SpaceEcho operates a solar radiation station in Cairo for the Solar Lab of the Department of Solar and Space Research at NRIAG. It measures global solar radiation and UV intensity in real time, is managed remotely, and its data is available online in EchoCloud.
SpaceEcho operates a solar radiation monitoring station in Cairo for the Solar Lab of the Department of Solar and Space Research at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG).
The station on its rooftop mast.
The challenge
Solar research and solar energy planning both depend on long, unbroken records of the sunlight that reaches the ground. The lab needed global solar radiation and UV intensity measured continuously in an urban setting, with the data available to its researchers wherever they work.
Global solar radiation — measured continuously at the station.
Ultraviolet (UV) intensity — measured alongside global radiation.
Real-time reporting — readings are sent as they are measured.
Remote management and web access — the station is controlled remotely, and its data is in EchoCloud, where researchers view and analyse it from anywhere.
The Solar Lab has a continuous record of global solar radiation and UV intensity in Cairo, available online. The data supports environmental assessment, industrial applications and scientific research, and gives solar energy work measured values for planning, system optimisation and performance forecasting.
