Quantifying day-ahead solar energy forecast uncertainty

Quantifying day-ahead solar energy forecast uncertainty

Alemu Tadesse | Aug 12, 2016

Solar resource variability is an unavoidable natural characteristic that impacts solar power forecasting. However, its impact on forecast uncertainty can be reduced by providing information on predictive uncertainty, along with deterministic forecast values. Having...
UVIG technical achievement award presented to Tom Hoff

UVIG technical achievement award presented to Tom Hoff

Jeff Ressler | Apr 27, 2015

Last week, the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) recognized Tom Hoff, Clean Power Research founder and president of Research and Consulting, with an award for his ongoing contributions to solar forecasting. The ability to forecast the output of tens...
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)....