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Solar radiation forecast and actuals data, worldwide
Based on our proprietary cloud and aerosol tracking and forecasting. Updated every 5-15 minutes, with forecasts extending 7 days ahead. Available at 5, 10, 15 or 30 minute time granularity.
- Parameters
- Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
- Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)
- Diffuse Horizontal Irradiance (DIF, DHI)
- Cloud Opacity
- Temperature
- Solar zenith angle
- Solar azimuth angle
- Forecast probabilities:
- Additional percentile forecasts (10th and 90th) provided for:
- Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
- Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)
- Spatial coverage
- All continents (Rapid update actuals and forecast data)
- Global (forecasts)
- Time granularity
- Utility Scale Sites: 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes (Solar Radiation data is included with Utility Scale Solar Forecasts
- Solar Radiation Sites or via Simple Lat / Lon requests: 30 minutes (period mean)
- Update frequency: Every 5 to 15 minutes
- Time span (Forecast): Present time to +7 days ahead
- Time span (Live): 7 days ago to present time
- Time span (Recent): 3 months ago to 2 days ago
- API call options
- Your choice of either:
- Lat/lon based Simple Radiation Requests (allows greater flexibility)
- Creation of weather site (greatest accuracy for the specific point)