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Enhanced standard for monitoring

An update to the IEC 61724-1 standard for PV monitoring systems has been published. Bifacial performance ratios now fall under scrutiny with these maturing standards, writes Christopher West, who heads the central solar and storage engineering team at Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft.

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07 Sep 2021

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In July 2021, the most recent version of IEC 61724-1 was published; the standard lays out the monitoring requirements for PV systems. It covers several topics, the key ones being the number and types of sensors to be installed in a PV plant depending upon its classification and size. Specifications to which the sensors …

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