Embedded Solar and Wind Forecast Archive 2023
All half hourly 0-14 day ahead embedded wind and solar forecasts published during 2023.
CKAN Data API
Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.
The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.
| Query example (first 5 results) |
|---|
https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=26c9ef64-ce43-4e22-b984-ef013636aacb&limit=5
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| Query example (via SQL statement) |
https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "26c9ef64-ce43-4e22-b984-ef013636aacb" LIMIT 5
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A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.
var data = {
resource_id: '26c9ef64-ce43-4e22-b984-ef013636aacb', // the resource id
limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search',
data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(data) {
alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
}
});
A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.
import urllib2 url = 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=26c9ef64-ce43-4e22-b984-ef013636aacb&limit=5' fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url) print fileobj.read()
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Table Information
DATE_GMT
| Title | Forecast Date |
|---|---|
| Type | datetime |
| Description | The date to which the forecast relates |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z |
| Unit |
TIME_GMT
| Title | Forecast Time |
|---|---|
| Type | time |
| Description | The time to which the forecast relates |
| Comment | |
| Example | 10:30:00 |
| Unit |
SETTLEMENT_DATE
| Title | Settlement Date |
|---|---|
| Type | datetime |
| Description | The settlement date to which the forecast relates |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z |
| Unit |
SETTLEMENT_PERIOD
| Title | Settlement Period |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | Period of 30 minutes beginning on the hour or the half-hour |
| Comment | |
| Example | 23 |
| Unit |
EMBEDDED_WIND_FORECAST
| Title | Embedded Wind Forecast |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | This is an estimate forecast of the GB wind generation from wind farms which do not have Transmission System metering installed. These wind farms are embedded in the distribution network and invisible to NESO. Their effect is to suppress the electricity demand during periods of high wind. The true output of these generators is not known so an estimate is provided based on NESO’s best model. |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2361 |
| Unit | MW |
EMBEDDED_WIND_CAPACITY
| Title | Embedded Wind Capacity |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | This is NESO’s best view of the installed embedded wind capacity in GB. This is based on publicly available information compiled from a variety of sources and is not the definitive view. It is consistent with the generation estimate provided. |
| Comment | |
| Example | 6559 |
| Unit | MW |
EMBEDDED_SOLAR_FORECAST
| Title | Embedded Solar Forecast |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | This is an estimate forecast of the GB solar generation from solar farms which do not have Transmission System metering installed. These solar farms are embedded in the distribution network and invisible to NESO. Their effect is to suppress the electricity demand during periods of high solar periods. The true output of these generators is not known so an estimate is provided based on NESO’s best model. |
| Comment | |
| Example | 7406 |
| Unit | MW |
EMBEDDED_SOLAR_CAPACITY
| Title | Embedded Solar Capacity |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | Estimated Embedded Solar Capacity. This is NESO’s best view of the installed embedded solar capacity in GB. This is based on publicly available information compiled from a variety of sources and is not the definitive view. It is consistent with the generation estimate provided. |
| Comment | |
| Example | 13080 |
| Unit | MW |
Forecast_Datetime
| Title | Forecast Timestamp |
|---|---|
| Type | datetime |
| Description | The datetime at which the forecast was produced |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2020-01-01T00:12:00Z |
| Unit |