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VCOM forecast chart

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Chart

The chart shows:

  • Dotted lines: Forecasted power in kW for a 7-day horizon (here: 6-13 November).

  • For comparison, you can see the actual power in kW (red line) and POA irradiance (yellow line), in this case for 3-5 November.

VCOM forecast chart
VCOM forecast chart

Basic info

Description

The chart displays the forecasted active power generation according to the VCOM forecast. The forecast is displayed from the current day for the next 7 days and is updated in 15-minute intervals. The chart also displays real-time measurements of the actual power and satellite irradiance.

Prerequisites

  • VCOM forecast has been activated in VCOM for the relevant system(s).

Further details

The intervals displayed may deviate for data sources with faster or slower transmission intervals.

See VCOM forecast for technical details.


View historic values

To view historic forecast values, you can create a user-defined chart. This allows you, for example, to evaluate the deviation between the VCOM forecast, actual power values, and other parameters.

Prerequisites
Steps
  1. Create a term using the abbreviation FORECAST_POWER. See Terms.

  2. The forecast term you created should now be visible in the user-defined charts in the category Sensoric/Calculated.

  3. Create a user-defined chart with the desired values, e.g. actual active power and sensor irradiance values. See Create and save user-defined charts with the chart generator.

Your chart containing historic data is now displayed in the Evaluation area of VCOM.

Example of a user-defined chart showing historical data compared with actual irradiance and energy generated
Example of a user-defined chart showing historical data compared with actual irradiance and energy generated (PV yield counter)


Note

Find further information on the general functions within charts under Evaluations & charts.