Renewable energy grid integration: challenges and forecasting
Understand how production uncertainty enters grid planning and operations, and where forecasting complements physical flexibility.
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Subscribe via RSSDay-ahead vs intraday markets: how renewable forecasts shape trading
Connect forecast issue times and production revisions to electricity scheduling without confusing generation forecasts with price predictions.
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Solar performance ratio: calculation and the forecasting link
Calculate PV performance ratio with consistent boundaries and use it to investigate losses without treating it as a universal accuracy score.
Read furtherSolar eclipse on 12 August 2026: Impact on the PV generation forecast
From the enercast archive: Solar eclipse on 12 August 2026: Impact on the PV generation forecast.
Read furtherenercast 2025.02: Optimized feed-in forecasts for solar assets with self-consumption
From the enercast archive: enercast 2025.02: Optimized feed-in forecasts for solar assets with self-consumption.
Read furtherNew potential for wind and solar power generation forecast improvements - "Using ECMWF's forecasts" Workshop 2024
In July 2024, enercast shared observations from the June 2024 Using ECMWF's Forecasts workshop.
Read furtherResearch News: Wind Farm Operating Strategy Optimization
In April 2024, enercast reported supporting Fraunhofer IEE's OTELLO project as an associated partner.
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Improved ICON-EU model may affect forecast quality
On 23 November 2022, enercast published a notice about an update to DWD's ICON-EU weather model.
Read furtherenercast and iS Software form strategic partnership and deliver complete solution for Redispatch 2.0
In October 2021, enercast announced a strategic partnership with iS Software for Redispatch 2.0 workflows in Germany.
Read furtherenercast Wins Nationwide Contract for Wind and Solar Energy Forecasts in Ukraine
In July 2021, enercast announced a contract to provide power forecasting and scheduling services for the renewable portfolio of Ukraine's state enterprise Guaranteed Buyer.
Read furtherSnow on solar panels: separating irradiance forecasts from available PV output
Sunlight does not guarantee PV generation when snow covers the modules.
Read furtherNumerical weather prediction for energy forecasting: a practical guide
Numerical weather prediction, usually shortened to NWP, estimates future atmospheric conditions from an analysed starting state and a model of atmospheric processes.
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