A study of IoT based real-time monitoring of photovoltaic power plant

Abstract

Global electricity demand has increased in the last few years. This need is growing all the time as energy consumption increases using conventional energy, which will soon be phased out. So, we had to look at alternative energies, namely renewable energies. The largest and most efficient of these is solar energy, and to make the most of this energy with the greatest efficiency, the performance of these solar panels needs to be directly monitored. This study presents an independent monitoring system based on the internet of things (IoT) to measure essential factors (terminal voltage, load current, energy consumption, humidity, temperature, and light intensity). These values are realistic and accurate, based on the sensors used to measure the aforementioned factors and then using the Node MCU ESP8266 to transmit the analyzed data to the circuit. The Thingspeak platform was then employed to display, analyze, and store these results in real time.