Iot Based Solar PV Remote Monitoring System

Abstract

The cost of renewable energy technology is decreasing, promoting large-scale solar photovoltaic installations around the world. The majority of the installations serve as backup power sources. The majority of these are placed in inaccessible locales ranging from a rooftop to a desert. Hence they are in need of sophisticated method to monitor the solar plant using wide area networks. In this work, we will explore an Internet Of Things (IOT) Technology-based solar photovoltaic monitoring system that uses a Node MCU controller to wirelessly transport data collected in production, allowing access to solar plant data from anywhere on the planet over the internet. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of intelligently connected devices and frameworks that connect and communicate with a variety of machines, environments, objects, and infrastructures, and radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensor network technologies will rise to meet this new challenge. The embedded programming includes solar power tracking for increased efficiency, as well as automatic tilting of the panel in response to light intensity. This helps to overcome the disadvantage of power loss over time. All of these approaches are contained in a controller that communicates with a Node MCU module to send data over the internet..This aids in the provision of real-time information regarding solar photovoltaic power generation, which improves panel performance, monitoring, and maintenance of the solar plant, as well as providing a record of all data at predetermined intervals. Solar energy is a clean, abundant, and simple to use source of energy. Solar energy is growing increasingly popular, despite its unreliability.With sophisticated monitoring and control systems, these sources of energy are becoming more reliable, and in a few years, they may fully replace conventional sources.