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Eliminate boilerplate and focus on coding: Solcast’s new Python SDK
Designed for ease and efficiency, our SDK eliminates boilerplate code, so you can concentrate on building your project, not wrestling with APIs.
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Solar Analysis
October 2023 Annular Eclipse impacts on the American Grid
See how the October 2023 annular eclipse impacted solar power production across American Power Grids, the United States and Central and South America.
Solar Analysis

Insights
Getting the right data for Solar III: Snow Soiling
Learn how snow soiling impacts assets and grids, and how Solcast's models account for snow soiling levels in power modelling, grid aggregations and more.
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Getting the right data for Solar II: Tracking Aerosols at 90 metre resolution globally
Explore the critical role of aerosols in solar irradiance and how Solcast's aerosol modelling provides a more comprehensive irradiance data.
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Insights
Getting the right data for Solar I: Real 5-minute cloud tracking (past, present, forecast)
Discover how Solcast uses satellite imagery and weather forecasts to build 5 minute cloud tracking models and provide irradiance data for everywhere in the world.
Insights

Solar Analysis
El Niño threats to US winter solar production: What does it mean for my portfolio?
El Niño historically brings increased cloud cover to most of North America, negatively impacting solar production compared to the long term average. Learn more about the climatological impacts of El Niño has had in the United States and Canada historically and what that means for solar generation from your assets.
Solar Analysis

Customer Stories
Solcast Data Powering Victron Energy's New Solar Forecast Feature
Discover how Victron Energy is utilizing Solcast's global solar irradiance data to power their innovative new Solar Forecasts feature. Explore how this collaboration is shaping the future of solar energy.
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Product Updates
WHOA! Terrain shading is now live in the Solcast API
Until last week, Solcast only supported user-supplied horizons, and only for our Advanced PV Model data product. It was a good start that we made a couple of years ago, but we wanted to go further.
Product Updates

Insights
What is a nowcast?: Using science to understand the ‘solar pipeline’
Explore the indispensable role of accurate irradiance nowcasts in optimizing solar power generation. Uncover how these short-term forecasts are built and how they help improve efficiency, reduce costs, and contribute to the energy transition in the solar industry
Insights

Solar Analysis
Smoke from early fire season impacts irradiance across North America
With wildfire smoke clouding the skies across Canada and the US, solar energy production is significantly reduced. Read more to see how irradiance is impacted by aerosols and cloud coverage
Solar Analysis