On 13 April the Bureau advised us that their satellite-derived hourly solar irradiation data has now been updated to the end of 2021 with some enhancements on the service offered until July 2019 when it was suspended due to the illness and untimely death of its key scientist Dr Ian Grant (as reported in “Exemplary Advances” 2019 December under Vale Dr Ian Grant).
For almost three years, that tragic loss has thwarted our aspiration to update our weather and climate files at the end of each calendar year. We have already begun our work to make the new data available to the building and renewable energy industries by the end of this financial year. We will regularly report on our progress through “Exemplary Advances”.