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Description

Solcast is a cloud-based software designed to deliver precise, reliable historical, current, and predictive solar irradiance, weather, and photovoltaic (PV) power data tailored for renewable energy needs, using a versatile REST API along with developer tools. By monitoring real-time satellite cloud coverage and integrating it with sophisticated weather models, it provides solar irradiance predictions that range from five minutes to 14 days ahead with exceptional spatial and temporal accuracy, in addition to offering historical data spanning from 2007 to a week prior for performance assessment. The platform accommodates various PV power forecasting models, including Rooftop PV, Advanced PV, and Premium PV, which evaluate both actual and anticipated output for solar installations of any size. Its API delivers data in user-friendly JSON or CSV formats, making it easy to integrate with energy management software, analytical platforms, or tailored workflows. Additionally, developers can utilize native HTTP clients or software development kits (SDKs) such as Python and C#, complete with code samples, to seamlessly access and implement this data. This comprehensive approach positions Solcast as a crucial resource for optimizing solar energy operations.

Description

TimesFM-3 represents an advanced time series foundation model that excels in highly precise multivariate forecasting with a single forward pass. This model, which consists of 330 million parameters, has undergone pre-training on a vast corpus of real-world and synthetic time series data, totaling over 1 trillion time points, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and zero-shot generalization capabilities seen in previous TimesFM iterations. It is adept at simultaneously predicting numerous coevolving time series and understanding dependencies that bolster accuracy without the need for task-specific fine-tuning. Furthermore, it accommodates multiple forecasting targets, including both point and quantile predictions, and incorporates past covariates that are only available historically, alongside dynamic covariates that pertain to future events such as planned promotions, holidays, or weather changes. Utilizing a decoder-only transformer architecture, TimesFM-3 processes sequential data in segments of 32 time steps, employing alternating causal temporal attention and full variate attention to integrate patterns across both time and interrelated series effectively. As a result, it provides a robust tool for forecasting complex time-dependent phenomena in various applications.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

C# Yes 
Google Sheets Yes 
JSON Yes 
Microsoft Excel Yes 
PVsyst Yes 
Python Yes 
System Advisor Model (SAM) Yes 

Integrations

C# No 
Google Sheets No 
JSON No 
Microsoft Excel No 
PVsyst No 
Python No 
System Advisor Model (SAM) No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Solcast

Founded

2016

Country

Australia

Website

solcast.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Google

Founded

1998

Country

United States

Website

research.google/blog/timesfm-3-a-zero-shot-foundation-model-for-multivariate-forecasting/

Product Features

Solar

2D/3D Drawing No 
Analytics / Reporting No 
Bill of Materials No 
CMMS No 
Estimating No 
Field Service Management No 
PV Animation No 
Permitting No 
Preventive Maintenance No 
Proposal Management No 
Solar Design No 
Solar Maintenance Management No 
Solar Monitoring No 
Solar Project Management No 
Solar Sales / CRM No 

Product Features

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