Hi, I am looking to understand how is the climate data calculated. Is it it satellite images or else is it estimated from previous years data ? 

Hi Solar Designer,

climate data can be derived from various sources, using various methods. In PV*SOL we offer our users to use climate data by the following providers:

• Meteonorm
• Valentin Software (our own method, for Germany only)
• PVGIS
• Solcast
• SolarAnywhere

These providers all use different approaches and different data sources. Most of the time, a mixture of satellite imagery and ground measurement is used as input data.

Please also have a look at our help pages, there you'll also find links to the providers:

https://help.valentin-software.com/pvsol/en/pages/system-type-climate-and-grid/meteosyn/#create-new-location

Kind regards,

Martin

Hi Martin, 

This is perfect, thank you.