Renewable energy metering and monitoring device, system and method of tamper-resilient renewable energy production verification

A system of tamper-resilient capture and verification of renewable energy production, the system comprising:

• a renewable energy metering and monitoring device disposed at a renewable energy production source site;
• and
• a central cloud server communicatively coupled to the renewable energy metering and monitoring device,
• wherein the renewable energy metering and monitoring device is configured to:
• establish a communication channel with one or more inverters at the renewable energy production source site;
• acquire raw renewable energy production data as electricity is generated from one or more renewable energy generation devices at the renewable energy production source site, based on data signals directly obtained from the one or more inverters over the established communication channel;
• monitor and record an amount of renewable energy generated as well as a date and a duration when the renewable energy is generated;
• generate sensor information indicative of on-the-ground ambient conditions that exist during production of renewable energy at the renewable energy production source site influencing the production of renewable energy;
• and
• communicate a plurality of renewable energy production datasets and the sensor information to a central cloud server,
• and wherein the central cloud server is configured to:
• generate an electronically verifiable span data package from the plurality of renewable energy production datasets and process the electronically verifiable span data package to generate renewable energy certificate (REC) claim request in a defined taxonomy compatible to be read by an application programming interface (API) of a first third-party system associated with a renewable energy verifier entity;
• and
• communicate the REC claim request to the first third-party system along with a portion of the electronically verifiable span data package as evidence.

A method of tamper-resilient capture and verification of renewable energy production, the method comprising:

• establishing, by a renewable energy metering and monitoring device, a communication channel with one or more inverters at a renewable energy production source site;
• acquiring, by the renewable energy metering and monitoring device, raw renewable energy production data as electricity is generated from one or more renewable energy generation devices at the renewable energy production source site, based on data signals directly obtained from the one or more inverters over the established communication channel;
• monitoring and recording, by the renewable energy metering and monitoring device, an amount of renewable energy generated as well as a date and a duration when the renewable energy is generated;
• generating, by the renewable energy metering and monitoring device, sensor information indicative of on-the-ground ambient conditions that exist during production of renewable energy at the renewable energy production source site influencing the production of renewable energy;
• communicating by the renewable energy metering and monitoring device, a plurality of renewable energy production datasets, and the sensor information to a central cloud server;
• and
• generating, by the central cloud server, an electronically verifiable span data package from the plurality of renewable energy production datasets and processing the electronically verifiable span data package to generate a REC claim request in a defined taxonomy compatible to be read by an application programming interface (API) of a first third-party system associated with a renewable energy verifier entity.