Green Power Labs offers a unique methodology and the software tools for computing global horizontal irradiation based on satellite-derived information on cloudiness. This information can be used to generate time/site specific irradiance data and high-resolution maps of solar radiation. Solar resource estimations based on inteprolation of ground station information are increasingly wrong with the distance from the original measurement. Additionally, simple interpolations of point observations miss information on local microclimate. Compared to ground measurements, satellite-derived hourly irradiances have been shown to be the most accurate option beyond 25 km from a ground station and able to accurately delineate relative differences between neighboring locations at 1 km resolution, hence satellites proving to be a reliable source of solar microclimate characterization.

The SolarSatData service is particularly useful for siting potential locations for PV or concentrated solar plants, for evaluation solar resource availability and reliability (daily, montly and seasonal variance) at a site, and for evaluating solar potential in the current climate change situation, where long-term solar climatology may not be longer suitable for making predictions of energy production from weather-dependent solar resource.

The Green Power Labs' SolarSatData is a comprehensive source of the high-resolution solar climatology data used by power and heat utilities, renewable energy companies, consultants, government agencies, potential investors in emerging renewable energy markets and academia.

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Resource Mapping and Visualization

Digital mapping of Solar Energy Resource

Integration of Solar Suitability data in a regional/provincial GIS