Less coal, sunnier skies increasing solar project value

Less coal, sunnier skies increasing solar project value

Patrick Keelin | Apr 2, 2020

In many regions around the world, the skies are getting cleaner thanks to controls on air pollution designed to benefit public health. The Eastern U.S. and Europe have seen dramatic improvements in air quality since the 1980s. Coal plant retirements and stricter...
Leveraging GOES-17 for more accurate solar data

Leveraging GOES-17 for more accurate solar data

Patrick Keelin | Feb 20, 2020

In February 2018, we blogged about the future of solar forecasting with the new NOAA/NASA GOES-16 satellite. The launch of the GOES-17 satellite held similar promise, but bringing it online ended up being problematic for NOAA/NASA—and provided a few wrinkles for those...