Solar Radiation Data - Live and Forecast
Accurate forecast and current solar irradiance and weather data with global coverage
Solar radiation forecast and actuals data, worldwide
Based on our proprietary cloud and aerosol tracking and forecasting. Updated every 10-15 minutes, with forecasts extending 7 days ahead. Available at 5, 10, 15 or 30 minute time granularity.
Our customers use our live and forecast solar radiation and weather data to:
Monitor and analyse PV production performance
Create or improve in-house solar power forecasting
Forecast for concentrated solar thermal (CST) generators
Specifications
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Parameters |
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Forecast probabilities: |
Additional percentile forecasts (10th and 90th) provided for:
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Spatial coverage |
All continents (Rapid update actuals and forecast data) Global (forecasts) |
Time granularity |
Utility Scale Sites: 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes (Solar Radiation data is included with Utility Scale Solar Forecasts Solar Radiation Sites or via Simple Lat / Lon requests: 30 minutes (period mean) |
Update frequency |
Every 10 or 15 minutes |
Time span (Forecast) |
Present time to +7 days ahead |
Time span (Realtime) |
7 days ago to present time |
Time span (Recent) |
3 months ago to 2 days ago |
API call options |
Your choice of either:
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