Solar Panel Monitoring
The Brief
A renewable energy operator sought to maximize the output and return on investment from their solar installations. Without real-time visibility into generation performance, export/import flows, and inverter health, the team was unable to detect underperformance or faults promptly. The customer required a solution that integrated directly with their solar inverters to capture comprehensive performance data and enable proactive management of their solar assets.
The Solution
- Integrated directly with solar inverters to capture real-time data on energy generated, exported to the grid, imported from the grid, and self-consumed on site.
- Connected the IoT gateway to inverter controllers via Modbus to extract granular performance metrics including DC input power, AC output power, conversion efficiency, and string-level diagnostics.
- Aggregated generation and consumption data through a central IoT gateway and transmitted it securely to a cloud platform for unified monitoring.
- Delivered a cloud dashboard providing a unified view of solar generation alongside site load consumption, enabling real-time performance benchmarking against expected output.
- Configured alarm notifications for inverter faults, communication failures, and performance deviations to enable rapid response.
- Provided historical trend analysis and reporting to support performance reviews and maintenance planning.
Highlights
- Real-time visibility into solar generation, export, import, and self-consumption.
- Early detection of inverter faults and underperforming strings.
- Improved solar yield through data-driven performance optimization.
- Unified generation and consumption monitoring for informed energy management.
- Reduced maintenance costs through proactive fault identification.
- Enhanced return on investment from solar assets.
