PV Energy Monitoring and Optimization System with IoT

Abstract

The efficiency of converting sunlight energy into electrical
energy which was previously felt to be less effective to be
more effective, it is one of the objectives of this study in
addition to problems regarding the direction of solar panel
trackers which sometimes do not effectively point to the sun
so that the energy obtained is less than optimal, then a twoway communication system is made so that it can control
and monitor trackers via the internet or what we often know
as the Internet of Things (IoT) system. For the research
method that researchers use is the research and
development method, as a link between the tool and the
monitoring system here firebase is used as a database, so
that all parameter values in the tool are sent to the database
which is then processed and will be displayed on the
monitoring website, besides that for control works the other
way around, from the website will send a signal to the
firebase database which is then forwarded to the tool, we
think this is very helpful and simplifies both monitoring and
controlling tools in the form of solar panel trackers