# Dutch Solar Power Figures Are Estimates Based on the Entrance Model

DevFeed: [Dutch Solar Power Figures Are Estimates Based on the Entrance Model](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-versus-proprietary-re-calculating-dutch-solar-power-generation-36371.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dutch-electrical-power-figures-and-solar-model/>)

Published: 2022-03-27T08:47:53Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [realtime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/realtime.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>), [graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphs.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface.md>), [live](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/live.md>), [measurements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/measurements.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [solar](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solar.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines Dutch electricity data submitted to ENTSO-E and explains that the Netherlands does not report solar generation directly. Reported real-time solar figures appear to be estimates produced by the Entrance model, based on parameters such as solar-field data, temperature, irradiation intensity, and panel orientation.

## Source excerpt

As part of my coping mechanisms, I like to make graphs of important things I worry about. Recently with the Russia-inflicted horrors in Ukraine, I've been looking at the torrent of Russian gas being bought by Europe. This turned into a live plot that shows just how much money we are sending to Russia. In that post, I also dwell on how we are using that gas to heat our houses and generate electricity.