Remote condition monitoring for photovoltaic systems

Abstract

The development of newer and more ecofriendly energies is now more important in the world. Solar energy has been growing considerably over the last years, and, for example, photovoltaic solar farms size has increased, where the problems in operation and maintenance also has raised. Automated inspection is being applied with emerging hardware and software technologies such as computer vision, unmanned aerial vehicles and thermal cameras. This chapter illustrates an integration of all these technologies, coming up with an effective solution for the detection of malfunctioning solar panels in large solar parks