PVGIS (Photovoltaic Geographical Information System) is a European Commission service providing free access to solar radiation and photovoltaic performance data worldwide. Users can input location, system parameters, and retrieve hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly solar irradiation, PV output, and performance metrics in various formats (CSV, JSON, PDF). The platform supports multiple PV technologies, mounting options, and includes tools for horizon and temperature data, aiding researchers, engineers, and policymakers in renewable energy planning and analysis.
PVGIS is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Energy, Solar, Renewables, Data, and European Commission.
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aid: pvgis
name: PVGIS
description: PVGIS (Photovoltaic Geographical Information System) is a European Commission service providing free access to
solar radiation and photovoltaic performance data worldwide. Users can input location, system parameters, and retrieve hourly,
daily, monthly, and yearly solar irradiation, PV output, and performance metrics in various formats (CSV, JSON, PDF). The
platform supports multiple PV technologies, mounting options, and includes tools for horizon and temperature data, aiding
researchers, engineers, and policymakers in renewable energy planning and analysis.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pvgis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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x-source: harvest:energy
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-09-23 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-09-23'
modified: '2026-09-23'
x-coverage:
state: unreadable
reason: js-rendered-docs
detail: PVGIS documentation page is a JavaScript-heavy web app with no machine‑readable OpenAPI/GraphQL spec discovered.
evidence:
- url: https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/
status: 200
checked: 2026-09-23
tags:
- Energy
- Solar
- Renewables
- Data
- European Commission
tags_raw:
- Energy
- Solar
- Renewable
- Data
- European Commission
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
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- type: Hosts
url: hosts/pvgis-hosts.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/pvgis-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/
apis:
- name: PVGIS API
description: API for PVGIS providing solar radiation and photovoltaic performance data
humanURL: https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/
baseURL: null
aid: pvgis:pvgis-api
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-09-23'
status: enriched
artifacts_added: 5
pass: modular-v1
engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local
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