Norwegian vitality danger and assurance big DNV has known as for homegrown startup Solcast, which sells knowledge and forecasting options for photo voltaic vitality to the likes of Rio Tinto and BP.
DNV’s product is utilized by solar energy producers, energy grids and others to find out the supply of the photo voltaic useful resource at any time.
DNV took possession of Solcast on Wednesday however plans to depart the crew and Australian operations untouched.
Six-year-old Solcast was based by metrologists James Luffman and Dr Nick Engerer, who work within the electrical energy provide chain.
The enterprise now offers historic, reside in addition to forecast photo voltaic irradiance knowledge, packaged in a contemporary software consumer interface (API).
Its product is utilized by solar energy producers, energy grids and others to know their availability of photo voltaic useful resource at any time.
The acquirer, DNV is privately owned and traces its historical past again to 1864. It posts $3 billion in income by 2021, of which a 3rd comes from offering options to the vitality trade – the unit the place the expertise of Solcast is coming.
