Glossary
MPP
The MPP (maximum power point) represents the combination of voltage and current at which a solar module delivers its maximum output (= product of voltage and current), as this is not constant but rather changes depending on the temperature and varying radiation conditions. When monitoring PV systems, the aim is to continually operate the system at the ideal MPP and optimise its output. An MPP tracker is one device used to achieve this.
MPP
The MPP (maximum power point) represents the combination of voltage and current at which a solar module delivers its maximum output (= product of voltage and current), as this is not constant but rather changes depending on the temperature and varying radiation conditions. When monitoring PV systems, the aim is to continually operate the system at the ideal MPP and optimise its output. An MPP tracker is one device used to achieve this.
Technical management
Even though solar panels are very durable and low-maintenance due to their lack of wear parts and consumable materials, the components still require ongoing attention. Faults and defects can crop up either during the initial installation or in the course of ongoing operation. Deteriorations in plant performance also occur on a regular basis. Technical management, which is one of the two components of the overall management system (in addition to commercial management) is responsible for ensuring that the PV system functions flawlessly. Faults and defects are detected and remedied as a result. Technical management is essentially indispensable for the professional operation of solar parks. Up until now, this wasn’t affordable in the private sector, but is now becoming commonplace there as well due to progressive development in the field of PV monitoring.
Technical management
Even though solar panels are very durable and low-maintenance due to their lack of wear parts and consumable materials, the components still require ongoing attention. Faults and defects can crop up either during the initial installation or in the course of ongoing operation. Deteriorations in plant performance also occur on a regular basis. Technical management, which is one of the two components of the overall management system (in addition to commercial management) is responsible for ensuring that the PV system functions flawlessly. Faults and defects are detected and remedied as a result. Technical management is essentially indispensable for the professional operation of solar parks. Up until now, this wasn’t affordable in the private sector, but is now becoming commonplace there as well due to progressive development in the field of PV monitoring.
Ground-mounted PV system
Ground-mounted PV systems are primarily set up on large, level surfaces of ground in the open countryside and are designed as solar power plants. They are simpler to construct than rooftop installations and generally achieve better outputs than roof-mounted systems due to their specific structural configuration (they can be aligned in an ideal manner, and ventilation is better at the back of the modules). Ground-mounted PV systems are typically equipped with numerous inverters that bundle the currents from the modules – of which there are more than a thousand in some cases. Above all, ground-mounted PV systems serve to achieve steady outputs for the system’s investors. Ongoing monitoring and technical management are therefore particularly important for this type of PV systems.
Ground-mounted PV system
Ground-mounted PV systems are primarily set up on large, level surfaces of ground in the open countryside and are designed as solar power plants. They are simpler to construct than rooftop installations and generally achieve better outputs than roof-mounted systems due to their specific structural configuration (they can be aligned in an ideal manner, and ventilation is better at the back of the modules). Ground-mounted PV systems are typically equipped with numerous inverters that bundle the currents from the modules – of which there are more than a thousand in some cases. Above all, ground-mounted PV systems serve to achieve steady outputs for the system’s investors. Ongoing monitoring and technical management are therefore particularly important for this type of PV systems.
Planning
Take your monitoring concept into account starting in the system’s planning phase. Retrofitting a solution later on will cost more in almost all cases than if this was already included in the design phase.
Planning
Take your monitoring concept into account starting in the system’s planning phase. Retrofitting a solution later on will cost more in almost all cases than if this was already included in the design phase.
Photovoltaic
Compound of the Greek word ‘phos’ (light) and the name of physicist Alessandro Volta. This term describes the generation of electrical power from solar energy. Photovoltaic is abbreviated as ‘PV’.
Photovoltaic
Compound of the Greek word ‘phos’ (light) and the name of physicist Alessandro Volta. This term describes the generation of electrical power from solar energy. Photovoltaic is abbreviated as ‘PV’.