ESMAP tier2 meteorological station installation report : Balochistan university of information technology, engineering and management sciences

The CSP Services (CSPS) ESMAP Project Tier2 meteorological station CSPS.MT.14.220 has been installed and tested for its correct operation by technical staff of PITCO, local partner of the ESMAP Solar Vendor Consortium on September 17, 2015. The station has been installed and commissioned on the roof of a hostel building on the campus of the Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) in Quetta, Pakistan. All sensors are integrated into the Tier2 meteorological data acquisition system. Power supply is provided by a solar panel and battery, designed for fully autonomous operation. Station maintenance will be done by local staff of BUITEMS. The main task is to clean the irradiance sensors on a weekly basis. Upon request, further tasks as checking the leveling of the sensors, stability of the equipment, etc. might be carried out. Regular inspection and maintenance visits will be performed on a six monthly interval by PITCO. Data retrieval will be done by CSPS via GPRS data transmission on a daily schedule, starting with the first day after installation; data will be provided to Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), World Bank (WB) and approved stakeholders on a daily basis by email in Excel format (for those recipients who wish to receive these emails) as well as on a data publication platform provided by WB in monthly interval.