General Electric Company

Marianne Hartung

Mark Ronald Lynass

Oliver Gerhard Mayer

Michael Schmidt

Marcus Zettl

Eva Bernal Serra

Christian Maria Anton Heller

Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez

Christian M Heller

Omar Stern

Yvonne Boose

Omar Ivan Stern Gonzalez

Eike Mueggenburg

A physical effect (optical effect), which may be observed in solar irradiance as shading due to a cloud passing overhead may be approaching a given location (e.g., a location at or proximate a solar power generator), has been discovered. This optical effect takes place prior to an occurrence of a solar obscuration event by the cloud, and thus this optical effect may be effectively sensed and processed in apparatuses, systems and methods to predict the occurrence of a solar obscuration of the power generator.

Prediction of solar obscuration events based on detection of spectral distribution shifts caused by approaching clouds

A prediction system for predicting solar irradiance based on cloud characteristics includes a sky imager that includes a customized lens configured to capture one or more substantially planar images of the sky. The prediction system further includes an image processor coupled to the sky imager and configured to process the one or more substantially planar images. Moreover, the prediction system includes a computing system coupled to the image processor and configured to detect cloud characteristics based on the one or more substantially planar images, and predict the solar irradiance based on the cloud characteristics.

Methods and systems for predicting cloud movement

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Garching, Germany

Marianne Hartung