Wind and Solar Power

Wind Power

This parameter gives the wind power in kW and MW for more than 800 turbine models of several manufacturers with hub heights ranging from 10 m to 20 000 m.

wind_power_turbine_<turbine_id>_hub_height_<height>:<unit>

Available turbines: Turbine List (please contact us if the turbine you need is missing)

Available heights: continuous from 10m to 20000m

Available units: MW, kW

Examples

Examples for available turbines (and the respective query parameters) are:

wind_power_turbine_enercon_e101_3000_hub_height_110m:MW 
wind_power_turbine_aaer_a1000_1000_hub_height_110m:MW 
wind_power_turbine_siemens_swt_3_0_101_3000_hub_height_110m:MW 
wind_power_turbine_vestas_v100_1800_hub_height_110m:MW

Comparison of different turbines:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T12:00:00Z--2024-04-29T12:00:00Z:PT15M/wind_power_turbine_vestas_v90_2000_hub_height_110m:MW,wind_power_turbine_siemens_swt_2_3_93_2300_hub_height_110m:MW,wind_power_turbine_enercon_e66_2000_hub_height_110m:MW/53.645859,5.449016/html
Create an HTML map showing the wind power of the turbine enercon_e82_3000 at hub height 110 meters.
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24Z/wind_power_turbine_enercon_e82_3000_hub_height_110m:MW/53.5,5.8_49,12:0.01,0.01/html_map

The corresponding JSON file:

{
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 "user": "api-test",
 "dateGenerated": "2021-03-22T07:44:19Z",
 "status": "OK",
 "data": [
 {
 "parameter": "wind_power_turbine_vestas_v90_2000_hub_height_110m:MW",
 "coordinates": [
 {
 "lat": 53.64586,
 "lon": 5.449016,
 "dates": [
 {
 "date": "2021-03-22T12:00:00Z",
 "value": 0.177
 },
 {
 "date": "2021-03-22T12:15:00Z",
 "value": 0.225
 },
 
 "date": "2021-03-22T19:45:00Z",
 "value": 0.462
 },
 
 ...
 
 {
 "date": "2021-03-27T11:45:00Z",
 "value": 2
 },
 {
 "date": "2021-03-27T12:00:00Z",
 "value": 2
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
}

Solar Power

Solar power in kW and MW for different tracking types, panel orientations (tilts), and efficiencies. Additionally, topographic shading is taken into account by using a digital terrain model.

solar_power<specifications>:<unit>

Available units: kW, MW

Available specifications:

Capacity

The installed capacity in MW, defaults to 1 MW. Specified as:

installed_capacity_<capacity>

Panel tilt

The panel tilt is given in degrees, a panel tilt of 0˚ means that the panel is facing straight up, a panel tilt of 90˚ means the panel is facing the horizon.
Defaults to 25˚. Specified as:

tilt_<tilt>

Panel orientation

The panel orientation is given in degrees, where 0˚ means the panel is facing north, 90˚ means east, 180˚ south, 270˚ west.
Defaults to 180˚. Specified as:

orientation_<orientation>

Tracking types

Fixed: the panel is fixed on both axes. The fixed orientation and tilt can be specified in the query.
```
tracking_type_fixed
```
Azimuth tracking: the tilt is fixed and can be specified in the query while the panel orientation is variable (the orientation follows the position of the sun).
```
tracking_type_azimuth-tracking
```
Tilted north-south tracking (also known as polar aligned single axis tracking): the panel tilt equals its latitude. If the panel is on the northern hemisphere and the panel orientation is set to south (180), the panel rotates around the axis pointing towards the polar star. The maximum panel rotation is capped at +- 80 degrees from noon position.
```
tracking_type_tilted-north-south-tracking
```
Tilted single-axis tracking: The panel rotates around its tilt axis to follow the sun. If the tilt is set to the panel's latitude, the results are similar to tilted north-south tracking except at low sun elevations (morning and evening) as the maximum panel rotation is set to +- 50 degrees from noon position. Tilt and orientation can be fixed
```
tracking_type_tilted-single-axis-tracking
```
Full tracking: tilt and orientation are variable, the panel is always facing the sun.
```
tracking_type_full-tracking
```

Critical snow depth

If the snow depth is bigger than this value (in cm), the production is started to be damped with a ~1/R relationship, where R is the radiation (see image). The production is lowered by the amount of radiation that can not penetrate the snow cover.

A value of 0 means that the panel will always be assumed to be free of snow. Defaults to 1.5. Specified as:

critical_snowdepth_<value>

Examples

Time series comparing different installed capacities, tilts and tracking types:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-29T00:00:00Z:PT1H/solar_power_installed_capacity_0.2_tracking_type_tilted-north-south-tracking:kW,solar_power_installed_capacity_0.5_tracking_type_fixed_orientation_180_tilt_25:kW,solar_power_installed_capacity_0.7_tracking_type_fixed_orientation_80_tilt_25:kW,solar_power_installed_capacity_1_tracking_type_full-tracking:kW/47.427660,9.378648/html

The CSV output for the solar power for the next three days:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-27T00:00:00Z:PT2H/solar_power_orientation_180_tilt_25:kW/47.427660,9.378648/csv

validdate;solar_power_orientation_180_tilt_25:MW
2017-08-01T00:00:00Z;0
2017-08-01T02:00:00Z;0
2017-08-01T04:00:00Z;0
2017-08-01T06:00:00Z;0.065
2017-08-01T08:00:00Z;0.396
2017-08-01T10:00:00Z;0.829
2017-08-01T12:00:00Z;0.906
2017-08-01T14:00:00Z;0.661
2017-08-01T16:00:00Z;0.169
2017-08-01T18:00:00Z;0.009
2017-08-01T20:00:00Z;0
2017-08-01T22:00:00Z;0
2017-08-02T00:00:00Z;0

Time series showing the equality of tilted north-south tracking and tilted single-axis tracking with tilt set to the latitude for high sun elevation (times close to solar noon) https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-12T00:00:00Z--2024-04-13T00:00:00Z:PT1H/solar_power_installed_capacity_0.2_tracking_type_tilted-north-south-tracking:kW,solar_power_installed_capacity_0.2_tracking_type_tilted-single-axis-tracking_orientation_180_tilt_47.427660:kW,solar_power_installed_capacity_0.2_tracking_type_tilted-single-axis-tracking_orientation_180_tilt_0:kW/47.427660,9.378648/html
Time series during snowy conditions in January 2021 including a critical snow depth of 5 cm:
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-24T00:00:00Z--2024-04-29T00:00:00Z:PT1H/solar_power_installed_capacity_0.2_tracking_type_tilted-north-south-tracking_critical_snowdepth_5:kW/47.427660,9.378648/html