What data do I need to create a new site
You will need to provide some data about the site and some settings about the forecasting models. Type of the sitetype
Specify the type of the site. For a solar site it should be:
solar
.
Name of the site name
Specify a name for the site. It is used to easily recognize the site. It is a string.
Example:
My solar site
Latitude of the site location latitude
Specify the latitude of the site location. It takes a value between -90 and 90.
Example:
52.5
Longitude of the site location longitude
Specify the longitude of the site location. It takes a value between -180 and 180.
Example:
13.4
Assets assets
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Solar park capacity
capacity
Specify the capacity of the solar park in kilowatts (kW). It is a positive number.
Example:1000
-
Solar panels orientation
azimuth
Specify the orientation (azimuth) of the PV panels in degrees. It is a positive number between 0 and 360 (0 N, 90 E, 180 S, 270 W).
Example:180
-
Solar panels inclination
tilt
Specify the inclination (tilt) of the PV panels in degrees. It is a positive number between 0 and 90.
Example:180
-
Installation date
install_date
Specify the date when the system was installed. It is a string with format: “YYYY-MM-DD”.
Example:2020-01-01
settings
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Model resolution
model_resolution
Specify how frequently the forecasts will be updated. It can be every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour or daily. It takes one of the following values:15min
,30min
,1h
or1d
. -
Train long-term models
trainLongTermModels
Specify if a model based on typical meteorological year should be trained for long-term forecasting. It takes one of the following values:true
orfalse
-
Train near-term models
trainNearTermModels
Specify if a model based on recent power observations should be trained for short-term forecasting. Power observations should be available in real time in this case. It takes one of the following values:true
orfalse
-
Use physical models
usePhysicalModels
Specify if physical models should be enabled. No training data are required for physical models to work. It takes one of the following values:true
orfalse
Create solar sites examples
Create solar site
Create multi-asset solar site
Response example