Featured in Europe's PV heavyweights – 06-2014

Monitoring and data logging services multiply

Solar monitoring and data logging: There has been a virtual explosion of solar PV monitoring and data logging companies offering services in the global market over the past few years, and consolidation is the watchword. In the U.S. market alone, the number of companies has risen from a few dozen to several hundred, begging the question of what standard services are, and at what price.
By
Charles W. Thurston

“Companies are entering the market because the monitoring pie is getting bigger, and niches should provide opportunities for specialized companies to grow,” says Nagendra Cherukupalli, SunEdison’s Vice President of Systems Engineering R&D, based in Belmont, California. Indeed, solar data logging and monitoring systems are facing ever-increasing competition – from China and elsewhere – as balance …

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