Solcast's vision is a solar future. We’re dedicated to developing the data and tools needed to plan, construct, operate and manage solar power systems across the world.
Formed in early 2016, Solcast is the culmination of several years of work by co-founders James Luffman and Dr Nick Engerer and their team, who saw tremendous opportunity to approach solar modelling and forecasting from their perspectives as meteorologists working with the electricity sector. Solcast aims to produce data of the highest quality, and that is widely available and easy to use.
In January 2023 Solcast was acquired by DNV, and now operates as a DNV company, continuing to provide the data needed to build a solar future at a global scale.

James Luffman
CEO
James is a former operational meteorologist, and has worked as a senior manager in the weather industry. James has designed, built and operated real-time modelling systems for industrial applications, bringing key expertise to the deployment of our operational products and services. James sees the integration of increasing solar and storage as a singularly critical technology challenge of the next 10 years. Connect on LinkedIn.

Ben King
CCO
Ben is a growth driver whose entrepreneurial instincts and adaptive thinking led him to found multiple businesses before joining Solcast. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Finance & Accounting) from the University of Technology Sydney. Ben is passionate about solving complex problems, and is keenly focused on the challenges of increasing the penetration of renewables into the grid. Connect on LinkedIn.

Alex Jarkey
CTO
Alex's goal is to lead the growth of Solcast's technical team to provide the best and most stable service to our global customers. In the past, he has worked on the delivery of many mission critical projects in the Mining, Transport, Payments and Medical sectors using cloud services to deliver excellent performance at any scale. Alex graduated a bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Sydney.

Harry Jack
Head of Data
Harry is Solcast's Lead Modeller and forecast systems engineer, leading our modelling team and responsible for data quality and data value across Solcast. Harry holds a BEng (Hons I) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney, and a Grad. Dip. in Meteorology from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). He has worked as an operational Meteorologist and as a forecast systems scientist at the BoM.

Michael Palmer
Development Team Lead
Michael is Solcast's Development Team Lead and software developer experienced in designing and delivering consumer and enterprise applications. Michael is focused on helping customers access our products and profit from the economic and environmental benefits of solar forecasting.

Dr. Hugh Cutcher
Data Scientist
Hugh is a Data Scientist at Solcast. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons. I) in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Combustion from University of Sydney. Hugh believes that renewable energy is critical to ensuring a cleaner and safer world going forward and is excited to play a part in helping fulfil that potential.

Alistair Northam
Strategic Projects Lead
Alistair is an entrepreneur at heart who has developed strong business development/growth skills working in previous start-up companies. He studied at the University of Sydney completing a Bachelor of Science (Marine Science & Physiology) which sparked his passion for renewables and climate science. He enjoys networking and is always looking to grow his connections in what he believes to be the next BIG industry.

Steve Elliott
Senior Software Developer
Steve is a Software Developer with 30+ years of experience designing and delivering high-performance systems for modelling and database analysis. Steve is focused on implementing fast, efficient and robust backend systems to help our modellers and customers access our products quickly and reliably.

Paul Gittings
Senior Software Developer
Paul is a Software Developer at Solcast, with a background which includes 20+ years developing trading systems for Fintech companies. He holds a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Graduate Certificate in Data Science and Innovation. Paul is excited to be part of a team that will enable him to use his acquired skills to aid in the development of services that will play a role in our renewable future.

Eugene Zem
Software Developer
Eugene is a fresh developer, having only graduated from a Bachelor of Computer Science this year with a major in Artificial Intelligence. He has transitioned to the role after spending the last 10 years working in the film and television sector and is excited to adapt and grow with his new career path.

Lachlan Watt
Software Developer
Lachlan is a Software Developer specialising in API development, AWS and DevOps. He holds a Bachelors of Information Technology from the University of Technology Sydney.
Lachlan enjoys designing and building fast, scalable and secure platforms that customers can rely on for their business critical systems. He has previously built API solutions for banking, government and healthcare industries.

Tom Addis
Data Scientist
Tom holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree and a Masters degree in computational mathematics and has worked in marine meteorology for over 20 years before moving over to the renewable energy industry. As a former professional offshore racing yachtsman, he has sailed around the world several times and has a keen interest in applying modelling solutions to real-world problems and has a strong appreciation for the differences between theory and reality.

Dr. Michael Foley
Data Scientist
Michael strives to make a meaningful contribution to the renewable energy transition through production of high quality and dependable solar radiation data. He previously worked at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) developing software for weather forecast production and verification and has held team leader and operational meteorology roles. He has a Grad. Dip. in Meteorology from BoM, a D.Phil. in computational chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Sydney.

Dr. Nick Engerer
Co-founder
Nick is an expert in the field of solar radiation and distributed solar PV modelling, and has co-founded Solcast out of a sincere desire to enable others to build the solar-powered future. Nick displays an unusual level of passion for developing applied research projects and collaborating with industry to make BIG ideas a reality. Read more about Dr. Engerer's scientific papers. Follow Nick on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.
Try the Solcast API
Solcast takes on the many challenges of producing live and forecast solar data, so that you don’t have to. That means making the data easy to access, validate and integrate. We provide instant access to live and forecast data products via this web interface, which is free to try. These include direct estimates of global, direct and diffuse solar radiation, as well as PV power output.