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2014 solar buyers guide

PERFORMANCE MONITORING

Draker
Apogee Instruments, Inc.
Draker has provided innovative monitoring,
management, and control solutions for com- Kipp & Zonen USA
Apogee Instruments manufactures high-quality,
mercial and utility-scale PV systems since silicon-cell pyranometers that are low-cost, durable,
1999. Draker’s products and services allow PV The CMP10 is a secondary standard pyra- accurate, and have excellent cosine response. Other
eGauge Systems
nometer that reduces maintenance and has
developers, owners, and operators to predict, Combining revenue-grade accuracy with a the best price and quality performance ratio products offered include sensors for measuring UV
measure, monitor, manage, and control their and PAR, spectroradiometers, infrared radiometers,
solar assets to increase yield and maximize real-time meter, datalogger, and web server, currently on the market. The secret of this new oxygen sensors, aspirated radiation shields, and
eGauge offers a unique approach to renewable development lies with the internal desiccant more.
proitability. Draker’s complete panel-to-grid energy monitoring. They provide customers
that doesn’t require inspection or replacement
solutions include data acquisition and control a tool that measures both energy production for at least 10 years. Kipp & Zonen provides www.apogeeinstruments.com
hardware, Clarity DC analytics, Intelligent Ar-
ray software, and a wide range of project and and consumption. eGauge makes it possible every CMP10 with a unique, ive-year warranty
to utilize a manager portal to actively monitor as standard.
ield-based services. installations and prevent failures, proit-loss, www.kippzonen.com
www.drakerenergy.com
and customer dissatisfaction—all with no

on-going service or support fees. The eGauge
monitoring system is capable of measuring up
to 12 conductors and three voltage phases, up
to 277 V to 480 V and 4800A.
Carlo Gavazzi
http://egauge.net
Carlo Gavazzi offers two Eos-Array Web modules:
VMU-C Web Server and VMU-W Cellular Wireless

Modem. They complement Eos-Array, which is dedi-
cated to the management, monitoring, and control
Moxa Americas Inc.
of systems for PV plants. Full monitoring of solar
Moxa’s UC-8100 Series computer makes it plants is accomplished by the combination of Carlo

easier for systems providers to offer a com- Gavazzi’s existing Eos-Array modules, along with
plete monitoring service for any and all of their the EOS-Web modules: VMU-C and VMU-W. VMU-S
remote ield devices. It acts as a compact, string-level monitoring module, VMU-P the environ-
highly lexible, vendor-agnostic datalogger that mental measurement module, and VMU-O the input/

connects inverters, string combiners, smart output module, handle measurements and control
meters, and other devices—transmitting data function split into independent modules. The VMU-
over Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or cellular. Moxa’s easy- C Web module, acting as a compact web server,
to-deploy software platform can collect this
gathers data from EOS-Array modules, inverters,
data from multiple locations, enabling man- and AC energy meters. VMU-C EOS-Web module, in
agement of the attached devices themselves. combination with Eos-Array, is capable of showing
www.moxa.com
eficiency yield graphs and handling information, ac-

cessible to users through a web browser.
www.gavazzionline.com

Yokogawa Corporation
Yokogawa Corporation of America provides com- Tomak Solar Energy
plete control, communication, and instrumenta-
Tomak Solar Energy offers a unique tracker inven-
tion systems for utility-scale solar applications. tion. The Heliotrope is a rotation system for mod-
Yokogawa’s HXS10 controller is speciically ules, which combines innovative solar tracking tech-
designed for controlling solar trackers with
embedded NREL Solar Positioning Algorithm, nology with an installation equipped with just one
engine. This solution signiicantly reduces the load
robust operating temperature (-20° C to +70°
on the main components of the system, mitigating
C), and extensive ield communication support. the risk of failures, which would entail additional
Since the HXS10 was designed for solar tracking
applications, it has a variety specialty inputs for technical maintenance and repairs. The Heliotrope
has achieved an optimal cost/performance ratio due
inclinometers and position feedback sensors, in- to its highly intelligent software.
cluding RS232, RS485, and high-speed pulse en- www.tokmaksolar.com.ua
coders, as well as full trigonometric functions for
calculating positions. A single HXS10 is capable

of controlling up to 20 axes for cost-effective
tracker deployments. Yokogawa’s turnkey control
systems include tracker control panels (LOCs),
Supervisory Control Systems (SCS), Distributed

Control Systems (DCS), communication net-
works, and ield instrumentation.
www.yokogawa.com

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