SOLEMI offers different services in the range from audits for single sites to a complete analysis for a whole region. The services offered are:
| Site audit | A site audit is an analysis of the suitability of a single location for solar applications. For this purpose a long-term hourly irradiance time series is extracted from the SOLEMI database for a site specified by its geographical co-ordinates. The site audit results in a quality-proven time-series supplied in digital form and an individual report, which describes the specific solar radiation characteristics of the site and gives visual displays of the gathered information. |
| Solar irradiance atlas | For mapping of a certain regions we supply solar irradiance atlases. Usually this covers whole countries or large districts of several thousand km2. The results are digital maps suitable for the use in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The maps display annual sums of the solar irradiance. There will be a map for each analysed year and a map with the average of the analysed years. In its basic form the atlas will be done only for one component of the solar irradiance: Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) or Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI). The second component is an additional option. Another additional option is the production of monthly maps. The atlas consists of digital maps and a report describing the method, the quality of the data and the interpretation of the results. Also as an additional option, the data can be prepared for internet presentation with basic GIS functionality. |
| Pre-Assessment Study | The pre-assessment study shall give a first insight into the characteristics a specified region. It is based on a irradiance map for one year and a site exclusion map, which takes out sites or pixels unsuitable for solar thermal power generation. The exclusion criteria are land use, geomorphology, land slope, protected areas, water bodies, forests, etc. |
| Solar resource studies | Solar resource studies additionally look at the technical and economical potential of different solar electricity generation technologies. This will be based on additional geographical and country specific data. |