# Solcast

Solar resource assessment and forecasting data for irradiance and PV power, globally.

- **Category:** analytics
- **Auth:** API_KEY
- **Tools:** 6
- **Triggers:** 0
- **Slug:** `SOLCAST`
- **Version:** 00000000_00

## Tools

### Get Historic Radiation And Weather

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_GET_DATA_HISTORIC_RADIATION_AND_WEATHER`

Tool to get historical irradiance and weather estimated actuals for a requested location. Use when you need historical solar radiation and weather data from 2007-01-01 to 7 days ago, for up to 31 days at a time.

### Get PV Power Resource

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_GET_RESOURCES_PV_POWER_SITE`

Tool to retrieve a specific PV power resource by its unique identifier. Use when you need to fetch complete resource configuration including capacity, orientation, tracking, and derating parameters.

### Get Resources PV Power Sites

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_GET_RESOURCES_PV_POWER_SITES`

Tool to list PV power resources available to authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve the list of PV power sites with optional filtering by entitlement level.

### Patch PV Power Resource

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_PATCH_RESOURCES_PV_POWER_SITE`

Tool to partially update an existing PV power resource's technical specifications. Use when you need to modify specific resource configuration fields without replacing the entire resource.

### Create PV Power Resource

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_POST_RESOURCES_PV_POWER_SITE`

Tool to create a new PV power resource for Advanced PV Power forecasting. Use when you need to add a new solar installation site with comprehensive technical specifications including capacity, orientation, tracking parameters, and derating factors.

### Update PV Power Resource

**Slug:** `SOLCAST_PUT_RESOURCES_PV_POWER_SITE`

Tool to update an existing PV power resource with comprehensive technical specifications for solar installation site modeling. Use when you need to modify resource configuration including capacity, orientation, tracking parameters, derating factors, and bifacial system settings.
