Solar radiation measurement stations

The exact measurement of the local energy resource is state of the art in wind power to asses the potential  energy yield – and it gets more and more common for solar power, too. Especially for large scale solar power plants an accurate measurement of the actual radiation conditions on site is highly recommended to reduce the financial risk of the large investment needed to build multi-megawatt solar power plants.

Especially for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and large Photo-Voltaic (PV) power plants it is vital to determine the ratio of direct and diffuse radiation: while CSP power plants can only use direct radiation (the light that comes directly from the sun, without any reflection or refraction), PV power plants can generate power from both, direct radiation and diffuse radiation (the part of the light that is reflected from aerosols, clouds etc), but the solar panels have to be aligned according to the ratio of direct and diffuse radiation.

An accurate measurement reduces the financial risk especially for large projects. Ge:Net offers customized solar radiation measurement stations with high quality sensors for the most accurate measurement of the local solar radiation conditions.