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PV power, regional PV, Capacity Factor, Power, Energy, solar.
Contact
copernicus-support@ecmwf.int |
Dataset coverage
Geographic area
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Historical: 1-hour time step as accumulated value. Averages for daily, monthly, seasonal (DJF, MAM, JJA, SON) and annual are also computed for NUTS0 and NUTS2 mean values. |
Seasonal Forecasts: 24-hour time step as accumulated value (gridded data). Averages for monthly, seasonal (DJF, MAM, JJA, SON) and annual are also computed for NUTS0 mean values. |
Projections: 3-hour time step as accumulated value (gridded data). Daily NUTS0 and NUTS2 averages are also computed. |
Time period
Historical: 1979 to present (ca. 1 month behind real time); updated every month based on ERA5T data availability. | ||||
Seasonal Forecasts: The hindcasts cover the period 1993-2016 for the three models used by C3S Energy: ECMWF Sys5, Météo-France Sys7 and UK Met Office Sys14. ECMWF has all the month, MTFR SY07 currently covers October to April with the rest of the months to be completed by mid- May 2020 as this is a new system. METO SY14 ranges from June to April (notice that METO SY14 is a rolling release model, hindcast have to be computed each months). The forecasts updated have been run every month from the first month of availability in the current version on the CDS: | ||||
Forecast availability | Forecast horizon | |||
ECMWF Sys5 | From January 2017 | 215 days (24-hourly time steps) | ||
MTFR Sys7 | From October 2019 | 211 days (24-hourly time steps) | ||
METO Sys14 | From June 2019 | 215 days (24-hourly time steps) | ||
Projections: 1980 to 2098 (common period), with historical forcing to 2005, then RCP forcing. | ||||
Spatial resolution
Historical: 0.25° by 0.25° latitude/longitude. Data are also available as averages for more than 30 European countries (NUTS0) and ca. 350 NUTS2 areas. |
Seasonal Forecasts: 1° by 1° latitude/longitude. The underlying forecast systems run at different resolutions. Data are also available as averages for more than 30 European countries as NUTS0 areas. |
Projections: 0.25° by 0.25° latitude/longitude. Data are also available as averages for more than 30 European countries (NUTS0) and ca. 350 NUTS2 areas. |
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- Energy data: the parameter dataset used in the SPV model is taken from the optimal tilt angle disseminated by PV-GIS; ENTSO-E Power Statistics
Historical: ERA5 for climate indicators (solar radiation and air temperature) |
Seasonal Forecasts: i. ECMWF seasonal forecast system 5 technical description ii. Météo-France seasonal forecast system 7 technical description iii. Met Office |
Projections: EURO-CORDEX Climate indicators (solar radiation and air temperature) available via the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) portal. |
Tools used in the production of indicators
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