Solar Actuals
and Forecasts
Actual and forecast solar power and irradiance data, globally, using satellites and surface measurements
Actual and forecast solar power and irradiance data, globally, using satellites and surface measurements.
Solar power is becoming increasingly important in the energy markets, however the variable nature of solar generation poses significant challenges for integration into the electricity industry.
Weatherzone, in partnership with Solcast, now provides solar power forecasting and solar irradiance data, for both large-scale solar farms and small-scale PV systems, plus their grid or regional aggregates.
Grid Aggregations
- Improve load forecasts
- Balance supply and demand
- Manage and plan your network
- Control virtual power plants and microgrids
Tens, thousands or millions of PV systems, simulated and forecasted in real time, rolled up into your grid or market region.
Utility Scale Forecasts
- Reduce penalties & curtailment
- Plan maintenance
- Manage attached storage
- Get high quality historical irradiance data
- Group systems for grid management
- Get started fast with simplified data requirements
- Upload data to improve your forecasts
Rooftop PV Forecasts
- Actively manage storage, VPPs and smart devices using tuned PV output forecasts
- Access forecasts for each site using our API
Solar Forecast Solutions: From Minutes to Days
Any type of time horizon: from 0 minute to 7 days ahead
Any type of aggregation: solar farm, solar island, network area, state, NEM
Management of time steps: 1 minute to 30 minutes
Update frequency: from 1 minute to 10 minutes depending on technology
Visualization of percentiles: P10, P90, P50
Performance visualisation: 1 day to 12 months ago
Programmable Alerts (drop in power generation, etc.) – No Change