Clear Skies Group saw a niche for a solar-monitoring system, invented it and now has a patent.
The Massapequa Park solar-energy systems company on Tuesday received a patent for its X-Trax, which monitors solar-electrical output. The company applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July, 2004.
The company says that most monitoring systems on the market have just commercial use. But it says its product is for both commercial and residential markets.
“Most systems on the market today are developed for large-scale commercial customers,” said Ezra Green, chairman and chief executive of the subsidiary Clear Skies Solar. “X-Trax fills the production-monitoring void completely, as it can track solar electrical production for customers in both the residential and commercial sectors...”