We are pleased to inform our readers that we have subscribed to new sources for terrestrial observations and solar satellite data, in order to bolster our ability to provide the latest weather data to our clients and allow us to extend the EWE Index to all 8 Australian capital cities.
For solar observations, we now have access to Solcast‘s global solar database for all 8 Australian capitals, which they produce using high-resolution (1-2km) imagery from a range of geostationary meteorological satellites. Utilising observations from the advanced imager onboard the Himawari-8 satellite, Solcast produces the gridded solar data utilising their in-house radiation model. This real time service has been successfully integrated since May 2022 in our EWEI analysis.
Also, we now have access to BOM‘s terrestrial observations and QA’d gridded solar data for over 250 Australian locations, which allows us to commence our project to produce weather data time series in various formats to cover the period 1990-2021 in these locations, and also create RMY climate data files. We will keep our readers updated on this process with our monthly issues of Exemplary Advances.
Lastly, while we are thrilled to enhance our RTYs products with BOM’s terrestrial observations and Solcast’s solar data, we would like to thank once again Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Murdoch University, and the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (and formerly Macquarie University), for making timely RTY data available to Exemplary Energy; some for over the last 7 years.
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