# PVWatts

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/pvwatts/  
**Provider:** National Renewable Energy Laboratory — https://apis.io/providers/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/  
**Base URL:** https://developer.nrel.gov/api/pvwatts/v8/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.nrel.gov/docs/solar/pvwatts/v8/

PVWatts is one of 8 APIs that [National Renewable Energy Laboratory](https://apis.io/providers/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Solar and Modeling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Estimate the energy production and cost of grid-connected photovoltaic energy systems for any location.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.nrel.gov/docs/solar/pvwatts/v8/

## Other National Renewable Energy Laboratory APIs (7)

- [Alternative Fuel Stations](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/alternative-fuel-stations/)
- [Utility Rates](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/utility-rates/)
- [Solar Resource Data](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/solar-resource-data/)
- [National Renewable Energy Laboratory Alt Fuel Stations API](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-alt-fuel-stations-api/)
- [National Renewable Energy Laboratory Pvwatts API](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-pvwatts-api/)
- [National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar API](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-solar-api/)
- [National Renewable Energy Laboratory Utility Rates API](https://apis.io/apis/national-renewable-energy-laboratory/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-utility-rates-api/)

## Tags

Solar, Modeling

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