Newsletter 30 is out!
Published: Friday, October 10, 2014
Yet another newsletter filled with applications of Kipp & Zonen instruments on various locations around the world. In this issue you can read more about the project of K.A.CARE to develop a highly accurate solar atlas for a region with enormous solar energy potential: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Other interesting topics are a network of weather stations in Mexico, an informative insight on weather monitoring from Campbell Scientific Canada and a report on the latest Brewer intercomparison.
SMP10. Smarter measurement with low maintenance
This newsletter starts off with the introduction of our new product; the SMP10 pyranometer. The SMP10 will be launched at the Meteorological Technology World Expo in Brussels (21-23 October 2014). Simultaneously it will be released at the Solar Power International in Las Vegas and after that at Intersolar India in Mumbai (18-20 November). But you can already read about it in newsletter 30!
A solar atlas for Saudi Arabia
Our French colleague Kamal Sabra and our CEO Foeke Kuik recently visited the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE). They report back from their visit and explain the usage and details of our solar monitoring stations in the development of a solar atlas for Saudi Arabia.
Data acquisition specifically designed for utility scale solar farm weather monitoring
If you are in solar energy you will recognize the problem of variability in consistency of power generation. Campbell Scientific Canada has installed a lot of weather stations at solar farms, for example in Ontario, complying with the Independent Electrical System Operator (IESO) requirements.
CMP11 in Automatic Weather Stations in Mexico
The variety of climates in Mexico is closely monitored and analysed by the Servicio Meteorología Nacional (SMN) by means of a network of 136 weather stations. Solar radiation is a key parameter that is measured by the CMP 11 pyranometer at every station. The staff of the Solar Radiation Section (SRS) of the Instituto de Geofísica of the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) is now able to calibrate all these pyranometers themselves according to ISO-9846:1993.
Brewer intercomparison in Arosa
Kipp & Zonen participates in every annual Brewer intercomparison and this year the Intercomparison took place in Arosa, Switzerland. Our new colleagues Alexander and Pavel took the Kipp & Zonen factory reference Brewer as well as our travelling reference to Arosa to make sure they have a reliable, traceable calibration.
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