Fujitsu launches cloud-based solar monitoring

Japanese tech company Fujitsu launched a cloud-based solar monitoring system in its domestic market on Tuesday.

The Venus service allows power companies to monitor the minute-by-minute output from each inverter rather than the overall system output.

The company claims this allows for greater oversight and means site managers can be alerted via email to drops in generation, suspensions or other abnormalities linked to specific parts of the plant.

This means problems can be identified earlier and rectified ensuring that loss of output can be minimised, according to Fujitsu.

The cloud-based platform can file hourly or daily reports on generation and can automatically store historical data. Output thresholds can also be set so that any fall below the operator’s expectations can trigger an alert.

The service will initially only be available to smaller scale utility projects in Japan with a sales target of 2000 systems by the end of the 2015 fiscal year. There was no indication from the company on plans to roll it out internationally.