In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that early 2026 will bring mixed solar conditions ...

The intermittent nature of solar energy poses challenges to grid stability, making accurate ultra-short-term solar irradiance ...

Even slight deviations to the equilibrium of this energy system are thought to be capable of causing extreme changes to Earth’s climate. Although solar irradiance data is an important component of ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that, last year, large regions were 10% or more above long term trends for solar radiation, including Western and Northern ...

A European research group has developed a new “empirical” method for measuring the backside irradiance of bifacial PV system. The proposed approach was tested across several European locations and it ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that December’s solar resource reflected a classic La Niña pattern, with suppressed irradiance in the Pacific Northwest and ...

Solar energy is being leveraged around the world. Researchers develop AI tool that could transform future of solar energy: 'Demonstrates significant promise' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A number of instruments are heavily dependent on the performance of the detector at their core, including pyranometers ...

Solargis said the variability in irradiance levels in the markets it looked at would impact the financial viability of solar plants. Image: Solargis The impact of solar resource variability on several ...

As the distance from a point source of radiation increases, the irradiance decreases. The relationship between irradiance, \(I\), and distance, \(d\), can be shown to follow an inverse square law.