New framework pinpoints faulty modules in utility-scale PV plants

A team of researchers from Spain has developed a novel method for locating faults in individual PV modules and quantifying their severity in large-scale solar plants. Their proposed technique, which utilizes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), consists of three phases: modeling the UAV's flight geometry, detecting and quantifying thermal defects, and mapping faults to individual PV modules. Their framework is presented in the research paper A novel approach for fault location and defect quantification in large-scale photovoltaic plants, published in Applied Energy. Corresponding author Isaac Segovia ...

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