Smart protection for solar plants: ANEMIoT PV
Our project “Smart Protection for Solar Plants ANEMIoT PV” has been awarded in the 1st Call of the RENOCICLA Programme, under Line 2 – Innovation projects in the ecodesign of capital equipment for renewable energy.
RENOCICLA promotes initiatives aimed at transforming the renewables sector in line with the principles of the circular economy, supporting the development of solutions that make the components of technologies such as solar panels, trackers, wind turbines or storage systems:
More durable
Easier to repair
Reusable
Recyclable at the end of their service life
The goal is clear: to extend the service life of renewable assets and facilitate their circular management, reducing waste, optimising resources and improving the overall sustainability of the energy system.
The solution: ANEMIoT
ANEMIoT is the CADE solution for advanced structural health monitoring and wind risk mitigation in photovoltaic plants, particularly in tracker systems. It combines distributed sensing, real-time analytics and smart event management to provide continuous supervision of structural behaviour under demanding environmental conditions, helping to prevent damage, reduce downtime and improve O&M decision-making.
ANEMIoT is conceived as a technical support tool for operators and owners, providing objective evidence for risk assessment, post-event analysis, optimisation of operating strategies and reliability improvement throughout the project life cycle.
ANEMIoT makes it possible to:
Detect anomalous structural behaviour patterns
Characterise wind effects on trackers and structures
Prevent damage and reduce downtime
Document structural performance with traceability
CADE's experience in the photovoltaic sector
The development of ANEMIoT builds on CADE‘s solid track record in structural engineering and advanced analysis applied to photovoltaic installations. In recent years, we have been involved in the structural design, assessment and optimisation of solar plants and tracker systems, addressing complex wind-induced dynamic phenomena and fluid-structure interaction. This accumulated know-how enables us to transfer high-level analysis and modelling capabilities to the real operating environment, combining advanced engineering and digitalisation in the service of reliability and sustainability.
Ecodesign applied to operating assets
The solution can be integrated into both existing assets and new installations, becoming a technical support tool for operators and owners.
It provides objective evidence for:
Risk assessment
Post-event analysis
Optimisation of operating strategies
Reliability improvement throughout the project life cycle
From a RENOCICLA perspective, ANEMIoT contributes directly to:
Extending the service life of structural components
Reducing corrective interventions and premature replacements
Improving maintainability through data-driven decisions
Enabling more efficient and circular asset management
Being awarded in this call reinforces our commitment to an energy transition that is not only renewable, but also smarter, more resilient and fully aligned with the principles of the circular economy.
