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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 16 more developer resources.

61.0/100 strong ▼ -8.3 Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
SolarEnergyForecastingIrradianceWeatherRenewable EnergyPV Power

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 61.0/100 · strong
Contract Quality 20.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 8.9 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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
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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.

Open Collections 1

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

Solcast API

OPEN COLLECTION

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.

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.

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
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: '0.19'
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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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  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
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  - type: GettingStarted
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  - type: CSharpSDK
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- aid: solcast:solcast-forecast-data-api
  name: Solcast Forecast Data API
  description: Solar irradiance, PV power, and weather forecasts up to 14 days ahead.
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
  - Forecast Data
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  - type: GettingStarted
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- aid: solcast:solcast-historic-data-api
  name: Solcast Historic Data API
  description: Historical solar radiation and weather data from 2007-01-01 up to 7 days before present.
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
  - Historic Data
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-python-sdk
  - type: CSharpSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-csharp-sdk
  - type: JuliaSDK
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  - type: Vocabulary
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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
  tags:
  - Live Data
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-python-sdk
  - type: CSharpSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-csharp-sdk
  - type: JuliaSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/Solcast.jl
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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
  properties:
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    url: openapi/solcast-pv-power-sites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-python-sdk
  - type: CSharpSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-csharp-sdk
  - type: JuliaSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/Solcast.jl
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- aid: solcast:solcast-tmy-data-api
  name: Solcast TMY Data API
  description: Typical Meteorological Year data computed from 2007 to 2023 satellite observations.
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  baseURL: https://api.solcast.com.au
  tags:
  - TMY Data
  properties:
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    url: openapi/solcast-tmy-data-api-openapi.yml
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
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    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-python-sdk
  - type: CSharpSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-csharp-sdk
  - type: JuliaSDK
    url: https://github.com/Solcast/Solcast.jl
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common:
- 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