Monitoring PV for public education [RE-wrenches]

[Ian Woofenden, Home Power]

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Hi Drake,

Do you have a package for sale? Details?

I see a real need for a simple, economical system to monitor 
insolation, wind speed, and RE watt-hour sources separately. I looked 
for something for an upcoming SEI wind install here and the quotes I 
got were in the range of 1/4 the total system cost (!). I think that 
a company with a moderately priced system that the average homeowner 
can use and understand easily will have some customers.

Ian


>Hi Graham,
>
>I've developed some methods for doing this using relatively 
>inexpensive equipment.  The equipment will automatically send 
>information to an ISP, which can be downloaded into Excel or 
>specialized graphing programs.
>
>Best,
>
>Drake
>
>At 10:15 AM 9/29/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>Fellow Wrenches,
>>
>>I am bidding on a six kW grid tie system with Sunny Boy inverters for a
>>city in the L.A. area.  The city wants easy to understand graphics and
>>interfaces to allow for monitoring system performance on the internet.
>>This information will be made available for the public and more
>>importantly school kids.
>>
>>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Graham Owen
>>GO Solar Company
>>www.solarexpert.com

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