Solar Energy Vaisala provides solar stakeholders with powerful insights from 360° weather and environmental technologies. Thoughtful evolution Thoughtful evolution Image Solar energy is becoming increasingly competitive and efficient. But for it to reach its potential and create significant societal change — a goal Vaisala has always championed — its leaders require the best insights delivered in the best ways.Vaisala provides globally trusted measurement technologies and data services, empowering solar stakeholders wherever they are:Prospecting and developmentConstruction and commissioningOperations and life management DOWNLOAD BROCHURE Prospecting & development Prospecting & development Image Insight and efficiency Vaisala’s solar development solutions provide crucial insights without adding significant costs or complexity. From highly accurate present-weather sensing to historical solar resource data, we give developers what they need to ensure project success in difficult solar markets. Applications include: Site prospection Solar resources assessment PV plant design/technology selection Repowering LEARN MORE Construction & commissioning Construction & commissioning Image Deliver on a project’s potential Construction and commissioning can be the most intense phases for solar projects. Vaisala provides a wide range of measurements and data services across key applications — ensuring that projects deliver on their potential and operators can succeed long-term. Applications include: Construction planning Worker safety Power performance testing LEARN MORE Operations & life management Operations & life management Image Performance for the long-term Operationsand life management are increasingly important phases in solar energy. Vaisala’s unrivaled weather technologies and forecasting data allows solar stakeholders to manage solar investments confidently — and keep assets and people protected. Key applications: Power performance monitoring Asset management and protection Retrofit and performance increase O&M planning and worker safety Minutes/hour/day ahead forecasting Asset performance analysis/seasonal outlook LEARN MORE Why Vaisala? Why Vaisala? Image We are innovators, scientists, and discoverers who are helping fundamentally change how the world is powered. Vaisala elevates wind and solar customers around the globe so they can meet the greatest energy challenges of our time. Our weather and environmental monitoring solutions for renewable energy are guided by several key priorities: Thoughtful evolution in a time of change Making renewable energy smarter at every stage Extending our legacy of leadership Vaisala is the only company to offer 360° renewable energy solutions — from sensors and systems to digital services and actionable intelligence — nearly anywhere on the planet (and even on Mars). Every Vaisala solution benefits from our 85+ years of experience, pioneering deployments in 170+ countries, and unrivaled thought leadership. Our innovation story, like the renewable energy story, continues. LEARN MORE Sensors and Systems Automatic Weather Station AWS810 Solar Edition The smart, secure and future-proof Vaisala Automatic Weather Station AWS810 Solar Edition combines reliable measurements with data collection, processing and connectivity so you can optimize every stage of your solar power plant for maximum performance. LEARN MORE Weather Transmitter WXT536 Compact, all-in-one multi-parameter weather sensor that provides crucial weather insights important for safe construction and operations, as well as performance monitoring of PV plants per IEC 61724-1:2021. LEARN MORE Data and software solutions Site-specific solar energy forecasts Find your competitive edge with the industry's most consistently accurate site-specific solar energy forecasts. LEARN MORE Regional solar energy forecasts Make data-driven decisions with centralized energy forecasts for 9 North American ISO regions—up to 23% improvement over public forecasts. LEARN MORE Historical solar irradiance data Unlock the full potential of your solar energy projects with high-resolution solar time series data and Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) datasets. LEARN MORE Lightning detection and alerts Xweather Protect provides real-time severe weather monitoring and automated lightning alerts for all your assets and locations worldwide. Learn more Lightning data solutions From solar site selection to operational continuity, Vaisala’s lightning solutions are optimized to improve weather awareness and project success. LEARN MORE Resources Brochure Lighting the way forward How Vaisala solar energy solutions are advancing renewable energy. Download PDF Brochure Smarter at every stage How Vaisala’s wind and solar solutions advance renewable energy. Download PDF Product Xweather Protect Protect personnel, improve operational resilience, and manage risk with real-time severe weather monitoring and automated lightning alerts for all your locations worldwide. Learn more Product Xweather API Fast and easy access to the world’s most accurate and reliable global lightning data for developers, product managers, and data scientists across industries. Learn more White paper Professional Grade Validation, 2022 Independent validation of data from 38 high-quality solar observation stations in the U.S.A. This white paper follows our Oct 2019 validation that used only 12 stations. Download PDF White paper Solar Dataset 2019 Validation Outline of standard practices followed to ensure accurate solar assessment, along with Vaisala's methodology to continually update our global solar dataset. Download PDF White paper Professional Grade Validation, 2019 Case study presenting results of an independent validation exercise using data from solar observation stations in the U.S. Download PDF Security brief Weather observation network safety Learn how Vaisala is providing trustworthy and reliable weather data with industry-leading IoT security for a better connected world. Download PDF INFOGRAPHIC How better weather intelligence = greater solar resilience High-quality, on-site observations feed into weather forecasting models. DOWNLOAD PDF EBOOK Powering through - Tactics for weather-ready solar energy production In the face of a changing climate, the solar energy industry must adapt to more frequent and intense severe weather events in new geographies. DOWNLOAD PDF Lighting the Way Forward Vaisala is ready to talk about your solar project and how we can make it better. Contact us today. Our lights are always on. CONTACT US Solar energy newsletter sign-up Stay up to date with the latest Maritime products, trends, events and information that is relevant to you. Sign up today
