Posted in 2022

Animation of two-axis tracker shading

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.

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DMI API Tutorial

This tutorial gives an introduction to how to access meteorological observation data from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). Data is retrieved from the meteorological observation data API (v2). Note that these near-real-time observational data are not quality-controlled. Quality-controlled hourly data is available from another API.

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Satellite-derived irradiance maps

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.

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How to add an inset map with Cartopy in Python

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:

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