Data Sources

Volcast leverages multiple data sources to deliver accurate solar production forecasts.

Open-Meteo

Open-Meteo provides global weather data for solar irradiance, temperature, and other atmospheric conditions.

Weather data is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Google WeatherNext 3 (Experimental)

Machine learning models trained on satellite and weather data. Experimental; used for some accounts to enhance forecasting.

© 2024-6 Google LLC, whose machine learning models were used to create the experimental data made available under https://storage.googleapis.com/weathernext-public/terms-of-use.pdf. This data is intended for experimental modelling only and is not intended, validated, or approved for real world use.
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