The cloud fraction diurnal variation (CDV) regulates the Earth system's radiative budget and balance, influencing atmospheric variables such as temperature and humidity, as well as physical processes ...

Researchers from China have developed a novel way to nowcast the cloud coverage of PV plants. It consists of a new algorithm that uses machine learning techniques for processing and taking ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...