Real-time energy monitoring system for grid-tied Photovoltaic installations

A real-time energy monitoring system for grid-tied Photovoltaic (PV) installations was developed and deployed in a household located at Barangka, Marikina. The system consists of a BeagleBone Black which serves as the device to processes the measured data from the two power analyzers and the DC sensor. It also features a Mobile and Web-based monitor and analytics platform for end user utilization, and provides a forecasting algorithm for the user´s projected monthly bill. One of the receiving ends is a server that stores the data and hosts the web application which aggregates, analyzes and presents the general power generation and grid consumption to the user. The other receiving end, an Android application, displays the real-time graph of the generated solar energy and the total energy consumed by the load, in this case, a residential load.