Advanced Solar Resource Modeling and Analysis

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Aims to significantly reduce critical technical barriers to obtaining the high-quality solar irradiance data necessary to reduce uncertainty in estimated power and energy production from solar power systems. Uncertainty in the solar resource translates directly to uncertainty in power and energy estimates, which in turn raises financing costs for solar power systems as well as technical and non-technical barriers to integrating solar power into the electricity grid. Reducing uncertainty in solar resource data will thus advance the SunShot goals of greatly reducing total-system cost of solar power systems and removing critical barriers to installing and integrating solar energy.