Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with solar energy production & efficiency.
Cheap. Renewable. Great for the planet and your organization’s net zero commitments (and electricity bills).
Solar power has many benefits. And the huge leaps in solar energy production technology over the past few years mean there’s never been a better time to invest in solar installations, especially if your organization depends on power-hungry data centers and other network components to run smoothly.
The catch is that manufacturers’ and installers’ solar panel monitoring systems, with their basic features and lack of granularity, aren’t fit for enterprise requirements.
Paessler PRTG combines in-depth, real-time performance monitoring capabilities and powerful automations for effortless troubleshooting, capacity planning, and optimization in one simple, user-friendly interface. That means it’s easy to use your resources more effectively, improve energy efficiency, and slash your electric bill without adding to your already long to-do list.
With our solar energy production monitoring solution Paessler PRTG, you can easily maintain the efficiency of your solar energy production system. Measure, for example, how much energy the system produces and consumes, identify malfunctions, and provide quick solutions to troubleshoot them.
Diagnose energy efficiency by continuously tracking your solar energy production hardware and the amount of generated energy. Show power production data, energy use, energy output, panel output, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to optimize your energy management and troubleshoot issues with your solar system's performance and health.
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Often, solar equipment manufacturers themselves provide basic monitoring through a mobile or web platform as part of their products.
The same goes for solar equipment installers, who sometimes offer monitoring software that is an upgraded version of what the equipment manufacturers provide.
However, the monitoring data you get from this software is often limited and it usually does not support real-time monitoring. Moreover, there are no alerting and reporting functionalities.
Our PRTG solar energy production monitor is a powerful and easy-to-use monitoring software that lets you monitor the operation of solar panels in real time, create reports, and configure automatic notifications in case the system does not work as expected.
It comes with additional, built-in features that allow you to make the monitoring process simpler and more convenient, control energy consumption, and provide powerful tools for data analysis and visualization.
With PRTG, you can rest assured that your solar energy generation system runs smoothly at all times.
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”
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Combining PRTG’s broad monitoring feature set with IP Fabric’s automated network assurance creates a new level of network visibility and reliability.
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Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with solar energy production & efficiency.
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Solar energy is renewable energy obtained from the sun. It can be converted, for example, into heat or electrical energy. Solar technologies can be used for a variety of domestic, commercial, or industrial purposes such as heating water or powering company buildings, plants, and data centers.
Solar energy is environmentally friendly and you can generate it nearly everywhere where there is enough sunlight, for example, by installing solar arrays on the roof of a building that you want to power with solar energy.
Solar monitoring systems are pieces of software that measure and calculate data on the energy production of a solar energy system so that you’re able to evaluate its efficiency. The monitoring tool gets data from a so-called inverter that is usually installed simultaneously with solar panels.
With a solar energy monitoring system, you can monitor the performance of your solar energy production system, detect problems early, and maintain the highest energy efficiency of your solar panels.
It is very important to monitor the production of solar energy, as it allows you, for example, to determine how efficient the solar panels are and whether they are working at their best.
With a monitoring tool, you can immediately identify changes in the performance of your solar energy system and find and eliminate malfunctions.
The solar energy production monitoring tool requires hardware connected to the solar panels, software, and an internet connection.
The monitoring tool reads the data coming from so-called solar inverters. These inverters have a built-in technology that calculates the efficiency of the panels in converting solar energy into electricity. The hardware also measures solar radiation and other weather data, making it possible to note changes in energy production and provide detailed data on energy consumption.
The collected data is transmitted via the internet to the monitoring software, for example PRTG, where it is visualized in real time and stored for analysis.
PRTG is a reliable, powerful, and easy-to-use monitoring solution that allows you to monitor all performance indicators of your solar panels in a single central system. PRTG is easy to install and configure and has an intuitive user interface and structured dashboards that make it easy and convenient to view and analyze monitoring data.
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.
Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.
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