maintenance

Professional cable routing is paramount for the safety and efficiency of photovoltaic systems. Improperly installed cables can result in performance losses, short circuits and in the worst case fire.

The birds and other animals that take shelter under solar panels can quickly lead to noise, mess and serious system damage. How can this challenge be addressed without creating new issues elsewhere? Our expert Michael Mattstedt explains in part two on our feathered fiends.

Negligence and errors during installation, whether due to ignorance, time pressure or unsuitable materials, are among the most common causes of damage and performance loss in photovoltaic systems.

A well-installed rooftop PV system should run smoothly. Nesting birds and other animals pose a genuine safety and fire risk. Our expert Michael Mattstedt outlines the issue and offers practicable solutions in part one on our feathered fiends.

Photovoltaic systems represent an essential component of the energy transition. As investments, operators naturally expect regular returns. This makes technical defects and damage all the more vexing – in particular when they are the result of avoidable mistakes.

SolarPower Europe has launched an updated ‘Operation & Maintenance: Best Practice Guidelines Version 6.0,’ to maximise the operational efficiency of PV power plants. It was presented at the Solar Quality Summit Europe Barcelona, co-organised with Intersolar.

SolarEdge has unveiled SolarEdge Go, an app designed to streamline solar installations and site management. It integrates commissioning, monitoring, and servicing tools while introducing remote diagnostics and fleet management features for enhanced efficiency.

Providers of web-enabled solutions for solar PV monitoring, smart energy and feed-in management, Solar-Log have a new CEO: The former CSO Jörg Niche.

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.

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).

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

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?

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

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.

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

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).