A SmartSolo environmental monitoring station equipped with Kipp & Zonen radiometer and NHGZQ80 solar tracker was installed to determine the solar energy resources available on site. In order to alert cities when the wind is too strong to operate solar panels safely, the station measures and collects direct and diffuse solar radiation data on global, as well as other parameters such as wind speed and wind direction. 

SmartSolo provides data collection, hosting, quality control and reporting for the site through data services. According to a predetermined collection interval, Data Dervices collects data remotely through a cellular modem and uploads the data to the SmartSolo Cloud server. The quality control has been provided to ensure data quality and integrity. The data is then compiled into a monthly report to help CMH and NRCan check the effectiveness of this station.

SmartSolo MS8008 solar observation system is a standard meteorological environment monitoring station designed and produced according to the meteorological observation standards of WMO and IEC standards. At the same time, it also meets the requirements of GB / T19964 "Technical Provisions for Photovoltaic Power Generation access to Power System" and Q / GDW11000 "Specification for Information Exchange of Grid Connected Dispatching and Operation of Photovoltaic Power Stations".

The meteorological data that the system can monitor include: environmental temperature, environmental humidity, wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, tilted total solar radiation, horizontal total solar radiation, horizontal direct solar radiation, horizontal solar scattering radiation, albedo radiation, backplane temperature, peak sunshine hours and other meteorological data. It has the characteristics of stable performance, high detection accuracy and unattended operation, which can meet the requirements of meteorological observation.

Product features

1. Real-time data monitoring: Various meteorological data can be collected and analyzed, including environmental temperature, environmental humidity, wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, tilted total solar radiation, horizontal total solar radiation, horizontal direct solar radiation, horizontal solar scattered radiation, backplane temperature, peak sunshine hours and GPS time, solar altitude angle, solar azimuth, sunrise time, sunset time and other monitoring data.

2. Multifunctional Integrated Data Collector: The built-in high-performance MCU and data acquisition chip can collect data with high efficiency and high fidelity; the built-in high-precision GPS module can accurately correct the acquisition time and carry out high-precision positioning; the built-in 32GB memory card backs up data to ensure that the data is safe.

3. Wireless data transmission: Built-in WIFI, BLE and Ethernet capabilities, and external 4G/5G cellular networks and other communication functions (such as VSAT/LoRa/ digital radio), data can be easily obtained anytime and anywhere.

4. Smart data operation and maintenance: Advanced cloud computing technology is adopted to transmit data to the platform through Ethernet or wireless network technology, the operation and maintenance level data monitoring and data early warning analysis are carried out.

5. Self-calibration sensitivity: the accuracy of radiation data plays an important role in guiding and analyzing the power generation of photovoltaic power station. According to the requirements of JJG 458-1996 total radiation meter issued by National Meteorological Measurement Station, the accuracy of solar radiation sensor needs to be calibrated for at least two years. The SmartSolo MS8008 solar observation system can realize automatic calibration and automatic correction of field radiation data ensuring the accuracy of radiation data observation.

6. Global Tracker: we have global adaptive automatic sun tracker for direct radiation sensor and scattering radiation sensor. The tracker can be used in the global range of less than 60 ° south latitude and less than 60 ° north latitude, and the operating temperature range is - 40 ~ 60 ℃.