# Solcast

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/solcast/  
**Website:** https://solcast.com  
**APIs profiled:** 6

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.

## Kin Score — 53.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 52.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 79.1 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 45.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 28.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 35.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Solcast Agentic Access** — 25 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Solcast Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Solcast Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Solcast Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Solar, Energy, Forecasting, Irradiance, Weather, Renewable Energy, PV Power

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/solcast/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.