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Solcast

Solcast is a solar and renewable energy data company, acquired by DNV in 2023, that provides high-resolution, satellite-derived solar irradiance, PV power, weather forecasting, and historical climate data via a developer API. Its data covers live, forecast, historical, and typical meteorological year (TMY) datasets for rooftop PV, advanced PV, grid aggregations, and soiling models globally.

Solcast publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Aggregations API, Forecast Data API, Historic Data API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Solar, Energy, Forecasting, Irradiance, and Weather.

The Solcast catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Solcast’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, changelog, and 17 more developer resources.

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55.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
SolarEnergyForecastingIrradianceWeatherRenewable EnergyPV Power

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 55.7/100 · strong
Contract Quality 14.4 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 8.0 / 15
Access Clarity 7.5 / 15
Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10
Contract Governance 2.6 / 9
Discoverability 5.1 / 8
Regulatory Posture 4.3 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Energy & Utilities regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Solcast Aggregations API

Live and forecast aggregated generation data for grid collections and sub-aggregations.

Solcast Forecast Data API

Solar irradiance, PV power, and weather forecasts up to 14 days ahead.

Solcast Historic Data API

Historical solar radiation and weather data from 2007-01-01 up to 7 days before present.

Solcast Live Data API

Real-time solar irradiance, PV power, and weather estimated actuals (last 7 days, updated every 5 minutes).

Solcast PV Power Sites API

CRUD management of registered PV power sites for use with the advanced PV power model.

Solcast TMY Data API

Typical Meteorological Year data computed from 2007 to 2023 satellite observations.

Postman Collections 6

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Solcast Aggregations API

POSTMAN

Solcast Aggregations Forecast Data API

POSTMAN

Solcast Aggregations Historic Data API

POSTMAN

Solcast Aggregations Live Data API

POSTMAN

Solcast Aggregations PV Power Sites API

POSTMAN

Solcast Aggregations TMY Data API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations Forecast Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations Historic Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations Live Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations PV Power Sites API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast Aggregations TMY Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

Solcast API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Solcast Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Solcast Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Solcast Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Solcast Context

0 classes · 56 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Solcast API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Solcast API Rules

18 rules · 6 errors 12 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

PV Power Estimated

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PV Power Site

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Radiation and Weather Estimated

25 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Solcast Pv Power Site Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Solcast Pv Power Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Solcast Radiation And Weather Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Solcast Create Pv Power Site Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Solcast Get Forecast Radiation And Weather Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Solcast Get Forecast Rooftop Pv Power Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Solcast Get Historic Radiation And Weather Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Solcast Get Live Radiation And Weather Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Solcast List Pv Power Sites Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Solcast Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Solcast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Solcast Agentic Access

25 operations · 4 acting

25 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 SDKs
SDKs
 GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg
 API Toolkit
API Toolkit

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany
ParentCompany
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: solcast
name: Solcast
description: Solcast is a solar and renewable energy data company, acquired by DNV in 2023, that provides high-resolution,
  satellite-derived solar irradiance, PV power, weather forecasting, and historical climate data via a developer API. Its
  data covers live, forecast, historical, and typical meteorological year (TMY) datasets for rooftop PV, advanced PV, grid
  aggregations, and soiling models globally.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/solcast.png
tags:
- Solar
- Energy
- Forecasting
- Irradiance
- Weather
- Renewable Energy
- PV Power
created: '2025-05-02'
modified: '2026-06-13'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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  name: Solcast Aggregations API
  description: Live and forecast aggregated generation data for grid collections and sub-aggregations.
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  name: Solcast Forecast Data API
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  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
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  name: Solcast Historic Data API
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  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
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- aid: solcast:solcast-live-data-api
  name: Solcast Live Data API
  description: Real-time solar irradiance, PV power, and weather estimated actuals (last 7 days, updated every 5 minutes).
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
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  - type: GettingStarted
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- aid: solcast:solcast-pv-power-sites-api
  name: Solcast PV Power Sites API
  description: CRUD management of registered PV power sites for use with the advanced PV power model.
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
  - PV Power Sites
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  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-ld/solcast-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/solcast-vocabulary.yml
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/dnv/
  name: DNV
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Solcast is a solar and renewable energy data company, acquired by DNV in 2023, that provides high-resolution,
    satellite-derived solar irradiance, PV power, weather forecasting, and historical climate data via a developer API.
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/solcast/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/solcast-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/solcast-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/solcast-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://solcast.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://solcast.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solcast
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/solcastapi
- type: Blog
  url: https://solcast.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://solcast.com/pricing/irradiance-weather
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.solcast.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/solcast-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/solcast-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/solcast-finops.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: https://solcast.com/sdk
- type: Signup
  url: https://toolkit.solcast.com.au/register
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://solcast.com/changelog
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Solcast
- type: API Toolkit
  url: https://toolkit.solcast.com.au/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://solcast.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://solcast.com/privacy-policy
- type: Contact
  url: https://solcast.com/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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