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· Energy Source & Distribution

ARENA backs solar resource firm’s yield forecast modelling

PV Lighthouse, a resource for photovoltaic engineers and scientists, has received $1.97 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to fund the continued development of SunSolve Yield, an advanced simulation engine that improves yield forecasting for utility-scale solar projects.

· PV Magazine Australia

PV Lighthouse lands new funding to develop PV modelling platform

Australian software developer PV Lighthouse has secured almost $2 million in federal to drive the continued development of its SunSolve Yield advanced simulation engine that is designed to improve yield forecasting for utility-scale solar projects.

· PV Tech

ARENA lobs $2m at hyper-accurate solar yield software

A company that began as a free solar data website in 2011 has landed a $1.97 million grant to fine tune the product that, 13 years later, it calls “the world’s most advanced solar simulation engine”

· News

PVPMC 2024 key takeaways

We invited 5 panelists from a cross section of the solar industry to talk about the financial value of accurate modelling at the PVPMC 2024.

    · SunSolve Power Videos

    Adding Free-Carrier Absorption in SunSolve

    There are two types of optical absorption in a semiconductor: band-to-band absorption (which can contribute to light generated current) and free-carrier absorption (which does not contribute to current generation and thus represents a loss mechanism).

    · SunSolve Power Videos

    Using the SunSolve Library Manager

    This video provides an overview of how to manage custom data sets within SunSolve-Power. Custom data sets can be entered for the refractive index of a material, the reflection and transmission of an interface, the spectrum of incident light, and the collection efficiency of a layer.