Solar Monitoring Stations ACCIONA’s Palma del Río I & II CSP Plants

Content P3: Sun Trackers and their Applications used instruments: 2AP, SOLYS 2 P4: How to Measure Photovoltaic Performance used instruments: CMP 22 P6: Visit to China Meteorological Administration used instruments: 2AP, CMP 21, CHP 1, CVF 3 P8: Solar Resource Assessments in South Africa for Concentrated Solar Power Developers used instruments: SOLYS 2, CMP 6, CHP 1 P9: SOLYS 2 Sun Tracker in the Pyrenees used instruments: SOLYS 2, CMP 21, CHP 1, CVF 3 P10: Monitoring Solar Radiation to improve Photovoltaic Efficiency used instruments: SOLYS 2, CMP 21, CHP 1, CVF 3 P11: SOLYS 2 Sun Tracker at CNIM’s...

Sun Trackers and their Applications Solar radiation is normally measured using a pyranometer that sees the whole hemisphere above it, the ‘global’ solar radiation. However, it is often necessary to accurately measure the ‘direct’ radiation coming only from the sun. This is done by a pyrheliometer that has a view slightly larger than the sun and its aureole and does not see the rest of the sky. The new Kipp & Zonen SOLYS 2 Sun Tracker is proving to be a major success and we are increasing production to keep up with demand. It is the only fully automatic sun tracker that does not require a computer...

How to Measure Photovoltaic Performance Albarubens S.r.l. is a test laboratory, located near Milan in Italy, that specialises in Solar Energy systems. The company name means ‘red sunrise’ in ancient Latin. Albarubens performs testing and certification of PV panels for power plant projects, which are used to help decision making by the project managers. The laboratory is accredited under IEC 17025 for all the performance and endurance tests on photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, as described in the standards IEC EN 61215 (crystalline silicon), IEC EN 61646 (thin film) and IEC EN 61730-2 (safety aspects)....

Usually Albarubens performs measurements using a Kipp & Zonen CMP 11 pyranometer Most manufacturers of PV modules carry out performance Usually Albarubens performs measurements using a Kipp & tests using a ‘solar simulator’ based on a Xenon flash lamp Zonen CMP 11 pyranometer as the absolute irradiance and an electronic load with power meter. The main advantage meter, plus a reference PV module for comparison. The of testing in artificial conditions is the possibility to work at pyranometer calibration is traceable to the World Radiation any time and independently of the weather conditions. Also,...

Visit to China Meteorological Administration After our International Sales Meeting in Penang, Malaysia Kipp & Zonen Business Managers Clive Lee and Ruud Ringoir visited the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) at their headquarters in Beijing and at their research centre and BSRN station in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia. The visit was organized with considerable help from Joe Zhou, General Manager of our Chinese distributor Beijing Techno Solutions Ltd. Kipp & Zonen instruments at Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia Kipp & Zonen instruments at Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia CMA has a large quantity of Kipp &...

A 2AP sun tracker with shading ball assembly is fitted with a CHP 1 pyrheliometer to measure the direct radiation and ventilated CMP 21 pyranometers for global and diffuse measurement. A ventilated CGR 4 measures the downwards infrared radiation. Alongside the tracker is a short mast with a UVS-AB-T and a PAR Lite, for UVA, UVB and Photosynthetically Active Radiation. A suitable distance away to avoid shadows is a 30 m mast with downwards facing CMP 21 and CGR 4 for reflected radiation and upwards infrared. This means that all four net radiation components are measured and albedo can be calculated....

The Department of Energy of the South African Government has established a target for renewable energy production to reach 10,000 GWh by December 2013. Of this, 6,000 GWh is expected to come from mainstream on-grid electricity generation. In order to meet the remaining 4,000 GWh of the target, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) published in March 2009 a Renewable Energy Feed-In Tarif (REFIT) to 8 encourage investment in developing technologies, as follows: • Wind: 1.25 ZAR/kWh • Small hydroelectric: 0.94 ZAR/kWh • Landfill gas: 0.90 ZAR/kWh • Concentrating solar: 2.10 ZAR/kWh...

In February 2010 the first solar radiation measurement station was installed. This uses a Kipp & Zonen SOLYS 2 sun tracker, a CHP 1 pyrheliometer, two CMP 6 pyranometers and a Campbell Scientific CR800 data logger to measure direct, diffuse and global solar radiation. A second station was installed in May, comprising two CMP 6 pyranometers and a CM 121 shadow ring. The installation will be expanded in July by adding a CHP 1 pyrheliometer, a SOLYS 2 sun tracker, a Campbell Scientific CR1000 data logger and a 10 m meteorology mast with anemometer, wind vane, temperature, humidity and barometric...

Monitoring Solar Radiation to improve Photovoltaic Efficiency The limited supply and rising prices of traditional energy sources, together with the increasing awareness of climate change and ‘Carbon Footprint’ costs, have resulted in rapid development of alternative energy sources, in particular solar and wind energy. will indicate the need for cleaning the panels. Kipp & Zonen CMP pyranometers provide accurate and reliable measurements for PV monitoring. Pyranometers are also used for checking PV panels and cells under laboratory conditions. Because CMP pyranometers are specified up to 80 °C...

SOLYS 2 Sun Tracker at CNIM’s Solar Concentrator Module Originally named Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée, CNIM has an active environmental division that specialises in energy production from the treatment of household and industrial waste and biomass. Now the company is expanding into Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems. CNIM designs, develops and produces turn-key solutions. In July 2010 their prototype CSP module was installed at La Seyne sur Mer in the South of France. 11 The concentrator module uses Fresnel mirror technology that On July 26th 2010 CNIM inaugurated its solar...