Online Data Acquisition and Storage for Rooftop Solar System Utilizing Time Series Databases and Cloud-based Visualization Platforms

Renewable energy sources, especially solar PV, are emerging as one of the most promising solutions to combat the global warming phenomenon and climate change. However, solar PV systems often require proper supervision due to their depen-dence on various environmental factors. In practice, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems have been widely adopted to capture PV system parameters and store them for long-term accessibility. This study proposes a comprehensive so-lution for monitoring rooftop PV systems, including data logging, storage, and backup. The authors also provide a cloud-based service to access the database and visualize measurements in real-time as our main contributions. The conclusions suggest future improvements and recommend several practical applications utilizing our resources.