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.