On Wednesday, the 21st of March, President Obama visited the largest source of solar energy in the United States Nevada offers an impressive array of solar collectors, like most plants, but it is soon to add another addition created by a think tank in University of California in San Diego
Sky Imagers are some of the newest and most advanced inventions in weather forecasting. Offering a 360 degree view of the horizon, these machines use complex algorithms to read the position, composition, and size of clouds on the horizon and predict the power output for the next few days. This revolutionary new technology makes leaps and bounds in the field of renewable energy, as many detractors from this cavalier field cite its unreliability as a chief concern from making it a national resource.
Sky imagers are the result of decades of work from many different researchers, and all of them are excited to have a prototype set made operational in the country’s largest source of photovoltaic power. The hope is that this predictive technology will accurately tell when power production might be cut to as low as fifty percent. This knowledge arriving up to thirty six hours before the actual occurrence allows for the San Diego based energy company to decide whether or not they need to supplement the power through other plants in the area, thus preventing brown outs and power failure, but ending the need to constantly supplement the solar collectors’ output.
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