sunflow: solar nowcasting for Denmark

Scientific development framework for open sourced solar nowcasting at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).

Overview

sunflow provides tools and models for short-range forecasting (nowcasting) of solar irradiance, supporting renewable energy integration and solar power production forecasting in Denmark.

Future Features

• Solar irradiance nowcasting models
• Data ingestion and preprocessing utilities
• Verification and evaluation metrics
• Visualisation tools

Requirements

• Python >= 3.10

Installation

Clone the repository and install in editable mode:

git clone https://github.com/dmidk/sunflow.git
cd sunflow
pip install -e .

Usage

import sunflow

# Example usage will be documented here as the project develops

Project Structure

sunflow/
├── sunflow/          # Main Python package
│   └── __init__.py
├── tests/              # Unit and integration tests
├── notebooks/          # Jupyter notebooks for exploration and demos
├── pyproject.toml      # Package metadata and build configuration
├── CONTRIBUTING.md     # Contribution guidelines
├── LICENSE             # MIT License
└── README.md

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before submitting pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.