SolarAnywhere® Forecast

Take advantage of the most accurate solar forecast
SolarAnywhere Forecast

Solar forecasting services for the diverse needs of the solar power industry and utilities

To avoid energy imbalances and decrease operational risk, independent power producers (IPPs), fleet operators and other solar stakeholders need to be able to predict solar output.

Without reliable and accurate solar power forecasting, solar stakeholders may need to make up for unpredicted imbalance with shorter-term sources of power. These short-term power sources tend to be costlier on a per unit basis, lead to financial losses and erode project profitability.

SolarAnywhere Forecast leverages industry-leading forecast techniques to deliver the most accurate solar-specific forecast. It supports your decisions and reduces risk.

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Features

Data Accuracy

SolarAnywhere Forecast was top-ranked in an EPRI study as compared to datasets from 12 vendors included in the trial.

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Seamless Integration

Flexible delivery options minimize integration costs. Choose from the SolarAnywhere API, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or automated email delivery.

API Information
Enterprise-level Reliability & Security
Ensure time-critical decisions are based on the most up-to-date information with our reliable service that offers up to 99.99% uptime.
Security and Reliability Standards
Probabilistic Forecasts

Get access to both deterministic and probabilistic forecasts to refine your decision making.

Probabilistic Forecasts

Solar Forecast Services

CHOOSE THE DEPTH OF DATA YOU NEED—NO MORE, NO LESS

You can choose the level of service that best meets your needs from three available options: Basic, Standard and Advanced.

  • Common Applications
  • Forecast Methodology

BASIC
Low cost & quick to start

  • Connect to the SolarAnywhere API in minutes and start getting power and weather forecasts built for solar. Operate DERs more intelligently, improve visibility into grid operation or support any application under the sun.
  • Support DERMS, ADMS and utility operations
  • Numerical weather prediction (NWP)

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  • Common Applications
  • Forecast Methodology

STANDARD
High accuracy & availability

  • Industry-leading forecast methodology and enterprise-grade reliability set the standard for solar forecasting. Independent power producers will benefit from guaranteed forecast delivery to offtakers and flexible delivery options.
  • Meet utility PPA requirements
  • NWP + Satellite cloud motion + intelligent model blending

Typical Year License
  • Common Applications
  • Forecast Methodology

ADVANCED
Specialized functionality for maximum profit

  • Get an edge in the energy markets with the most accurate, site-specific forecast available. Predict variable output and optimize battery utilization with resolutions up to 1-minute with 1-kilometer precision. Includes access to deterministic and probabilistic forecasts.
  • Operate dispatchable PV & inform energy trading
  • NWP + satellite, high-resolution cloud motion + intelligent model blending

SPECIFICATIONS

BASIC

  • API, Dashboard
  • Customer Support: Email only
  • Global up to 80° N/S
  • 1-hour

    25 km
  • 5-days ahead
  • GHI
    DNI
    DHI
  • Temperature
    Wind speed
    Snow depth2
    Relative humidity
    Liquid precipitation2
    Solid precipitation2
    Particulate matter
  • AC energy (kWh)
    AC power (kW)
    DC power (kW)
    Clear sky power (kW)
    Plane-of-array irradiance (POAI)
    Fixed tilt, single-axis trackers, backtracking
    Snow losses
    Soiling losses
    Bifacial PV

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STANDARD

  • API, SFTP, AWS S3, email, Dashboard
  • Forecast Availability: 99.9%

    Customer Support: Email + 3-hours/site/year interactive1
  • Global up to 60° N/S
  • 1-hour, 30-minute, 15-minute

    10 km, 1 km
  • 14-days ahead

    14 to 75-days ahead climatology
  • GHI
    DNI
    DHI
  • Temperature
    Wind speed
    Snow depth2
    Relative humidity
    Liquid precipitation2
    Solid precipitation2
    Particulate matter
  • AC energy (kWh)
    AC power (kW)
    DC power (kW)
    Clear sky power (kW)
    Plane-of-array irradiance (POAI)
    Fixed tilt, single-axis trackers, backtracking
    Snow losses
    Soiling losses
    Bifacial PV

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ADVANCED

  • API, SFTP, AWS S3, email, Dashboard
  • Forecast Availability: 99.9%

    Customer Support: Email + 6 hours/year interactive1
  • Global up to 60° N/S
  • Standard + 10, 5 or 1-minute

    1 km
  • High-resolution data up to 1-hour ahead

    14-days ahead

    14 to 75-days ahead climatology
  • GHI
    DNI
    DHI
  • Temperature
    Wind speed
    Snow depth2
    Relative humidity
    Liquid precipitation2
    Solid precipitation2
    Particulate matter
  • AC energy (kWh)
    AC power (kW)
    DC power (kW)
    Clear sky power (kW)
    Plane of array irradiance (POAI)
    Fixed tilt, single-axis trackers, backtracking
    Snow losses
    Soiling losses
    Bifacial PV


1 Interactive customer support includes phone or shared-screen online meeting applications.
2 Not included in Basic Forecast license.

PROBABILISTIC FORECAST SPECIFICATIONS

Parameter Value
Delivery Options API, Dashboard
Geography CONUS
Forecast Resolutions 1-hour
Forecast Horizon 40 hours ahead
Data fields GHI
Plane-of-array irradiance (POAI)
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The difference between SolarAnywhere® and that of a professionally installed and calibrated MET station was calculated to be equal to or less than the measurement accuracy of the weather stations. Combine this accuracy with the increased reliability that SystemCheck offers, and you have an O&M solution that costs less and saves valuable personnel resources.

David B.
Executive V.P., BayWa r.e. Operation Services LLC
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Consistency, accuracy and availability of data are critical factors for Invenergy Services. While met-station data can vary in quality, satellite-generated data from SolarAnywhere® gives us peace of mind. We know we can rely on SolarAnywhere’s accuracy and real-time accessibility to streamline our PV performance benchmarking processes and have confidence in the results.

Ben J.
Performance Analyst, Invenergy Services
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SolarAnywhere® has a longstanding reputation as a premier provider of solar resource data, so we naturally gravitated toward them when looking for a solution. My priority was data accuracy and consistency of the data, and SolarAnywhere offered both the accuracy I needed and consistency needed across a wide geography.

Burton P.
Senior Product Manager, Zeitview
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I’m proud of GivePower’s work creating access to sustainably created clean water. With SolarAnywhere®, we have the localized, accurate solar resource data we need to design, transport and build cost-effective Solar Water Farms in remote locations around the world. SolarAnywhere gives us peace of mind, and helps ensure our Solar Water Farms will be operable for years to come.

Theresa S.
Senior Engineering Manager, GivePower®
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Because of the way SolarAnywhere® SystemCheck® real-time data is consistently derived across the entire U.S., the actionable intelligence built into our machine learning models carries a high degree of confidence—and that radically simplifies our development process and ability to deliver high value to the customer.

Jeff B.
V.P. of Engineering, Omnidian
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SolarAnywhere® meteo data is bankable, user-friendly and able to scale with our business needs. SolarAnywhere solar resource information is widely trusted and forms a key part of our engineering process. Nexamp® has been very pleased with our partnership with Clean Power Research®.

Patrick C.
Vice President, Engineering, Nexamp
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Since 2017, we’ve used SolarAnywhere® Data from Clean Power Research® to help develop our 5 GW portfolio. By leveraging the API, we’ve been able to develop internal site screening tools and automate many of our reporting and resource assessment processes.

Michael M.
Senior Director, Energy Assessment and Project Planning, National Grid Renewables
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Lightsource BP has worked with Clean Power Research for several years and relies on SolarAnywhere® Data for project evaluations and to support financing activities. The Clean Power Research® team is very supportive in providing answers to data reliability, and in correlation efforts with site-measured data to further improve accuracy.

Armando S.
Director of Engineering, LightSource BP
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Clean Power Research has been a trusted resource for solar irradiance datasets for numerous years. We’ve found SolarAnywhere® Data to be technically rigorous and provide deeply independent site irradiance assessments.

Michael G.
VP Conventional and Emerging Technologies , Leidos
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We trust SolarAnywhere® Data because it’s a comprehensively validated satellite-based resource data set. With SolarAnywhere Data, we can prospect for new sites to our heart’s content. Additionally, we never spend time waiting for critical solar data because SolarAnywhere delivers data, on-demand, in under five minutes.

Andrew O.
CTO, Renewable Energy Systems
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