Basic Information and System Understanding
Buying Solar Panels Online
Our experience in solar panel production/inspection has exceeded 10 years this year. From the production of components used in solar panels to the…
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Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
How to Avoid Weld Strip Deviation During the Production of Solar Panels?
Basic Information and System Understanding
Number of Solar Panels to Suit Your Needs
Basic Information and System Understanding
Buying Solar Panels Online
Our experience in solar panel production/inspection has exceeded 10 years this year. From the production of components used in solar panels to the degradation of solar panels, 10 years full of analysis and studies. One…
6 May 2025
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
How to Avoid Weld Strip Deviation During the Production of Solar Panels?
The problem of weld bead deflection during the welding process of photovoltaic cells cannot be ignored; this is a problem that operators must pay attention to in their work. The welding position of the connecting strip…
6 May 2025
Basic Information and System Understanding
Number of Solar Panels to Suit Your Needs
By installing an off-grid system, you can generate your home’s electricity entirely from the sun. Of course, before installing your system, you should evaluate your energy consumption habits and determine the number of…
6 May 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Advanced BESS Technologies and Alternative Battery Chemistries
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are one of the critical components that strengthen, facilitate and sustain the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid. While lithium-ion batteries are currently…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Basics of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Solar Power Plants
Although solar energy is an unlimited and clean energy source, it is naturally intermittent. While energy production decreases at night or in cloudy weather, more energy can be produced than needed on sunny days. This…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
DGES, BESS and Grid Integration
As solar power plants revolutionize renewable energy generation, seamless and accurate integration into the grid is becoming a critical element to fully realize this potential. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Efficiency, Lifetime and Recycling in Solar Energy Storage Systems
The effective use of solar energy storage systems depends on their longevity and efficiency, both technically and economically. The lifetime, charge/discharge cycle, storage efficiency and recycling processes of battery…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Emerging Technologies and Trends in Solar Power Plant Storage Systems
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in solar power plants will shape the future of technology. Because new battery types, artificial intelligence integration and hybrid systems increase the performance, efficiency and…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Grid Integration of DGES and BESSs and Regulations in Turkey
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in solar power plants play a critical role to ensure energy continuity, increase grid stability and optimize the energy supply-demand balance. However, the integration of BESS at…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Introduction to Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Solar Power Plants
Solar energy is one of the cornerstones of the renewable energy revolution, but the dependence of its production on weather conditions and time of day poses a serious challenge. Stopping energy production in cloudy…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Safety and Risk Management in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
While Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in solar power plants make renewable energy compatible and sustainable with existing grids, the safety and risk management of these systems comes to the fore. From fire risks…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Safety, Testing and Performance Standards for Solar Energy Storage Systems
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are a critical component that ensures energy continuity and grid balance in solar power plants. However, these systems must comply with certain standards and test procedures in…
17 April 2025
Solar Power Plants with Storage (SHPP)
Technical Design and Performance Criteria for Solar Energy Battery Storage Systems (BESS)
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in solar power plants play a critical role to ensure the continuity of renewable energy. However, the efficient operation of these systems requires carefully designed engineering…
17 April 2025
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
What is Solar Simulator (Flash Test) in Solar Panel Production?
Solar simulator is a critical measurement system that determines the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) modules, determines the power and current class by performing measurements on all panels on…
10 June 2024
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Performance Tests and Standards for PV Modules
This article discusses in detail the photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing processes, performance testing, quality criteria and production audits of Tier-1 PV module manufacturers in the solar energy sector. PV module…
9 June 2024
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
Is Your Solar Panel Not Producing the Energy You Expect?
After the installation of photovoltaic modules, many people want to produce the energy they calculated before the installation, but they encounter different results than they expected. In some cases, photovoltaic…
5 August 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
Three Main Troubleshooting Methods for Photovoltaic Modules
Photovoltaic modules are the key components of photovoltaic power generation. To ensure the normal operation of photovoltaic power generation, the components of photovoltaic power plants need to be inspected and…
5 August 2023
Basic Information and System Understanding
What should be the installation direction and angle of solar panels?
Once the appropriate solar panels have been selected, it is time for the installation phase. Care must be taken as optimizing the angle and direction of installation will maximize our photovoltaic energy production. The…
5 August 2023
Basic Information and System Understanding
Photovoltaic Power Generation - FAQ
1. What is distributed photovoltaic power generation? Distributed photovoltaic power generation is a system of photovoltaic modules built near the user’s location, where some of the energy generated is used by the user…
27 July 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
7 Main Materials for Solar Modules
Although the materials of construction of photovoltaic power generation systems vary, all solar modules contain several layers of materials, from the surface to the backlighting surface. Sunlight first passes through a…
20 July 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
Do Solar Panels Always Need Direct Sunlight?
Since the renewable energy sector, especially the solar energy sector, is still very new, people still have many questions about photovoltaic modules. One of them is“Do solar panels always need direct sunlight?”. A…
29 June 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
How to Prevent Hidden Cracks in Photovoltaic Modules?
During the production and transportation of photovoltaic modules, no matter how careful one is, cracks and damages cannot be avoided. These cracks and damages are caused by irregular surface stresses caused by external…
27 June 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
Electroluminescence (EL) Imaging in Solar Panels
Electroluminescence Imaging, Electroluminescence (EL), an optical and electrical phenomenon, refers to the state of emitting light in response to an electric current or very strong electrical field passing through the…
19 January 2023
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
Thermal Imaging in Solar Panels (PV)
Photovoltaic solar panels constitute a large part of the solar power plant investment amount. At the same time, many performance and safety tests are applied to these solar panels by the relevant laboratories as there…
26 December 2022
Investment and Audit
An Article on Electricity Storage System Integration to Solar and Wind Power Plants
The main purpose of this article is to establish a storage facility and to support the network. GES/RES integration is the motivator for this, but in fact, it can be integrated into GES/RES production and can be made to…
13 July 2022
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Thermal imaging in solar power plants by drone
When Solarian was first established, we were offering our thermal drone services, but the results we got with the gimbal-less flir camera mounted on a Phantom 4 were very bad. After using it for a few jobs, we didn’t…
29 October 2021
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Detecting faulty EL photos with machine learning (ML)
Can two EL photos of two panels be identical? No. Every EL (electroluminescence) photo is different. What if the same photos come from the factory for different serial numbers? EL photos coming out of solar panel…
15 August 2021
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
What Tests Are Performed on Solar Panels?
Photovoltaic solar panels constitute a large part of the solar power plant investment amount. At the same time, many performance and safety tests are applied to these solar panels by the relevant laboratories as there…
6 August 2021
Basic Information and System Understanding
Inspection and Verification Process in Solar Power Plants
The technical assurance of a solar power plant rests on it being independently inspected from construction through to operation. This page sets out how the inspection and verification activities within our accreditation…
6 July 2021
Investment and Audit
Why should you have your solar energy investment audited by an accredited organization?
1. What is accreditation and accredited organization? Accreditation is a quality infrastructure established to support the reliability and validity of the work carried out by conformity assessment bodies and therefore…
15 June 2021
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Photovoltaic Solar Panel Production Inspection According to IEC61215 and IEC61730 Standards
In order to ensure that the solar panels produced are long-lasting, production supervision is carried out in solar panel factories throughout the production process, including before manufacturing, during manufacturing…
22 April 2021
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Pushing the Limits in Electroluminescence (EL) Testing of Solar Panels
How should the hand test be done? How much detail do we need in the EL photo? We were puzzled by many questions, such as, if we can take a photo to see what details we can see, we can see whether it complies with the…
5 December 2020
Investment and Audit
Owner's Engineering in Solar Power Plants
It’s time to build a solar power plant and generate your own electricity. In this process, with our owner's engineering service, we technically manage the entire process for you and help you get the best out of the…
3 December 2020
Advanced Tests and Measurement Methods
Pyranometer or Reference Cell? Is expensive always good?
When we want to forecast production or calculate PR, the first question we ask when we are presented with data is the source of that data. Did you take it from the pyranometer or from the reference cell? They both…
20 June 2020
Investment and Audit
Detailed Feasibility Study on Solar Power Plants
Both the experience gained by the solar energy sector representatives in our country and the increase in the price/performance ratio of the products used show that the solar energy sector is a reliable energy source for…
2 December 2019
Performance and Efficiency Analysis
How should precise PR calculation and PR verification work?
Calculation of PR in solar power plants and verification of the calculated PR value are among the services we offer the most today. Although a detailed methodology is given in IEC61724-1 on the calculation of PR, it is…
18 November 2019
Performance and Efficiency Analysis
Effect of Dusting on Production in Solar Panels
“Soiling” is another issue that should be taken into account when calculating the production of solar power plants. Soiling is based on the effect of meteorological effects such as dusting and snowing on production. We…
26 August 2019
Performance and Efficiency Analysis
PR (Performance Ratio) calculation in solar power plants
One of Solarian’s areas of work is to carry out periodic inspection and performance verification at operating power plants. In this context, measured generation and irradiance data are evaluated against the design…
22 July 2019
Solar Panels and Technological Infrastructure
How much revenue does the production problem in solar panels lose?
What is the ratio of the loss of income caused by the loss of the power of the solar panels to the power loss? Although this ratio is expected to be the correct proportion, the loss of production is more than the loss…
21 February 2018
Investment and Audit
Solar Power Plant Control and Measurement Services
Tests must be carried out under IEC 62446 and IEC 60891 to monitor and measure the performance of solar power plants. These tests are mainly IV-Curve measurement, drone thermal tests, EL (electroluminescence) test,…
13 December 2017
Performance and Efficiency Analysis
So there is no well operated Solar Power Plant?
A friend from the solar sector recently get in touch. Their customer who invested in SPP thinks that the production levels are less than expected, whether I can communicate with them or not. Replied of course I can and…
19 November 2017
Investment and Audit
What we come across during inspections of Solar Power Plants
One of the questions faced by EPC companies during the solar investment phase is “How much money is the total?” It is the question. When it comes to this point, the quality of the work begins to be questioned. At this…
9 October 2017
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