A Smart Solar Photovoltaic Remote Monitoring and Controlling

Nowadays peoples facing the problem of limitation of non-renewable energy sources, so to solve this problem the best solution is to use renewable energy sources like solar energy. Automation of the solar photovoltaic power generation is the aim of this research work. The Internet of Things platform is used to monitor and control the generation of the solar power. Maintenance like photovoltaic array cleaning is also controlled by using IoT. Raspberry Pi module is used as processor and inbuilt WiFi module is used to communicate data with the cloud. In this proposed system for improving the efficiency, one Arduino Uno microcontroller based assembly is added which is used to follow the sun's position throughout the day for collecting maximum possible solar energy. Collectively this proposed system improves efficiency, performance, maintenance, fault detection and real time monitoring as well as controlling of solar photovoltaic power generation.