SuryaLogix Installs Weather Monitoring System for 300 MW Solar Project in Karnataka

SuryaLogix Installs Weather Monitoring System for 300 MW Solar Project in Karnataka

Pune-based product development company in the field of renewables has installed a Weather Monitoring System (WMS) for a 300 MWp solar power plant with multiple sensors with tripod mounting arrangement in Karnataka. The project was commissioned by CleanMax.

The WMS installed by SuryaLogix offers features such as remote and local monitoring, multiple sensors configured, centralized monitoring, deemed generation and curtailment calculation among others. The Weather Monitoring Station can be interfaced with multiple types of sensors and is equipped with the internet. It also boasts of temperature, wind humidity and rain gauge sensors.

Gaps in the Indian Sensor OEM Market for Solar Projects 

Anil Suradkar, Chief Strategy Officer at SuryaLogix tells Saur Energy that the Indian WMS market is fraught with challenges. To begin with, Indian solar developers are dependent on European technology, especially when it comes to repairs of sensors- a market that India lacks. He further informs that while there is a provision for warranty for the sensors on paper, in reality, it is absent. Oftentimes, solar developers, left with no choice, end up buying new sensors because the OEMs refuse to repair faulty ones since the repair costs are equivalent to the new sensors. He adds that there are just a few representatives delving into sensor repairs pan-India.

SuryaLogix, he says, addresses this challenge by offering repair services on sensors lying in the warehouses of solar developer firms. The repairs on sensors are 30% below the cost of new sensors. He says that in the last few months, SuryaLogix has recaliberated sensors that were discarded. He also suggests that India, just like Europe, should set up its own indigenous repair market for sensors, so that developers do not end up buying new ones when the older ones can be repaired. India must have repair centres, he insists, where the repair costs should be fixed at at least 30% to 40% lower than new sensors. At the same time, pressure must be exerted by solar developers on OEMs to establish an ecosystem for sensor repairs.