Cat1 modules are gaining momentum in the new energy industry, helping the photovoltaic industry to "grow towards the sun"
Recently, the problem of "difficulty in using electricity" has intensified around the world. Many countries are suffering from energy shortages, and more than one billion people are suffering from power outages from time to time. In addition to throttling and suspending the use of some scenarios with large power consumption, renewable energy power generation has become a new solution for power supply in various countries, and it also reduces carbon emissions in energy scenarios.
According to the latest "Solar Photovoltaic Global Supply Chain Special Report" released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global solar panel manufacturing capacity has shifted from Europe, Japan and the United States to China, and China is already the largest country in photovoltaic power generation. The penetration rate of pollution-free photovoltaic power generation technology is increasing in various industries, and it can also help the industry reduce economic costs. The cost of power generation from renewable energy has dropped to a level comparable to or even lower than that of natural gas power generation, and far lower than that of coal power. cost.
The ever-growing photovoltaic power generation industry provides development opportunities for digital infrastructure construction. Photovoltaic systems use IoT technology to reduce carbon emissions, and personnel in the photovoltaic industry access data in real time through deployed IoT terminals to ensure data reliability. In addition, the IoT solution also facilitates more efficient remote management of assets, making it one of the powerful management tools in the photovoltaic power generation market.
The application of Cat1 communication technology in the photovoltaic industry effectively avoids the risk of operators' 2G/3G withdrawal from the network and ensures the safe, stable and efficient transmission of power station data. It is a cost-effective wireless communication solution for the current photovoltaic industry. The photovoltaic Internet of Things monitoring system composed of Fibocom Cat1 modules, intelligent communication boxes, and data collectors is applied to photovoltaic inverters and other equipment, supporting remote monitoring, data collection, power control and protocol conversion, realizing photovoltaic, The centralized operation and maintenance management of energy storage and other energy sources creates a smart energy brain to fully meet the management needs of customers at different levels in the full life cycle of various energy sources.
Fibocom Cat1 module is integrated in the photovoltaic data acquisition terminal (DTU), and the data acquisition terminal is connected with the inverter, power transmission equipment and electrical equipment to collect and record the working status and power generation of photovoltaic equipment and electrical equipment . Subsequently, the staff remotely monitored the photovoltaic power generation system through the cloud platform to help users manage distributed power plants with low cost and high efficiency.
The Fibocom LTE Cat1 bis module MC669 with Open CPU function can simplify the communication application development process and hardware structure design of photovoltaic equipment. At the same time, it has built-in Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Scan to meet the long and short distance wireless communication requirements, and is more suitable for photovoltaic inverters. Transformer remote monitoring system. Fibocom MC669-CN uses UNISOC's LTE Cat1 bis chip UIS8850DG/BM. According to the needs of different IoT devices, it has also developed and launched MC665-CN with a small size of 20.2mm*22.2mm*2.35mm and 17.7mm*15.8mm* The 2.4mm MC661-CN provides users with abundant peripheral resources on the premise of satisfying the ultimate size and low power consumption, and is compatible with many Cat1 modules on the market.
Fibocom attaches great importance to the development of the Cat1 module industry and has always maintained long-term close cooperation with operators. Recently, good news came from China Telecom Tianyi Telecom Terminal Co., Ltd. (Phase 3, 2022) product recruitment announcement for customized Cat1 modules: Fibocom LTE Cat1 bis module MC661 stood out in the bidding process and was successfully selected! As a stable partner of China Telecom in the Internet of Things industry, Fibocom won the bid for the centralized procurement of customized Cat1 modules, which will further accelerate the development and expansion of the Internet of Things connection scale, especially in the field of photovoltaic monitoring.
Fibocom has already deployed a full range of Cat1 products with multiple platforms, rich series and mature applications to fully meet the connection needs of customers in different regions at home and abroad. For example, the first-generation star product L610 series has a variety of packaging methods. In LTE FDD mode, the maximum downlink rate can reach 10.3Mbps, and the maximum uplink rate can reach 5.1Mbps. It is a cost-effective seed player in Cat1 modules; 2021 , Fibocom has successively launched MC610 series and MC116 series, covering mobile networks in Europe, Latin America and North America, enriching Fibocom’s overseas Cat1 product line, and providing stable communication services for users to widely deploy IoT devices; MC669 is a new generation of Cat1 products. Power consumption, cost, and process have all been optimized in a milestone manner, and the networking capabilities of terminal equipment have been comprehensively improved.
Under the situation of global energy shortage, wireless communication technology not only escorts the new energy photovoltaic industry, but also greatly facilitates the process of carbon neutrality. Fibocom will also continue to lay a solid foundation for IoT connection with Cat1 modules, and actively devote itself to product research and development and polishing, providing more competitive module products for the new energy industry, and continuously prospering the IoT connection ecology so that Data transfer, connectivity and analysis are at your fingertips.