Featured in Corona Chaos – 03-2020

2020 vision; full control

As the installed PV base grows and digital technology continues to expand in its complexity and capabilities, providers of monitoring solutions to the solar industry become increasingly important. The ability to monitor, aggregate and control distributed-generation assets is also creating opportunities and challenges. pv magazine surveyed four monitoring providers – AlsoEnergy, Gantner Instruments, Meteocontrol, and Solar-Log – for the latest developments.

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Marian Willuhn

09 Mar 2020

Solar-Log WEB-4U offers professional PV monitoring for installers. | Image: Solar-Log

Navigant Research released a report in February 2019 in which it estimated that the control system and solar- and wind-monitoring markets will generate cumulative revenues of $82.9 billion between 2019 and 2028. Mature solar markets such as Europe and North America currently lead the way in terms of adoption, but by 2028, Navigant expects the …

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