Plataforma Cloud para monitoreo remoto de sistemas fotovoltaicos aislados en el Ecuador

Abstract

Photovoltaic systems are typical renewable energy sources that generate electricity from solar radiation. Monitoring isolated PV systems is necessary to provide information that allows their holders to maintain, operate and control these systems, reducing installations costs and avoiding unwanted electric power disruptions in isolated areas. This paper propose a development of cloud-based platform for monitoring the isolated PV systems in Ecuador with the aim of develop an extreme scalable solution based on open source software, low consumption wireless sensors, and ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) paradigm to process, manage and publish the information for a Ecuadorian solar control center.