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Maximum solar efficiency shouldn’t cost the earth

Accurate, rapid-update forecasting to improve your yield and planning

Do you have the next-generation foresight you need to maximise your profits?

DTN APAC and Solcast, a DNV company are a market-leading partnership delivering highly specialised solar data to the Australian renewable energy industry.

Designed for utility scale solar sites, we offer you a globally proven solution.

With low upfront CAPEX and powerful cloud-based information systems, you can access a complete suite of irradiance and weather data to ensure forecast accuracy and improve site efficiency.

Solcast is the world leader in real-time actuals and rapid-update solar forecasts. This solution utilises Solcast’s centralised Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure for all complex algorithmic processes and data plumbing. You will gain the power of AWS to interpret and deliver your data at top speed, providing real-time, historical and forecasting estimates direct to your API.

Receive monitoring and support from the DTN APAC and Solcast teams, 24/7.

We’ve uncovered your power potential

Utilising Solcast’s satellite fleet, sky-imagers and the SCADA data collected from your solar farm, you will acquire not only forecasting capability, but a precise picture of your actual yield and PR. Specifically built to ensure you meet the requirements of the AEMO and reduce your exposure to costly penalties.

Market Leading Data

Reap the efficiency and yield benefits of world-leading solar and irradiance data, without it costing the earth.

Proven Results at Scale

More than 60% of large-scale solar capacity in the NEM already relies on the data provided by the DTN APAC and Solcast solution.

Monitoring and Alerts

Real-time error alerts are delivered when your SCADA system detect any drop in performance, so that a solution can be found quickly.

Latest news

Satisfy your weather obsession with these news headlines from around the nation, and the world.

Perth’s wettest day in 11 months as thunderstorms slam western WA businesses

Perth just registered its wettest day since July last year and more rain is in the way for Australia’s west coast in the coming days. The first five months of 2025 were unusually dry in Perth. The city only received 96 mm of its 170 mm average for the period from the start of January to […]

Powerful storms lash New Caledonia and South Pacific

Intense rainfall and thunderstorms impacted New Caledonia early this morning, with more to come for other South Pacific islands to the east. Flooding rainfall and intense thunderstorms in New Caledonia The satellite imagery below shows an area of convergence into a low pressure trough moving over New Caledonia early on Wednesday, June 4. This convergence […]

Big wintry week of rain, snow and frost for Australia’s energy market and hydropower

Rain, storms and winds will move over western WA, while two significant lows and cold fronts will send a deep chill, rain and snow driving energy demand across Tasmania and southeastern mainland Australia, in an unmistakeable sign that winter is now here. Southwest WA Perth appears set for its heaviest rain of 2025 to date […]

Unseasonable fire risk across Australia’s north and south this winter

Abnormally high fire risk is anticipated across parts of South Australia and Victoria this winter as the ongoing drought causes a seemingly endless 2025 fire season in southern Australia, with reduced risk across northern Australia with recent wet months. Increased Risk of Fire for southern Australia Australia’s official seasonal bushfire outlook for winter 2025 was […]