control (PPC) solution.

Date : 2021-05-20

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 231

How solar plant owners can benefit from aerial inspection technologies

Aerial inspection, paired with solar-specific data models and analytical software, has become one of the fastest-growing technologies in solar plant operations and maintenance (O&M).

Date : 2021-05-18

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 232

UL acquires solar analytics firm clear sky analytics

This acquisition expands UL’s solar offerings and the overall depth of its solar and wind renewables expertise which includes advisory services across project life cycle and supply chain, from due diligence to project development, certification, testing and inspection, asset management and reporting.

Date : 2021-05-18

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 232

5 steps to O&M success for solar projects of any age

Owners are looking for efficient, cost-effective solutions to make sure their assets are running at an optimal level, and providers want to maximize productivity of assets in a variety of geographies with their own challenges and opportunities.

Date : 2021-05-17

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

The complexities of O&M for the commercial solar market

Whether it is preventative maintenance or the routine inspection and servicing of equipment, proper O&M is essential for ensuring solar PV systems remain at peak performance to avoid unnecessary breakdowns or production losses.

Date : 2021-05-06

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

The complexities of O&M for the commercial solar market

Operators are looking to integrate aggregated O&M into their services from the start with a monitoring company that uses built-out connections, APIs and data acquisition protocols to pull all sources into one centralized platform.

Date : 2021-05-06

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

Fulcrum3D fundraising to accelerate entry of its innovative tech

Fulcrum3D produces market-leading data derived from its seamless integration of hardware, software, and data analytics. This full-stack ownership of the technology ensures that developers, generators and asset managers can be guaranteed accuracy, traceability and data security.

Date : 2021-04-30

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 13

How IIoT thermal monitoring solutions can increase asset lifetime and prevent fires on solar farms

Adding temperature monitoring with an IIoT solution enables early detection of potential high resistance joints and proactive maintenance, preventing unplanned downtime, expensive repairs and lost production.

Date : 2021-04-28

Source : Altenergy Magazine

Country : 247

Ecoppia robots perform automated solar panel cleaning

Ecoppia, a specialist in robotic cleaning technology for photovoltaic solar sites, announced that it has completed the installation of its robots at a solar site in California, USA, operated by The AES Corporation.

Date : 2021-04-26

Source : Novus Light

Country :

Ecoppia’s advanced robotic technology now powers automated solar panel cleaning at AES California site

Date : 2021-04-20

Source : Business Wire

Country : 232

Solar O&M gets set for the big league in India

O&M services of Solar will have similar to IT industry potential in terms of business opportunity in India.

Date : 2021-04-19

Source : Saur Energy

Country :

Solar panel cleaning tech from Superclean Glass a finalist in DOE’s american-made solar prize

Superclean Glass, Inc., a company that uses a solar panel-cleaning technology developed at Stony Brook University and a start-up mentored by the Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP) at Stony Brook, has been named a finalist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) American-Made Solar Prize for 2021.

Date : 2021-04-19

Source : AP Systems

Country : 232

Digitalisation and the success of the global solar PV market

A new report released by engineering firm DNV explores the global solar PV market and how digitalisation will boost the value of electricity generated by PV plants over the next 30 years.

Date : 2021-04-13

Source : Smart Energy

Country :

NovaSource becomes world’s ‘largest’ O&M business with First Solar acquisition

NovaSource has completed its acquisition of US manufacturer First Solar’s operations and maintenance (O&M) business. The new company can work with utility-scale, commercial and industrial (C&I) and residential solar installations as part of its offering.

Date : 2021-04-01

Source : PV Tech

Country : 38 232

New roadmap sets out how to reduce CO2 emissions using industrial biotechnology

The new report identifies five industry sectors, with short to medium term potential for carbon reduction using industrial biotechnology: agritech; biofuels; fine and speciality chemicals; plastics; and textiles. The report suggests a combination of government support, agreement on good practice and private sector investment is needed.

Date : 2021-03-30

Source : The Manufacturer

Country : 231

ABB delivers over 5GW solar automation solutions in India

ABB’s SCADA system - an automation control solution, helps in the running of solar plants and enables plant operators to monitor and analyze solar project data in one place.

Date : 2021-03-25

Source : Live Mint

Country : 100

Special tracker for agrivoltaics

The tracking system was modified by adjusting the axis heights and maximizing the rotation angle for the module to plus or minus 70 degrees, which allows the devices to operate synergistically with the agricultural equipment used.

Date : 2021-03-18

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 81

Drones playing a critical role in India’s solar boom

Drones, in combination with artificial intelligence, are helping to drive powerful insights, allowing teams to make better-informed decisions throughout the solar project development lifecycle.

Date : 2021-03-12

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 100

AI identifies a $14bn solar problem

The automated diagnostics provider fed the data of 75 solar plants into its proprietary DeepSolar artificial intelligence (AI)-driven analytics software and received what it described as the first quantification of technical issues in PV plants from real-data analysis.

Date : 2021-03-10

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 247

Underperforming solar assets shade the entire industry. Here is how to fix it

This inflection point represents an opportunity for the industry to shift its attention away from constant cost-out and toward putting our collective effort into building projects that reliably generate cost-effective clean energy.

Date : 2021-03-10

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 247

AI identifies a $14bn solar problem

The automated diagnostics provider fed the data of 75 solar plants into its proprietary DeepSolar artificial intelligence (AI)-driven analytics software and received what it described as the first quantification of technical issues in PV plants from real-data analysis.

Date : 2021-03-10

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 247

Renkube's innovative technology allows for optical solar panel tracking without movement

The Startup hub has come up with an innovative solution that allows for optical tracking of solar panels, without having to use servos and motors to keep the panels aligned to the Sun.

Date : 2021-03-09

Source : Digit News

Country : 100

Israeli solar cleaning firm Airtouch raises $18 million in IPO

Airtouch recognizes and addresses this problem by developing innovative, environmentally friendly, and economical cleaning solutions that ensure maximum solar panel output.

Date : 2021-03-08

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 106

Sensorless fault-detection method for rooftop, large-scale solar

Turkish researchers have developed an algorithm to distinguish faults and changes in PV plant output. The sensorless method only uses electrical data gathered from the DC inputs of inverters. They tested it on 8.5 MW of ground-mount PV at nine sites, as well as 8.2 MW across 18 rooftops.

Date : 2021-02-26

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 224

Here’s the main obstacle to solar plant predictive maintenance according to DNV GL

A new report from DNV GL highlights just how cool/valuable predictive maintenance can be when implemented, but also how far we are from it. The good news is the biggest obstacle seems fairly simple to overcome – it just takes a more focused, collective approach to O&M.

Date : 2021-02-18

Source : Solar Builder Magazine

Country :

Here’s the main obstacle to solar plant predictive maintenance according to DNV GL

A new report from DNV GL highlights just how cool/valuable predictive maintenance can be when implemented, but also how far we are from it. The good news is the biggest obstacle seems (in a way) fairly simple to overcome – it just takes a more focused, collective approach to O&M.

Date : 2021-02-18

Source : Solar Builder Magazine

Country : 166

Outlook for the solar panel cleaning market

Improvements in existing water-based cleaning operations that allow cost-effective cleansing as well as increasing focus on professional maintenance services is expected to drive industry expansion.

Date : 2021-02-15

Source : Solar Builder Magazine

Country : 247

Alectris cites ‘greater gravitas on asset management’ as it unveils global control centre

This modular approach is central to the control centre, with Alectris offering a modular service spanning simple monitoring to services such as troubleshooting and preventative maintenance management. The customer is able to select the level of service required, something which the company said is unique to the industry.

Date : 2021-02-03

Source : Solar Power Portal

Country : 247

Using data for smarter power generation

The increased digitization of the power generation industry means that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are becoming synonymous with power generation. AI brings great potential to the future design of energy systems across several applications.

Date : 2021-02-01

Source : Power Magazine

Country : 247

Even without earnings, BladeRanger is the stuff of dreams for investors

The Israeli company develops robots to clean solar panels and is only expected to begin yielding revenue in 2022, but its stock leapt by 156% since its December IPO.

Date : 2021-02-01

Source : Calcalis Tech

Country : 106

Wireless charging of autonomous robots that clean solar panels

Powermat Technologies announced today a new partnership with Jetsons Robotics to manage energy transfer and provide advanced wireless charging technology that withstands challenging weather conditions and enables efficient and autonomous solar energy production.

Date : 2021-01-21

Source : Novus Light

Country : 106

The latest data on solar tracker + bifacial PV module production yields

What’s now becoming clear is that using dual-axis tracker technology in place of a single-axis design can yield another 20% gain, albeit only at commercial-scale installations.

Date : 2021-01-18

Source : Solar Building Magazine

Country : 247

Radix IoT and Renewable Energy Integration Group launch SCADA monitoring platform

The new DAS/SCADA monitoring platform is a tailored version of Radix IoT’s Mango platform included in REnergyWare, The REvolution IoT software platform and RESource digital O&M services will reduce operational costs, maximize return on investment, and improve efficiencies for mid-to-large-scale solar PV industry customers.

Date : 2021-01-05

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

Octopus Renewables and RES sign three-year spares contract

The agreement will see RES supply inverter spares, requiring it to own over 1000 compatible spare parts and deliver these on-demand. This will improve the availability of parts and develop commercial advantage for Octopus’s 640MW portfolio.

Date : 2020-12-17

Source : Solar Power Portal

Country : 231

Teletrac Navman launches solar tracker to help fleets protect assets and save money

The Solar Tracker is an advanced GPS device that runs on solar power by day and long-lasting, durable batteries by night for around-the-clock coverage of a fleet’s valuable assets. The Solar Tracker offers a simple and sensible solution by alerting the back office in real-time whenever the asset is on the move.

Date : 2020-12-17

Source : Fleet Owner

Country : 247

REIG launches REnergyWare division for monitoring and managing utility-scale solar projects

REIG’s long-standing design, engineering, installation and commissioning of DAS/SCADA hardware solutions can now be coupled with a proprietary IoT cloud software platform for monitoring, reporting and control of utility scale solar assets.

Date : 2020-12-15

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 232

These four technologies are changing solar inspection

The use of drones for solar field inspection has been rapidly increasing over the last few years. Semi-autonomous drones can provide the same data while offering significant advantages over this older inspection method.

Date : 2020-12-10

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 232

Indian startup unveils modular panel-cleaning bot

Indian startup Solavio Labs has designed a modular, autonomous bot to clean solar panels. The system is purportedly compatible with most structures, mounting areas, and climate conditions.

Date : 2020-12-03

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 100

How quality can lower solar risk and insurance rates

To focus on quality as an effective tool for not only bringing down the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and optimizing PV plant performance, but also for ensuring reliability over the full lifetime of a PV system against the backdrop of a changing climate with increased natural disasters, and for keeping insurance costs down.

Date : 2020-11-25

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 232

Notable trends influencing solar tracker market forecast

Solar tracker market trends are driven by the growing adoption of clean energy technologies along with advancement in the tracker systems for optimum solar energy utilization.Solar trackers are devices with photovoltaic panels that accurately track the path of the sun throughout the day.

Date : 2020-11-24

Source : Renewable Energy Magazine

Country : 247

When to repower aging utility-scale solar projects

asset owners choose to repower when plants become non-operational, there are higher than normal repair costs or critical technology fails. Less frequently, system operators may repower when they notice the power output has declined relative to expected projections.

Date : 2020-11-09

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 232

Start-ups solve solar innovation challenge set by Iberdrola

Iberdrola, through its international startup programme Perseo, launched a worldwide challenge to find disruptive ways to keep panels clean through innovation, and allow for maximum production of power.

Date : 2020-10-19

Source : Power Engineering International

Country : 204

Indian-led start-up raises Swiss funding for solar diagnostic tool

The start-up says solar companies can use the SmartHelio cloud-based asset management system with inverters or data loggers or can obtain more accurate data using the company’s cloud service and sensor.

Date : 2020-10-05

Source : PV-Magazine

Country : 100

ABB and ORION to boost energy efficiency at Bangladesh solar plant

The contract will see ABB collaborate with Energon Renewables, a subsidiary of ORION, and aims to support the country’s growing energy requirements, as well as help the government of Bangladesh to achieve its goals of delivering cleaner power generation projects by 2020.

Date : 2020-08-25

Source : Power Engineering International

Country : 18

Bringing solar O&M out of the shadows

The industry has, as such, focused primarily on bottom-line cost when it comes to operations and maintenance (O&M). This has been (wrongly) justified by the perception that solar assets are simple structures requiring little maintenance.

Date : 2020-08-04

Source : Solar Power Portal

Country : 231

A sensor to get the best out of your solar panels – and complete solar parks

They develop sensors to measure the capacity of solar panels over a longer period of time. This allows you to see at a glance the capacity reduction and its cause, for example, pollen pollution. “This is an optimization tool to get the best out of solar panels and therefore solar parks”.

Date : 2020-06-25

Source : Innovation Origins

Country : 156

Solar O&M shortcuts lead to higher costs later, experts say

Prices for utility-scale solar operations and maintenance contracts have dropped across the globe in recent years, driven by competitive auctions and fewer services being provided. But prices at the bottom of the range are not without their drawbacks.

Date : 2020-06-17

Source : gtm - Green Tech Media

Country : 247

How the Renewables O&M market is adapting to the COVID-19 crisis

Digital tools such as analytics and remote monitoring will get a boost as wind and solar plant operators draw lessons from the lockdown.

Date : 2020-06-05

Source : Green Tech Media

Country : 247

This bootstrapped startup by ex-navy officer is enhancing solar panel efficiency

Inoviea Consulting & Services (a brand of Inoviea Ventures Private Limited) aims to provide an automated and water-less self-cleaning system for solar rooftop panels to enhance the electricity production.

Date : 2020-05-24

Source : You Story

Country : 100

Using sensors, IoT to manage isolated solar power plants

Wind turbines and solar collectors require constant monitoring, frequent adjustment, and ongoing maintenance. In fact, because they are built around newer, more sensitive technologies, their maintenance needs tend to be at least as great as those of a traditional power plant.

Date : 2020-05-20

Source : Solar Builder

Country : 247

Tech based O&M for solar projects can optimize cost-effectiveness and sustainability

This is made possible by a combination of Central Monitoring System (CMS), advanced proprietary analytics, drones, thermal imaging, PV analyzer, and condition-based monitoring always to remain one step ahead in the equipment-failure curve.

Date : 2020-01-27

Source : Mercom India

Country : 100

Robotic module cleaning company Skilancer Solar gets funding from venture catalysts

Skilancer Solar specializes in providing a robotic cleaning system which is capable of cleaning solar modules without the use of water and manual intervention. The company manufactures centrally controlled, self-powered robotic arms for automatic cleaning of solar modules.

Date : 2020-01-13

Source : Mercom India

Country : 100

A new and better method for removing dust from solar panels

Researchers have shed new light on microscopic forces and mechanisms that can be optimised to remove dust from solar panels to maintain efficiency and light absorption. The new technique which was inspired by the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf removed 98 percent of dust particles.

Date : 2019-12-10

Source : Saur Energy International

Country : 106

Keep trackers following the sun with proper O&M

The company assists its tracker customers and system operators with remote and on-site training, provides O&M guidelines and offers to send in-house technicians to replace failing components.

Date : 2019-10-14

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 232

How solar power operations and maintenance costs fell 50%

Robb Wilson's presentation covered a history of O&M budgets, a high level summary of components of these budgets, an example budget, and some insight on how ‘soft costs’ are really figured out.

Date : 2019-09-13

Source : PV Magazine

Country : 247

Advanced SCADA functionality helps solar operators manage the future

SCADA system technology helps to operate solar sites. An acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, SCADA is a system that links together numerous hardware and software components of a site in order to easily monitor, control and analyze performance.

Date : 2019-08-29

Source : Solar Power World

Country : 247

Big data and predictive maintenance in PV – the state of the art

Big data-based predictive analytics techniques using artificial intelligence technologies offer exciting new possibilities in the field of solar operations and maintenance.

Date : 2019-05-14

Source : PV Tech

Country : 247

A nationwide game played locally

The U.S. solar PV O&M market is dominated by a few large players, but a recent GTM report shows there are also distinct player landscapes at the regional level.

Date : 2018-01-03

Source : gtm - Green Tech Media

Country : 232

Solar array maintenance: why are costs falling?

Maintaining solar photovoltaic (PV) operations may typically be considered simpler and cheaper than competing energy sources, such as wind power and natural gas; however, the relatively small profit margins associated with solar makes it necessary to keep operations and maintenance (O&M) costs to a minimum to keep projects commercially viable.

Date : 2016-05-31

Source : Power Technology

Country : 247

Keeping desert solar power arrays free of dust

Lead researcher Professor Malay Mazumder developed the idea from the example of human lungs, which have self-cleaning hairs that remove dust from the respiratory system. Mazumber believed he could apply this idea to other systems.

Date : 2016-01-21

Source : Interesting Engineering

Country : 230

Meet E4, the self-propelled, dust-busting solar panel robot

The company's E4 cleaning system is a self-guided, battery-powered robot that uses microfiber cloths and controlled air flow to clean solar panels, completely water-free. E4's soft cloth could gently brush away the dirt without damaging the panel.

Date : 2014-07-03

Source : From the Grapevine

Country : 106

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