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Now that you have your FREE Solcast data credits - we suggest you download your own sample TMY or historical time-series file. This only takes a matter of minutes to achieve through the Solcast API Toolkit, and in this post, we`re going to show you how!

At Solcast, we always start our new users off with a generous allocation of free data. No referrals or a credit card, no surprise subscription at the end of a set trial period - just FREE data to get you started.

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What do going to the gym and purchasing historical solar radiation data online have in common?

Price flexibility. As a consumer, this is very important to me. You see, I really love fitness. I have a firm dedication to my cardiovascular health and physical strength that gets me to the gym or out running on trails several times a week. When I visit the gym, I like to do deadlifts, squats and presses that require access to a cage, bench, olympic bar and high quality pla

The principal input to the rate of return calculation for a solar farm asset is the expected revenue generation from the solar farm. This highlights the importance of high quality solar irradiance data: revenue generation is primarily influenced by the availability of solar irradiance at that location over time.

Humans dislike uncertainty

Humans aren’t big fans of uncertainty. We go to great lengths to protect ourselves from the risks a

Learn about how the Eclipse X solar car team uses solar forecasting in its race strategy!

Solar forecasting for the Eclipse X Solar Car
This week, we have a guest blog post from the Eclipse X solar car team, who are accessing the Solcast API to support their race strategy

In this post, Solcast dives into its historical and TMY data offering. This includes a brief review of methods plus the basics on historical time-series data, typical meteorological year data and monthly averages data.TMY and time series data for the solar powered future

Building off Solcast’s announcement last week that we are now offering