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From Time Series to TMY: When to use each?
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From Time Series to TMY: When to use each?

All Solar industry players need to simulate their power plant designs and financial plans at some point. To do so against summarized conditions given by data products like Typical Meteorological Years has been common until recently. However, running energy simulations using more realistic conditions described by Multi-Year Time Series of data is recommended to reduce project risk and evaluate all scenarios.

How to spot solar Eclipse events in solar energy datasets
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How to spot solar Eclipse events in solar energy datasets

Solar irradiance modeling involves computing the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface. During eclipses, the moon obstructs solar radiation, leading to a temporary reduction in irradiance.

The pros and cons of 1-minute, 15-minute, and 60-minute solar data
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The pros and cons of 1-minute, 15-minute, and 60-minute solar data

Depending on the source and desired application, solar data can have distinctive temporal resolutions, such as sub-hourly (1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 15-, 30-minute) or hourly intervals. But how are you supposed to know the difference, and why should you care?

Why is 1-min data essential for solar project financiers?
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Why is 1-min data essential for solar project financiers?

One of the key challenges for solar project financiers is to assess the expected energy production and revenue of a project over its lifetime, considering the uncertainties and fluctuations of the solar resource.

4 reasons why PV project designers need 1-minute data
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4 reasons why PV project designers need 1-minute data

To design optimal PV projects, designers must consult 1-minute data which paint the most accurate picture of a plants’ PV power potential and output, while providing increased financial certainty to solar investors.

Solargis’ approach to 1-minute data
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Solargis’ approach to 1-minute data

An increasing number of solar PV plant developers, operators and owners require high frequency data (1-min) to make qualitative improvements throughout the entire lifecycle of a solar project.

Texas Storm Uri highlights importance of Time Series data in solar project design
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Texas Storm Uri highlights importance of Time Series data in solar project design

Two years ago, Storm Uri unleashed a deep freeze over Texas, causing widespread power outages that affected more than 4.5 million people. The drastic changes in temperature during the storm not only reduced natural gas production and froze wind turbines across the State, but also had widespread impacts on solar plants.

Managing Complexity: 5 benefits of high-frequency data for solar + storage projects
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Managing Complexity: 5 benefits of high-frequency data for solar + storage projects

Storing and dispatching power at the optimal time requires an extremely granular understanding of how much power a project is generating both now and in the immediate future. Developers, operators, and owners increasingly require high-frequency (1-minute) weather and solar irradiance data that enables them to make quick, accurate and financially effective decisions.

Growing Pain #4: Effective integration – Managing grid and storage requirements
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Growing Pain #4: Effective integration – Managing grid and storage requirements

As solar projects grow in size and number, the challenges of integrating them successfully into national grids increase as well. The intermittency of solar energy requires careful management, and solar developers that under- or over-produce face curtailment and penalties from grid operators.

Spain’s shady spring highlights the need for an interconnected European grid
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Spain’s shady spring highlights the need for an interconnected European grid

March 2022 saw Spain suffer its biggest solar irradiance decline in 28 years. By contrast, Germany and the Balkans saw 45% higher levels of solar irradiance. These anomalies highlight need to invest in effective interconnections and forecasting to support European energy independence.

Growing Pain #3: On-site measurements in large-scale solar
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Growing Pain #3: On-site measurements in large-scale solar

Designing and operating a large-scale solar project without fully understanding its potential output inevitably increases risks throughout its lifecycle. One part of the solution for developers is validated solar resource data calculated through satellite-based models, helping produce accurate energy yield calculations.

Growing Pain #2: Tackling bad data practices in the solar sector
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Growing Pain #2: Tackling bad data practices in the solar sector

A key goal of the Growing Pains series is to highlight the role that reliable solar resource data plays in ensuring the success of large-scale solar projects.