Chinese researchers develop satellite method to map solar panel temperatures at scale

A Chinese research team has developed a scene-aware panel surface temperature (PST) retrieval model for utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants using MODIS thermal infrared satellite data. The method corrects for mixed-pixel effects, array geometry, and PV-specific directional emissivity to enable…

First covered Jun 16, 2026 · 12:46 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window