Solar forecasting goes “EPIC”

Solar forecasting goes “EPIC”

Skip Dise | Jan 22, 2015

Itron and Clean Power Research are embarking on the next phase of research that will lead to high-fidelity distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) forecasts, and integration of those forecasts into net load forecasts for the California Independent System Operator (ISO)....
Solar fleet modeling part 3: Balancing the variability of PV

Solar fleet modeling part 3: Balancing the variability of PV

Ben Norris | Sep 18, 2014

In our previous two posts, we described how to incorporate PV diversity (diversity in both design configuration and geography) in fleet-level modeling, and how to generate high frequency fleet power data with 60-second temporal resolution. In this post, we will show...
Planning for solar part 2: High frequency data

Planning for solar part 2: High frequency data

Morgan Putnam | Sep 11, 2014

Our previous post discussed how to produce solar PV production profiles for fleets of PV systems. In it we highlighted the importance of including both system diversity (tilt, orientation, shading, etc.), and geographical diversity (system locations and relative...
Planning for solar part 1: Solar fleet modeling

Planning for solar part 1: Solar fleet modeling

Ben Norris | Sep 4, 2014

With the proliferation of grid-connected solar—whether from a few large, utility-scale systems, or from thousands of small, behind-the-meter systems—utilities are grappling with integration of these distributed, variable power generation resources. Over the next three...