Cloudcasting
AI that predicts cloud movements, improving the accuracy of solar generation forecasts.
Cloud cover plays a huge role in solar power generation — but traditional weather services struggle to accurately predict cloud movements.
At Open Climate Fix, we have created a working AI-solution that addresses this.
While building our solar forecasting models, we discovered that recent satellite imagery made a big improvement to prediction accuracy.
Cloudcasting is our groundbreaking AI technology that forecasts satellite imagery and cloud patterns hours ahead of time.
Our work significantly boosts the accuracy of solar generation forecasts — delivering twice the improvement compared to when traditional weather models are used.
This is the world’s first AI weather product of its kind. Cloudcasting isn’t just a forecast — it’s a leap forward in short-term weather prediction.
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Manchester Prize
In 2024, we were chosen as finalists for the UK’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s inaugural Manchester Prize award.
Selected as one of the 10 best projects out of 400 applications, we were awarded £100k to develop an innovative AI-solution, resulting in our Cloudcasting prototype.
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Cloudcasting
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