NASA has awarded a sole source contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2).

The latest irradiance sensor solution from Japan-based EKO Instruments provides continuous measurements in the field. Well-suited for bifacial PV systems, it supports the measurement of global ...

High-precision measurement technology from the laboratory is making its way into industry: Ingenieurbüro Mencke und Tegtmeyer GmbH (IB-MuT) has brought the large-area reference solar cell "BigRef", ...

The sensor extends a 40-year measurement of the Sun's total energy to Earth. (YouTube) NASA has powered on its latest instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) to detect the total amount of ...

The instrument, the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), is said to be capable of precisely measuring what researchers call “total solar irradiance”. According to NASA, which has spent ...

Maximising the performance of tracked bifacial PV requires optimisation of technical and financial factors. Image: Nextracker PV systems combining bifacial and tracker technologies deliver the ...

A General Atomics business unit has secured a potential six-year, $32.9M contract to develop spacecraft NASA will use on a mission to measure solar energy input to Earth. The company’s electromagnetic ...

After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA's SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency's 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance and ...

The tri-agency committee that oversees the civil/military U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (Npoess) has agreed to restore the Total Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS ...

Washington: To continue long-term measurements of the Sun's incoming energy, NASA has powered on a new instrument installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The instrument, Total and Spectral ...

NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the development of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS, a ...