DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB-BASED APPLICATION FOR INCREASING THE YIELD OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - UCB PVAPP

摘要

There are about 1.5 million photovoltaic systems in Germany. Private owners who cannot assign an operation and maintenance company due to economic reasons operate most of their systems on their own. Furthermore, monitoring systems are too complex or cannot be afforded by typical system owners. This is one reason that about 80 percent of the photovoltaic systems in Germany do not generate the yield that is technically possible. Therefore, we present an innovative web-application that allows system users and operators to monitor the actual status and profitability of their photovoltaic system. Also, they can get in contact with a specialized company, which can repair or maintenance the system in case of problems such as too small yield, damages or malfunctions. Our goal is the development of an application that is easy to use and designed for computers as well as mobile devices.