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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.

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Wind turbines are usually pictured on rolling hills far from cities and people, but what if they were on rolling swells off the coast of populated areas? Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) and WA renewable power network currently harnesses wind power from 115 wind farm facilities and a capacity of 15,617 MW, according to OpenNEM. […]

Quarter million lightning strike and heavy downpours smash southwest WA businesses

The southwestern tip of Western Australia is the latest corner of the country to see exceptionally heavy winter rainfall, with 24-hour totals topping 100mm at some locations, and over 250,000 lightning strikes causing costly shutdown procedures. Storms and heavy downpours pelted much of the South West Land Division on Wednesday as a cold front and […]

East Coast Low brings intense night of wind, rain and surf to NSW businesses

The East Coast Low lashed large parts of the NSW coastline in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning as damaging to destructive winds, intense rainfall and large waves disrupted industries from aviation to ports, and transport to power utilities. The stretch of NSW coastline from the Hunter region to the South Coast has been most […]

East Coast Low deepening near NSW coast disrupting aviation, transport and utility industries

Heavy rain, destructive winds and damaging surf will batter eastern NSW in the coming days following the explosive development of an East Coast Low leading to significant disruptions to transport, aviation and utilities. A coastal trough located off the southeast Queensland and northeast NSW coast rapidly intensified into a low pressure system overnight into Tuesday […]