TY - GEN
T1 - Implementation of a Countrywide Monitoring Network for PV-Soiling and Environmental Parameters
T2 - 53rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2025
AU - Aïssa, Brahim
AU - Zekri, Atef
AU - Abdelrahim, Mohamed
AU - Subeh, Mosab
AU - Abdallah, Amir A.
AU - Bermudez Benito, Veronica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Soiling significantly impacts PV power production, showing both spatial and temporal variability, even within a solar power plant's vicinity. In Qatar, these variations are influenced by local environmental and meteorological conditions. To improve the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of soiling monitoring, new sensors based on dust particle optical characteristics have emerged, such as the Atonometrics Mars Soiling Sensor and Kipp & Zonen's Dust IQ, which require minimal maintenance. Since 2013, QEERI has been at the forefront of PV soiling research, focusing on desert environments. The Qatar Dust Atlas project, incorporating machine learning and modeling, aims to map and forecast soiling, supporting the development of a national monitoring network.
AB - Soiling significantly impacts PV power production, showing both spatial and temporal variability, even within a solar power plant's vicinity. In Qatar, these variations are influenced by local environmental and meteorological conditions. To improve the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of soiling monitoring, new sensors based on dust particle optical characteristics have emerged, such as the Atonometrics Mars Soiling Sensor and Kipp & Zonen's Dust IQ, which require minimal maintenance. Since 2013, QEERI has been at the forefront of PV soiling research, focusing on desert environments. The Qatar Dust Atlas project, incorporating machine learning and modeling, aims to map and forecast soiling, supporting the development of a national monitoring network.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105016165240
U2 - 10.1109/PVSC59419.2025.11132406
DO - 10.1109/PVSC59419.2025.11132406
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105016165240
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 132
EP - 134
BT - 2025 IEEE 53rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2025
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 June 2025 through 13 June 2025
ER -