Solar Energy Forecasting and Resource Assessment

Chapter 10

SolarAnywhere Forecasting

Richard Perez,    Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany

Tom E. Hoff,    Clean Power Research

Chapter Outline

10.1. The SolarAnywhere Solar Resource and Forecast Data Service

10.1.1. Historical Data

10.1.2. Forecast Data

10.2. Solaranywhere Forecast Models

10.2.1. Short-Term Cloud-Motion Vector Forecasts

10.2.2. Numerical Weather-Prediction Forecasts

10.3. Model Evaluation: Standard Resolution

10.3.1. Single-Point Ground-Truth Validation

10.3.2. Extended-Area Validations

10.3.3. Intercomparison of NWP Solar Forecast Models

10.4. Performance Evaluation: 1 km, 1 min Forecasts

Concluding Remarks

References

10.1 The SolarAnywhere Solar Resource and Forecast Data Service

SolarAnywhere is a solar ...