Forecasting of Power Production of a Parabolic Trough Plant Using EO and NWP Data

TSK Flagsol Engineering GmbH through a cooperation with the DLR (the German Aerospace Center) and sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a weather and energy production forecasting system called CSP-FoSyS for the operation of CSP power plants. CSP-FoSyS is both a meteorological and an electrical and thermal power forecast system based on satellite based nowcasting, numerical weather prediction model and cloud cameras based forecasts. The system integrates these several forecasting methods through a concept called "the merger", providing forecasts for the use in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.