Solar Farm Weather Monitoring Station

A Solar Farm Weather Monitoring Station is a meteorological station at which common meteorological sensors are mounted on a tripod or lattice or mono-pole mast. The meteorological data are then stored in a data logger and can be transmitted to a remote server automatically. This configuration is used to increase the number and also reliability of real time solar data. The unit can be powered from an AC source (100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz) or a solar panel power system.

Key Features

Measures ambient temperature, relative humidity and wind speed, wind direction.
Measures direct & defuse irradiance.
Measures surface temperature of solar panel
Modular and Robust design
Various mode of Communications
Supports RS232/422/485, Ethernet and USB ports
Battery backup with solar panel

Applications

Solar Resource Assessment
Power Generation Monitoring
Solar Farm Commissioning
Weather Monitoring

Standard Configuration

The standard system consist of wind speed and direction sensor, ambient temperature and humidity sensor, two pyranometers and a temperature sensor for solar panel temperature measurement.

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+ - Precipitation Click to collapse

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+ - Pressure Sensor Click to collapse

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+ - Pyranometer Click to collapse

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+ - Visibility Sensor Click to collapse

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+ - Aspiration Psychrometer Click to collapse

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+ - Temperature Sensor for Indoor and Outdoor Click to collapse

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+ - Humidity and Temperature Sensor in Shelter Click to collapse

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+ - Electrically Aspirated Thermometer Click to collapse

Felix Electrically Aspirated Thermometer

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+ - August Psychrometer Click to collapse

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+ - Anemometer Click to collapse

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+ - Pressure Sensor - High-Precision Click to collapse

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+ - Air Temperature Sensor in Radiation Shield Click to collapse

Felix Air Temperature Sensor in Radiation Shield

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+ - Sunshine Duration Sensor Click to collapse

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+ - Evaporizometer Click to collapse

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