A new operational solar resource forecast model service for PV fleet simulation

We present and evaluate a new operational solar radiation forecast model to be deployed on a prototype basis as part of the SolarAnywhere (SA) data service. The SA service covers North America and provides seamless access to historical, real time and forecasted solar irradiance data with a maximum possible geographical resolution of 1 km and a maximum time resolution of 1 minute for historical and real time data. The new forecast product presented in this article pertains to SA´s intermediate spatial and temporal resolution data, respectively 10 km and hourly. The forecast time horizon ranges from one hour ahead to five days ahead.