Posted in 2022
Animation of two-axis tracker shading
- 09 November 2022
In this blog post I’ll show how to create an animation demonstrating self-shading of a two-axis tracker within a solar collector field.
![gif demonstrating shading during one day](../../_images/shading_demonstration.gif)
DMI API Tutorial
- 22 February 2022
This tutorial gives an introduction on how to use the Danish Meteorological Institute’s (DMI) API to download meterological observation data (v2).
![../../_images/6c9fdba8037b14796b4610634c83739fc7c31f4debb6207188b2bec3d377ede8.png](../../_images/6c9fdba8037b14796b4610634c83739fc7c31f4debb6207188b2bec3d377ede8.png)
Satellite-derived irradiance maps
- 12 February 2022
Satellite-derived irradiance data has several benefits over ground-measured irradiance despite its lower accuracy. The main advantages include a large geographical coverage (continents), long-timespan (multiple decades), and low cost.
![../../_images/a065005c2a4e85335689a312e58fc89102b0e85f84be982803671c0c5ef7e01f.png](../../_images/a065005c2a4e85335689a312e58fc89102b0e85f84be982803671c0c5ef7e01f.png)
How to add an inset map with Cartopy in Python
- 06 January 2022
You know that small map that shows a zoomed-in view of a part of a bigger map? Well, it’s called an inset map, and according to Wikipedia:
![../../_images/e1f6777bba517ce1b83f776d75971699f36732f4e9500d2fda4c1dc17c43757a.png](../../_images/e1f6777bba517ce1b83f776d75971699f36732f4e9500d2fda4c1dc17c43757a.png)