Satellite-monitoring system for remote PV-systems

A major part of autonomous renewable applications - such as PV - are electricity supplies regions with no grid, no telephone coverage, an with difficult accessibility. Commonly systems I regions are, supervised by yearly visits in conjunction with a data logger. Over the lifetime of a system costs for supervision often significantly exceeds cost of the system itself. Response tin maintenance, repair and product improvements is poor To overcome these disadvantages a data c transmission system using Brazilian satellites v up in this project: It is - compatible to the A protocol, facilitates small transmitters and has equatorial coverage. The satellite data is transferred ftp from the ground station in to the Internet server of the PV-Labs at UFRJ in Rio, and is published from there worldwide via WWW. The advantages are manifold: Sponsors (NGOs, World Bank, national foundations, public etc.) have an immediate access to the projects, ("Where did my money go?"), manufacturers can use the data to improve their products, and last but not least - the online monitoring system provokes more public interest in the PV area.