Reduce PV performance uncertainty with specific, data-driven snow-loss estimates using time-series data

SolarAnywhere Posts | Jun 24, 2021

​A rapid decline in solar technology costs and ambitious federal and state-level renewable energy targets have accelerated the deployment of solar PV across diverse geographical regions. This has allowed solar generation to become viable even in northern latitudes and...

2021 Solar Risk Assessment Report: Data insights to mitigate financial, operating and natural catastrophe risk

SolarAnywhere Posts | Jun 9, 2021

​With solar accounting for 43% of new generation capacity in the U.S. in 2020—an industry record—the kWh Analytics’ Solar Risk Assessment report is more important than ever to maintain the collective credibility of the solar industry. The third annual installment of...

Clean Power Research & 8minute Solar Energy Partner on R&D for Probabilistic Forecasts

SolarAnywhere Posts | May 10, 2021

Renewables have dominated the growth of new bulk power generation sources over the past five years. Driven by favorable policy, rapid declines in cost, improvements in technology, and fast time to market, as of 2019, solar power plants made up 29 GW of the existing...

SolarAnywhere Version 3.5 Available: Improves Accuracy and Enables Bifacial Project Modeling

SolarAnywhere Posts | May 5, 2021

Clean Power Research is pleased to announce the launch of SolarAnywhere® version 3.5 (v3.5), which incorporates high-resolution aerosol and albedo data to improve accuracy and enable more accurate irradiance modeling, including bifacial project modeling. SolarAnywhere...

2020 regional solar deviation summary and North American wildfire smoke impact report

SolarAnywhere Posts | Mar 26, 2021

Wildfires diminished total sunlight in September 2020 by up to 20%, driving potential PV plant production risk Disaster preparedness—understanding and mitigating losses due to wind, hail and fire—is now a mainstream topic in the solar industry. In the United States...

SolarAnywhere® now available for Africa and West Asia

SolarAnywhere Posts | Feb 25, 2021

SolarAnywhere®, the industry’s leading solar data and intelligence service, now covers Africa and West Asia. With solar resource data available from 1999 through present and forecast, SolarAnywhere customers can access the accurate, consistent data they need for...