Solar energy solutions

The foundation of solar power plant success

Accurate solar irradiance and weather data are critical for selecting sites, sizing systems, and optimizing yields, benefiting investors, financial planners, and grid operators alike. 

The data is important in every phase of solar resource assessment: 

• preliminary site assessment to resource measurement
• data collection and analysis
• energy yield assessment
• documentation.

Insight and efficiency

Vaisala’s solar development solutions provide crucial insights without adding significant costs or complexity. From highly accurate present-weather sensing to historical solar resource data, we give developers what they need to ensure project success in difficult solar markets.

Applications include:

• Site prospection
• Solar resources assessment
• PV plant design/technology selection
• Repowering

Deliver on a project’s potential

Construction and commissioning can be the most intense phases for solar projects. Vaisala provides a wide range of measurements and data services across key applications — ensuring that projects deliver on their potential and operators can succeed long-term.

Applications include:

• Construction planning
• Worker safety
• Power performance testing

Performance for the long-term

Operationsand life management are increasingly important phases in solar energy. Vaisala’s unrivaled weather technologies and forecasting data allows solar stakeholders to manage solar investments confidently — and keep assets and people protected.

Key applications:

• Power performance monitoring
• Asset management and protection
• Retrofit and performance increase
• O&M planning and worker safety
• Minutes/hour/day ahead forecasting
• Asset performance analysis/seasonal outlook