Iot Based Real Time Monitoring of Solar Power Plant

Shaurya Gautam

Shaurya Gautam Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Velammal Engineering College, Chennai

Abstract

The Internet of Things is used in solar power generation to improve the functioning, monitoring, performance, and maintenance of solar power plants. The method is to monitor the dust in the solar panel to achieve maximum power. Using IoT technology, it monitors solar panel loads using data for remote users. The application can obtain data on current and past average matrices such as voltage, temperature, and current. The cost of renewable energy equipment is reducing globally due to technological advances, which are promoting solar plant installations on a large scale. The discussion in this paper focuses on a cost-effective solar power plant monitoring approach based on IoT. It also monitors voltage and current intensity and dust. In addition to tracking, it identifies faults and provides historical analysis of the area.

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