SolarAnywhere® Data
Precise, bankable solar irradiance data
SolarAnywhere is the most trusted, accurate & validated solar resource dataset available
- Reduce risk in selecting project locations and secure the best financing terms
- Model long-term energy production and financial performance with confidence
- Access the right dataset for your project–Typical GHI year, 20+ year historical time-series or ground-tuned data
Features
Accurate
The most accurate and up-to-date satellite-derived solar resource data.
Validated & Trusted
Extensively validated and trusted by hundreds of enterprise-class customers with 2,000+ monthly downloads.
Data On Demand
Flexible delivery options include on-demand data and API access, with full records available (1998 – current day).
Bankability
SolarAnywhere exceeds the standards of bankability.
Build a custom solution with the SolarAnywhere® API
Powerful, flexible and secure: serving more than 35,000 calls per day.
Solar Data License Types
MOST POPULAR
Ideal for obtaining an initial, high-level assessment of solar resource availability at a potential project site, and running energy simulations
The Typical Year subscription gives you instant access to trusted solar resource data, ideal for prospecting through project engineering.
- Long-term average solar weather files from the most trusted source in the industry. Explore our validation methodology to learn how we calculate Typical Year
- Standard resolution (10 km, hourly) everywhere we have coverage
- Easy-to-use web portal including on-demand access for any number of users at your company
Specifications
2 95% confidence interval annual MBE in North America. See SolarAnywhere Validation for more details.
MOST BANKABLE
SolarAnywhere Sites offers accurate and comprehensive solar data for your project—the most bankable data for PV project financing and asset management
- Full historical time series; compare to measured data for resource assessment and performance analysis
- Keep your analysis up to date—each site license includes 1 year of access to the latest data and an on-demand renewal option at reduced operational pricing
- Improve accuracy in complex terrain with enhanced resolution (1 km, 30 min.) data
- Characterize interannual variability with unlimited probability-of-exceedance SolarAnywhere PXX Data downloads
- Refine loss estimates with snow and precipitation data
Specifications
2 95% confidence interval annual MBE in North America. See SolarAnywhere Validation for more details.
LIMITED ACCESS
Trial and academic access to legacy Typical Year and time-series data
- Experience the web portal and download formats
- Data suitable for academic studies or feasibility analysis
- Limited access
- Commercial use not supported
Specifications
2 95% confidence interval annual MBE in North America. See SolarAnywhere Validation for more details.
Ground Tuning Studies
Combine your ground-based measurements with SolarAnywhere® irradiance data to reduce the uncertainty of your solar resource assessments and increase project profitability.
SolarAnywhere Ground-Tuning Studies use an advanced site-adaptation methodology to tune long-term solar resource data to your ground-based measurements.
SolarAnywhere Data Resources
Blog
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SolarAnywhere Version 3.5 Available: Improves Accuracy and Enables Bifacial Project Modeling
Clean Power Research is pleased to announce the launch of SolarAnywhere® version 3.5 (v3.5), which incorporates high-resolution aerosol and albedo data and enables more accurate irradiance modeling, including bifacial project modeling. SolarAnywhere v3.5 includes the...
2020 regional solar deviation summary and North American wildfire smoke impact report
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Reduce solar power forecast uncertainty with SolarAnywhere® Forecast
Solar forecasting solutions for the diverse needs of the solar power industry and utilities. SolarAnywhere Forecast is the solar industry’s leading irradiance forecast paired with trusted PV simulation.