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Webinar: Self-shading analysis in PV simulation
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Webinar: Self-shading analysis in PV simulation

Watch the PVPMC webinar organized by Sandia where Branislav Schnierer, PV Modeling Specialist from Solargis talked about the technical aspects of self-shading analysis.

What to expect from your solar data provider: Reliability
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What to expect from your solar data provider: Reliability

Solargis’ Technical Director, Tomas Cebecauer, and Managing Director, Marcel Suri speak about the core ingredients for a reliable database, Solargis’ ongoing efforts to enhance and validate its data services, and how users of Solargis’ data can most effectively undertake their own validation using on-site measurements.

Solar resource data – time series data vs monthly averages
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Solar resource data – time series data vs monthly averages

Bad data in equals bad data out. This well-known phrase is very relevant in a context of technical design and energy simulation of photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Most solar companies understand this and are carefully evaluating uncertainty of solar resource data used for feasibility purposes ...

How to calculate P90 (or other Pxx) PV energy yield estimates
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How to calculate P90 (or other Pxx) PV energy yield estimates

To assess the solar resource or energy yield potential of a site, we model the solar resource/energy yield using best available information and methods. The resulting estimate is the P50 estimate, or in other words, the “best estimate”. P50 is essentially a statistical level of confidence suggesting that we expect to exceed the predicted solar resource/energy yield 50% of the time. However, ...

How Solargis is improving accuracy of solar power forecasts
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How Solargis is improving accuracy of solar power forecasts

Just as there are horses for courses, different forecasting techniques are more suitable depending on the intended forecast lead time.

Ten solar measurement stations installed in Zambia and Maldives
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Ten solar measurement stations installed in Zambia and Maldives

In collaboration with our partners, GeoSUN Africa and Suntrace, we have recently installed a total of 10 solar measuring stations across Zambia and Maldives.

Solargis approach on site-adaptation of satellite-based DNI and GHI time series
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Solargis approach on site-adaptation of satellite-based DNI and GHI time series

Accurate solar resource data is needed for planning, engineering and financing of a solar energy project.

Why to use satellite-based solar resource data in PV performance assessment
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Why to use satellite-based solar resource data in PV performance assessment

It is widely accepted that high-standard pyranometers operated under rigorously controlled conditions are to be used for bankable performance assessment of photovoltaic (PV) power systems.

WEBINAR: Solar resources data applications for utility planning and operations
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WEBINAR: Solar resources data applications for utility planning and operations

On Monday 23 Feb 2015 at 16:00 UTC, Marcel Suri (Solargis) and Tom Hoff (Clean Power Research) present the use of weather satellite data