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Solcast Create Pv Power Site Example

SolarEnergyForecastingIrradianceWeatherRenewable EnergyPV Power

Solcast Create Pv Power Site Example is an example object payload from Solcast, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.solcast.com.au/resources/pv_power_site",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "name": "Brisbane Solar Farm",
      "latitude": -27.467778,
      "longitude": 153.027944,
      "capacity": 100.0,
      "tilt": 15,
      "azimuth": 180,
      "install_date": "2022-09-01",
      "loss_factor": 0.88,
      "tracking_type": "horizontal_single_axis"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 201,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "resource_id": "d92f-4a1c-8b47-11ee",
      "name": "Brisbane Solar Farm",
      "latitude": -27.467778,
      "longitude": 153.027944,
      "capacity": 100.0,
      "tilt": 15,
      "azimuth": 180,
      "install_date": "2022-09-01",
      "loss_factor": 0.88,
      "tracking_type": "horizontal_single_axis",
      "created_at": "2026-05-02T10:00:00.0000000Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-05-02T10:00:00.0000000Z"
    }
  }
}