Featured in Double-edged sword – 11-2016

Sensor sensibility

Smarter maintenance: From capex to opex, the focus for downstream developers is shifting. The ability to collect detailed data to enable proactive maintenance is proving a powerful tool for fleet owners and O&M providers. pv magazine investigates some of the key technology enabling the shift and allowing faults to be corrected, before they become a problem.

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pv magazine

04 Nov 2016

The increasing use of sensors is changing solar O&M radically, shortening the response time to failures and repair decisions. Preventative maintenance is becoming more widely practiced in the industry thanks to the granular data that a sensor fleet can provide. Data analytics algorithms are also key in deciding what O&M action is most economic, and …

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