# Solar PV nowcasting **URL:** https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/c/solar-pv-nowcasting/5.md [Latest](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [About the Solar PV nowcasting category](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/about-the-solar-pv-nowcasting-category/11)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/about-the-solar-pv-nowcasting-category/11 "2019-04-03T20:11:41Z")
“Solar PV nowcasting” is forecasting solar PV electricity production at high temporal and spatial resolution, but just for a few hours ahead. This is useful for balancing supply and demand on electricity grids, and henc… --- ## [Sorry for being quiet](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/sorry-for-being-quiet/240)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/sorry-for-being-quiet/240 "2020-05-27T10:47:22Z")
Hello! Sorry we’re being a bit quiet on the forum. We recently won a few grants which is fantastic, but also means we need to stay laser-focused on delivering what’s required for those grants. We’ll post as soon as we… --- ## [Animation of solar PV power and clouds](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/animation-of-solar-pv-power-and-clouds/220)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/animation-of-solar-pv-power-and-clouds/220 "2019-11-04T10:40:21Z")
Here’s an animation I just created which shows the correlation of solar PV power and cloud cover over the UK: --- ## [How best to anonymise domestic solar PV power data?](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/how-best-to-anonymise-domestic-solar-pv-power-data/46)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/how-best-to-anonymise-domestic-solar-pv-power-data/46 "2019-09-23T17:16:28Z")
We’re talking with a company that owns lots of UK solar PV power data (some is 1-minute resolution, some is half-hourly). I’m really excited because they’re being very generous and they are considering publishing this P… --- ## [Usage of different datasets in Solar PV nowcasting - Cloud, Temperature, Irradiance, etc](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/usage-of-different-datasets-in-solar-pv-nowcasting-cloud-temperature-irradiance-etc/63)
**Author:** [@BhanujeetC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/BhanujeetC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/usage-of-different-datasets-in-solar-pv-nowcasting-cloud-temperature-irradiance-etc/63 "2019-05-12T17:57:41Z")
Hello All, Just wanted to know, will we ever require Temperature data sets in modelling of our nowcasting parameters. Also, should we know how to Download & Access Data using NASA GES DISC and which DAAC’s will be requi… --- ## [Solar irradiance datasets](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/solar-irradiance-datasets/31)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/solar-irradiance-datasets/31 "2019-05-09T04:23:50Z")
How good are existing, gridded solar irradiance datasets? If no good datasets exist, should we create one?! To be specific: I need solar irradiance at the Earth’s surface, at high temporal and spatial resolution (15 mi… --- ## [Automated forecast benchmarking](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/automated-forecast-benchmarking/36)
**Author:** [@JBright](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/JBright)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/automated-forecast-benchmarking/36 "2019-04-16T02:05:11Z")
From my experience in this field, there is a distinct lack of reproducibility and benchmarking capability of new method submissions for forecasting. Typically, a new submission has standard data requirements of things … --- ## [News article: "Five-minute forecasting to boost solar and wind and battery investments"](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/news-article-five-minute-forecasting-to-boost-solar-and-wind-and-battery-investments/39)
**Author:** [@jack](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/u/jack)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://openclimatefix.discourse.group/t/news-article-five-minute-forecasting-to-boost-solar-and-wind-and-battery-investments/39 "2019-04-11T11:37:48Z")
The $A1.2 million project, which officially started this week, will use data generated by real-time sky cameras, satellite images and statistical modelling to design a world-first, short-term forecasting model to more…