Solar Resource & Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Observed Atmospheric and Solar Information System (OASIS); Tucson, Arizona (Data)

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to support deployment of power projects in the United States. The no-funds-exchanged collaboration brings NREL solar resource assessment expertise together with industry needs for measurements. The end result is high quality data sets to support the financing, design, and monitoring of large scale solar power projects for industry in addition to research-quality data for NREL model development. NREL provides consultation for instrumentation and station deployment, along with instrument calibrations, data acquisition, quality assessment, data distribution, and summary reports. Industry participants provide equipment, infrastructure, and station maintenance.

美国能源部国家可再生能源实验室（National Renewable Energy Laboratory，NREL）与太阳能产业开展深度合作，构建高质量的太阳能与气象观测数据集。本太阳能资源与气象评估项目（Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project，SOLRMAP）可为美国境内太阳能发电项目的落地部署提供专业的数据支撑。该合作模式不涉及资金往来，将NREL在太阳能资源评估领域的核心技术优势与产业界对观测数据的实际需求紧密结合。最终产出的高质量数据集，既可支撑产业界大型太阳能发电项目的融资、设计与运维监测工作，同时也可为NREL的模型研发提供符合科研级标准的数据支持。NREL可为观测仪器与站点部署提供专业咨询服务，同时涵盖仪器校准、数据采集、质量评估、数据分发以及汇总报告等全流程服务；产业合作方则负责提供观测设备、基础设施以及站点运维保障。