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 API contracts indexed 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 18 more developer resources.

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56.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessPaid

1 published contract

Solar Energy ForecastingIrradianceWeather Renewable EnergyPV Power

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Data & Reference Information Services

AE-230

AggregationsForecast DataLive Data

GET /data/forecast/radiation_and_weather GET /data/live/radiation_and_weather GET /data/forecast/aggregations

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 56.0/100 · strong

Contract Quality 13.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.0 / 15

Access Clarity 9.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 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

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 53.6 — up to +9.3 composite points
Contract Governance scores 27.3 — up to +8.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 36.8 — up to +8.2 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Energy and Utilities	undeclared	-	-	-
Weather and Climate Data	undeclared	-	-	-

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Solcast API pricing

Prices published by Solcast, read 2026-10-28 from solcast.com/pricing/irradiance-weather.

Plan	Price
Historical Time Series - Starter	Request a quote Includes: Starts 3 years ago to 7 days ago; 30, 60 minutes; JSON, CSV; API & Web Download
Historical Time Series - Pro	Request a quote Includes: Starts 7 years ago to 7 days ago; 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 minutes
Historical Time Series - Max	Request a quote Includes: January 2007 to 7 days ago; 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 minutes
Custom	Request a quote Includes: Gridded data, Area Averages, Historical Forecasts, Bulk API access, Site Adaptation
TMY Pro	Request a quote Includes: 60 Minutes; P50 only; 2007 to 2025; API
TMY Max	Request a quote Includes: 15, 20, 30, 60 Minutes; P50, P75, P90, P95
Site-Adapted TMY	Request a quote Includes: Site adapted based on high-quality measurements
Live Data - Starter	Request a quote Includes: Update every 6 hours; -7 days to now; 30, 60 minutes

All 13 plans, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free / Hobbyist Daily Request Limit: 10 requests per day
Free — Historic Time Series Lifetime Quota: 15 site months
Starter — Update Frequency Constraint: 6 update frequency hours

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Solcast's documentation. All 6 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Solcast Plans Pricing

13 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Solcast Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Solcast

SLA

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

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

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

SDKs

GitHubOrg

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

RateLimits

ChangeLog

Contact

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

ParentCompany

ParentCompany

Source (apis.yml)

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
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  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
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  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
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  generated: '2026-11-06'
  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'
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specificationVersion: '0.23'
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  name: Solcast Aggregations API
  description: Live and forecast aggregated generation data for grid collections and sub-aggregations.
  humanURL: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
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  tags:
  - Aggregations
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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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    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
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  - type: CSharpSDK
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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: 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-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
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
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  - type: CSharpSDK
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  - type: JuliaSDK
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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/
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
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    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
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  - 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: https://docs.solcast.com.au/
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/getting-started
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    url: https://docs.solcast.com.au/docs/api-authentication
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    url: https://solcast.com/sdk
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    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-python-sdk
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    url: https://github.com/Solcast/solcast-api-csharp-sdk
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    url: https://github.com/Solcast/Solcast.jl
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    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/capabilities/solar-resource-assessment.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-schema/solcast-radiation-and-weather-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-schema/solcast-pv-power-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-schema/solcast-pv-power-site-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-structure/solcast-radiation-and-weather-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-structure/solcast-pv-power-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/solcast/refs/heads/main/json-structure/solcast-pv-power-site-structure.json
  - 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: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/solcast-capability-edges.yml
  name: Solcast Business Capability Map
- 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

Solcast API — frequently asked questions

Does Solcast have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from Solcast, including Solcast Aggregations API, Solcast Forecast Data API and Solcast Historic Data API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Solcast API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Solcast, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Solcast API?

Solcast uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Solcast Authentication.

How much does the Solcast API cost?

Solcast publishes its prices; its Historical Time Series - Starter plan is Request a quote as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 13 pricing plans for Solcast, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Solcast API ready for AI agents?

Solcast has a Kin Score of 56.0 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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