A challenge for the beginning of research: sensors and their experimental data

Doctoral studies enable a student to autonomously carry out research, innovation and development tasks. Undoubtedly, the first challenge that a doctoral student faces at the start of research is getting an experimental campaign up in order to test the hypotheses of the study. On the other hand, the lines of work that can be proposed are varied, but those that propose solutions and advances in the generation of electrical energy through renewable energies are gaining special interest in order to maintain sustainability on our planet. In this sense, this work shows the experience of a student in the doctoral stage who is going to analyse the performance of a photovoltaic self-consumption system from monitored data given by meteorological and electrical sensors installed in the system under evaluation.