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Photovoltaic is low-maintenance, but not maintenance-free. Here you can find out everything about common errors, damage, lightning protection, fire protection, insurance, inspections, tests and repairs.

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Iberian Peninsula

Portugal: Nomad Electric signs new O&M contract

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Nomad Electric has signed an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with a leading developer of utility-scale renewable energy projects, to provide O&M support for a solar plant in Portugal with a capacity close to 30 MW.

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Italy

Obton unveils Advanced Global Monitoring Centre in Milan

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Obton's new Global Monitoring Centre in Milan centralizes operations for two gigawatts of plant capacity. Utilizing Meteocontrol's VCOM software, it enhances data control, optimizes production, and improves reporting for better decision-making and higher investor returns.

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ZYC Portal

An all-in-one tool for remote monitoring and management

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ZYC Energy has recently introduced ZYC Portal, a platform designed to streamline remote monitoring and management of ZYC Energy Storage Systems.

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Intersolar 2024

Self-sufficient surveillance of solar parks against theft and sabotage

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As part of The smarter E Europe, LivEye presents an energy self-sufficient monitoring system and a security solution that can be permanently installed to protect solar parks.

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Collaboration

Chemitek Solar and SolarCleano jointly exhibit at Intersolar

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Chemitek Solar and SolarCleano have announced their collaborative participation at Intersolar Europe 2024, alongside their ambassadors. The event will take place in Munich from June 19th to 21st, 2024.

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BayWa r.e. - 3E

Cooperation for monitoring and analyzing the global PV portfolio

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BayWa r.e. and the Belgian technology company 3E have signed a strategic partnership agreement. BayWa r.e. has chosen 3E's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform SynaptiQ as its new monitoring and analytics system for all solar plants and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

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Secondsol

New blog explains error patterns and damage in second-hand PV modules

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What causes the brown colouration of the EVA films? How do hotspots occur in the module and what can be done? Why do microcracks and cell breakage occur? How can they be recognised and what measures should be taken? How do you recognise delamination?

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Austria

Koga Energy launches its EPC solution services

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Koga Energy, the Austria based Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) solutions provider, has officially launched, providing services for solar energy projects across Europe.

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Artificial Intelligence

Inion develops AI tool to enhance solar power plant efficiency

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Knowing how much energy a solar power plant will generate is essential to its operator. This is especially true with larger solar power plants: electricity suppliers need to establish how much energy they are capable of producing.

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DNV 

Call for predictive maintenance in the PV industry 

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DNV has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to prompt a significant leap forward in maintenance practices in the solar PV industry.

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Solar monitoring

Sungrow launches new version of its monitoring system

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Sungrow has recently upgraded its iSolarCloud App. As a management and monitoring system, the offers lifecycle management for photovoltaic and energy storage plants, including data collection, plant monitoring as well as operation and maintenance (O&M).

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Reiling

New centre for solar module recycling in Münster, Germany

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The waste management company Reiling is expanding its capacities to recycle old silicon-based modules. Up to 50,000 tonnes a year are dismantled and processed there, also to recover silicon or silver.

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Scientific paper

What real-world efficiency gains come from anti-soiling coatings?

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The Green Energy Park, in collaboration with Chemitek Solar, a Portuguese company for anti-soiling solutions for PV modules, has conducted outdoor testing of these. The results have now been published in a scientific journal.

Maintenance

Thermal imaging cameras with new attachments

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The VS290 videoscope family of thermal imagers from Flir is getting two additional kits and probe attachments: The VS290-33 with MSX improves usability for inspection of underground utilities and applications.

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Maintenance

Thermal imaging cameras with new attachments

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The VS290 videoscope family of thermal imagers from Flir is getting two additional kits and probe attachments: The VS290-33 with MSX improves usability for inspection of underground utilities and applications.

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Solar panel cleaning

Chemitek enters the US market with its liquid solar panel cleaning solution

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The Portuguese company Chemitek has entered the North American market with its solutions for removing contaminants from and protecting solar panels, making their energy production more efficient.

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Maintenance

Thermal imaging module for smartphones

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Weighing only 26 grams, the Mini1 is a lightweight and cost-effective thermal imaging camera module for inspecting electrical equipment and solar systems.

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Poland

Nomad Electric: High-tech monitoring center for the supervision of 800MW

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Polish EPC Nomad Electric opened a new high-tech monitoring center to manage its growing portfolio of solar parks efficiently and ensure their proper operation.

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Maintenance

Thermal imaging module for smartphones

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Weighing only 26 grams, the Mini1 is a lightweight and cost-effective thermal imaging camera module for inspecting electrical equipment and solar systems.