Newsletter 43 RT1 update A pyranometer to support Solar Racing Groningen Energy balance studies in India with LAS MkII India invests in bankable solar energy projects China’s second PV Pioneer Project Pyranometer and satellite, how to combine the data

P2: Column Improving the customer experience P3: RT1 update P4: A pyranometer to support Solar Racing Groningen in their World Solar Challenge 2017 P6: Energy balance studies in India with LAS MkII P8: India invests in bankable solar energy projects P10: China’s second PV Pioneer Project P11: Pyranometer and satellite, how to combine the data A new sales manager for the US team: welcome Damon! Fairs & Events Contact If you have a news item for the newsletter or want to share your experiences with Kipp & Zonen applications and contribute to our next issues, please e-mail the editor: [email protected]...

update The first RT1 systems have left our factory and are now Zonen very early, when we installed the products at our installed in the field. RT1 can play a crucial role in monitoring commercial and industrial rooftop projects. the efficiency of commercial-scale rooftop solar panel installations. It provides the real-time local irradiance and The new RT1 however, has great advantages over the Second PV panel temperature measurements that you need to Class SMP3 and CMP3; its price position, the ease of mounting derive the performance ratio, and thus the return on it on variable tilt roofs as well...

A pyranometer to support Solar Racing Groningen in their World Solar Challenge 2017 By Ray Blokker, Solar Racing Groningen Pyranometer supporting Solar Racing Groningen The Solar Racing Groningen team attended the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2017, not as competitors but as observers. Since the team is going to participate in the 2019 race, it is crucial to get as much knowledge as possible before heading to this race. We brought a SMP11-V pyranometer with us to Australia to prepare for 2019. The Groningen team is not the first Dutch team to use a directed the pyranometers towards the sun...

Additionally, the collected irradiance data during the race is last day when the observed average was around 700 W/m2, of critical value for our building process, it will help us interestingly the irradiance peak still did not exceed the third determine which type of solar panels to use and at which day. Finally, after some analysis, we were able to determine angles to place the individual cells. Analysis of the data what was the average irradiance fluctuation during the race revealed that the average solar irradiance during this race and this gave us a number to consider when choosing was around...

Energy balance studies in India with LAS MkII By Vinay Sehgal, Professor & Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi & Keith Wilson, Atmospheric Scientist, Kipp & Zonen 3 years ago the Indian Institute of Remote Sciences (IIRS), Dehradun in collaboration with the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi chose the Kipp & Zonen LAS MkII to conduct studies in Energy Balance. Now their research results have been published in the Journal of Earth System Science (1). A large aperture scintillometer (LAS) is an open-path...

respectively for the scintillometer. Leaf area index had a significantly positive correlation with latent heat flux (R2 = 0.80) while a significantly negative correlation with sensible heat flux (R2 = -0.79). Soil moisture had a significant negative correlation with sensible heat flux (R2 = -0.68). The average evapotranspiration from cropland was 1.58 mm of water depth per day and total evapotranspiration was 543 mm over the twelve months study period, most of this falling during the monsoon period (July to September). This study shows that the LAS MkII is a robust instrument, which can evaluate energy...

India invests in bankable solar energy projects By Robin Sharma, MeaTech Solutions

With a rapidly growing need for power in India and the development of new technologies, solar energy has become the fastest expanding form of new energy production. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, an initiative of the Indian Government, has targeted 100 GW of the country’s national power to be through solar sources by the year 2022. Array (POA) lrradiance, along with other parameters, to calculate performance ratio, power loss, or to validate the historical satellite or modelled data sets. Pyranometers have different accuracy and specification classes, as defined by International Standards...

China’s second China’s solar energy capacity continues to grow explosively. In 2017 about 54 GW was planned to be put in place. The forecast for 2018 is said to be 55 GW. One of the largest solar power plants is in Datong with a capacity of 1,000 MW so far and will grow to 3 GW in the next coming phases. Already, they have 13 Kipp & Zonen solar monitoring stations running in Datong, installed by Beijing Solarsky Technology, to maximize the efficiency of the energy yield of this PV Pioneer Project. In 2017 a second PV Pioneer Project was deployed in Ruicheng and again monitored with Kipp & Zonen...

As the leading manufacturer of pyranometers we know our instruments are highly accurate and reliable and the best way to measure solar irradiance. However, we do get questions about satellite data and its quality. To be honest, satellite data can be very good. But, which to choose? Or even better; why choose? Together with 3E we have written a whitepaper to discuss 0 the differences between ground measurements with pyranometers and satellite derived solar irradiance data free whitepaper. // A new sales manager for the US team: welcome Damon! We are happy to introduce you to our new colleague...

Irradiance measurements for PV plants: satellite or pyranometer? A new blog with a link to download a white paper about this frequently asked question that we developed together with 3E. https://hubs.ly/H09qf040 Almost ready for doors to open @theAGU find us at booth #638 for an update on our new developments a new way of monitoring commercial rooftop PV Drop your business card Stop by one of our partners this week @IntersolarIndia and win a free RT1 rooftop PV monitoring solution Thank you visitors of #intersolarindia2017 last week in #mumbai we will soon annonce the winner of the RT1 competition...