National Renewable Energy Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar API

The Solar API from National Renewable Energy Laboratory — 1 operation(s) for solar.

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Operations 1

GET /solar/solar_resource/v1.json Solar resource data

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NREL Developer Network APIs Alt Fuel Stations Solar API
  description: Selected endpoints from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developer network covering alternative fuel stations, solar resource and PV modeling, and utility electricity rate lookups. All endpoints require a developer API key.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: NREL Developer Network
    url: https://developer.nrel.gov/
servers:
- url: https://developer.nrel.gov/api
  description: Production
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Solar
paths:
  /solar/solar_resource/v1.json:
    get:
      summary: Solar resource data
      description: Average direct normal, global horizontal, and tilt at latitude irradiance for a US location.
      parameters:
      - name: address
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: lat
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: lon
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Solar resource data set.
      tags:
      - Solar
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key