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Solar farm sky-cam cloud cover fraction

cloud cover percentage over a utility-scale solar array via site sky-imaging webcam

Feed detail
Measures
cloud cover percentage over a utility-scale solar array via site sky-imaging webcam
Source
University/utility public sky-cam feeds used for solar forecasting (e.g., NREL/SRRL sky imager, Golden CO public feed)
Access
cv-webcam
Cadence
intradayupdates multiple times a day
Thesis
Real-time cloud cover directly drives intraday solar generation, useful for short-horizon power price/renewable curtailment forecasting
Maps to
CAISO/ERCOT solar generation, day-ahead power prices
Crowdedness
contested
Tier
tA
Ban-risk
ban:none
Where this stands

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