Vaisala has launched an automatic weather station for the solar industry.
The AWS810 Solar Edition is an IEC-compliant weather station that enables a combination of solar irradiance and key weather parameter measurements.
The device is purpose-built to be operated for a solar plant’s entire operational life span.
“The 360-degree, always-on monitoring and analytic capabilities combined with the modular design delivers a robust and scalable performance that optimises operations at any point in the solar power plant life cycle – from development, construction, and commissioning to operations and life cycle management,” said head of renewable energy at Vaisala Davy Theophile.
“This empowers our customers to meet their greatest renewable energy challenges and cements our position as the trusted partner to help them navigate the quest to efficiently and sustainably fuel the planet.”
The AWS810 Solar Edition continuously measures global, diffuse, and reflected solar irradiation and all key weather parameters, including wind speed, wind direction, ambient and PV module temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure.
The IEC 61724-1:2021-compliant design, remote diagnostics, and easy-to-deploy-and-use weather station requires minimal resources to set up, operate, and maintain throughout the solar power plant’s lifetime, reducing costs.
Efficient self-diagnostic and network sensor monitoring enables users to manage and control networks remotely, while the solution’s extensive built-in data validation further improves the data quality and maintenance efficiency with end-to-end network management security.
The flexible weather station can expand to meet specific solar power plant needs, including seamless data connectivity with SCADA systems and cloud-based asset management platforms.
The AWS810 Solar Edition is “primed to go beyond the standard” with the optional analytics and insights related to historical satellite-derived solar data, real-time lightning data, and solar energy forecasts.