Methods and instruments under development: Methods to provide meteorological forecasts for optimum CSP System operations

The planning, Engineering, and financing of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants requires solar resource Information based on long-term historical databases. The Operation of CSP plants requires knowledge on a wider range of the upcoming meteorlogical conditions. Obviosly, there is the Need for forecasting direct normal Irradiation (DNI), but in Addition to this, other meteorological Parameters as air temperature, humidity, wind Speed, and wind gust Speed are needed. After defining meteorological terminology in Chapter 8.1.1. we focus on forecast and verification strategies in Chapter 8.1.2. Chapters 8.2 and 8.3 deal with the forecasting and nowcasting of irradiances, while Chapter 8.4 discusses development ti be expected in the future

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