How the solar eclipse challenged the electricity grid in La Réunion

On September 1st, 2016, Reunion Island was on the front row to witness an extraordinary astronomical show: an annular eclipse. How did this rare event impact the photovoltaic generation, and the management of the local power grid? The Moon gradually blotted out the Sun in the morning of September 1st, successively casting its shadow from Equatorial Africa to the south of the Indian Ocean. Located

PV system performance monitoring: the importance of data

The deafening silence in the aisle of a photovoltaic plant contrasts with the bustle which reigns in a gas, oil or coal power plant. Failures and technical issues are silent, which empowers the data monitoring system: one must be able to detect any anomaly involving a loss of production to fix it. Disruptions might have different origins: a tree or a cable which shade

Reuniwatt and SOLARC launch their joint product S3G during EU PVSEC 2014

SOLARC, leading innovative solar product vendor and Reuniwatt, solar power production forecasting pioneer are proud to announce they are launching a joint product named S3G during the 2014 edition of EU PVSEC, in Amsterdam. Reuniwatt is an expert in solar power forecasting, thanks to its unique and patented decision-making tool, Soleka. SOLARC has a proven expertise in the design and manufacturing of solar reference cells

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