Fat Spaniel Technologies - Monitoring for Renewable Energy Systems

On January 29, 2008 in Links

Fat Spaniel Technologies has an online monitoring and reporting service for renewable energy systems.

This is really cool. They have a huge list of sites that are monitored, and you can expand each one to get more details.

Each site listed has a “simple” and “detail” view.

The “Simple” interface shows how many watts are being generated currently, how many kWh have been produced total, and the amount of CO2 that was not released into the atmosphere as a result of home energy production. On this page the Irradiance, cell temperature, and ambient temperature are displayed, as well. There is also a neat little animation that shows power either being pushed onto the grid, or pulled from it depending on what is happening currently.

Also shown is a historical graph that can be changed to show today, this week, this month, or the lifetime of the system. There is also a link to the local weather, and the renewable energy system size is stated in kilowatts.

If the interface is switched to “Detail,” one can view graphs showing the energy, power, voltage, and current produced over time.

This is an excellent resource for real world data, and even combines commercial and residential structures. Thanks to SomethingAwful forums poster GreenTrench for the link. There is even a page with Renewable Energy Case Studies for your reading pleasure.

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