Solar Forecast and Solance

Utilities, solar plant operators and electricity producers are seeking more accurate and timely solar irradiance forecasts to balance grid assets, prepare for impending weather events, and optimize ancillary sale of power produced by a growing number of solar plants across the globe.

To support increasing demand for reliable, premium forecasts, companies turn to AER for:

• AER Solar Forecast service for accurate premium solar irradiance forecasts
• AER^TM Solance^TM technology for partners providing integrated forecast solutions for utilities with solar plant operations

Benefits of AER Solar Forecast and Solance technology

• Improved operational decision-making based on the market's most sophisticated irradiance forecast technology
• Backed by reliable infrastructure for consistent delivery
• Global forecast coverage
• Comprehensive irradiance measures that meet the needs of different solar technologies
  • Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
  • Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)
  • Diffuse Horizontal Irradiance (DHI)

AER Solance technology

The AER Solar Forecast service is powered by our Solance technology. This state-of-the-science forecast approach was designed by world-renowned atmospheric scientists to provide sophisticated and reliable irradiance forecasts. Provided hourly, the Solance suite of technologies uses four tiers of solar data and combines four essential capabilities:

• Precise cloud analysis and ultra-high resolution cloud forecast using real-time satellite observations
• AER's global industry-standard radiative transfer modeling
• High-resolution numerical weather prediction modeling
• Site-specific forecasting for any location around the world

Why solar forecast clients partner with Atmospheric and Environmental Research

Work with AER's world-renowned scientists and technologists for:

• Insight
• Innovation
• Integration ease with their technology

We leverage government-funded research and operational models we've worked on for over 30 years in service to agencies and meteorological offices in the US, Europe, Asia, and New Zealand. Examples include:

• Leader in radiative transfer modeling and developer of the global industry standard Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for Global Climate Models (RRTMG)
• 4D cloud forecasting and analysis, based on over 20 years experience developing satellite-based cloud detection and analysis
• Leader in numerical modeling including forecast data assimilation