Bankable solar resource and weather data

Compared with Meteonorm, Solcast has lower uncertainty, is faster to access, and is easier to use.

Improve your yield model accuracy and get project financing approved faster with the industry-leading solar and TMY dataset.

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We've prepared an in-depth comparison using published statistics from Solcast and Meteonorm.

Our goal is to make your work easier. We want to make it easy for you to understand how we compare.

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	Solcast	Meteonorm
Mean Bias Error	0.00%	N/A
Std. Deviation	2.00%	N/A
Resolution	1-2km	2-8km
RMSE	16.50%	N/A

Solcast data is built using industry-leading satellite to solar irradiance models, including tracking the impact of aerosols and detailed cloud modelling algorithms

We built an entirely new approach to solar irradiance modelling using the latest in high-resolution weather satellites, machine learning, computer vision and big data. The resulting level of detail flows into our historical dataset and TMY, producing the most accurate solar resource dataset every created, and fully capturing the impacts of interannual variability at high-resolution.

Bankable, trusted, accurate
Lowest uncertainty available, zero bias
Global coverage (all six major continents)
Independent validation
Flexible pricing
Volume discounts for heavy users
Free for researchers
1-2km spatial resolution
1/5/10/15/30/60 temporal resolution
Compatible with PVSyst, SAM, HOMER, and more
P50, P75, P90, P95, PXX scenarios
Includes aerosol impacts (tracking of smoke, dust, haze)
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Customers use Solcast data to

Yield assessment
Project financing
DER modelling
Asset monitoring & performance
Technical due diligence
Risk modelling
PPAs
Grid planning