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Embedded Solar and Wind Forecast

Embedded Solar and Wind Forecast

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API

We publish embedded wind and solar forecast up to 14 days ahead at a daily resolution.

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.

Endpoints

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query	`https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)	`https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Querying

Query example (first 5 results)

https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=db6c038f-98af-4570-ab60-24d71ebd0ae5&limit=5

Query example (via SQL statement)

https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "db6c038f-98af-4570-ab60-24d71ebd0ae5" LIMIT 5

Example: Javascript

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

  
var data = {
resource_id: 'db6c038f-98af-4570-ab60-24d71ebd0ae5', // the resource id
limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
url: 'https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(data) {
alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
}
});

Example: Python

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

  
import urllib2
url = 'https://data.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=db6c038f-98af-4570-ab60-24d71ebd0ae5&limit=5'
fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
print fileobj.read()

Table Information

DATE_GMT

Title	Forecast Date
Type	date
Description	The date for which the forecast is intended for
Comment
Example	20200324
Unit

TIME_GMT

Title	Time if Forecast
Type	integer
Description	The time for which the forecast is intended for
Comment
Example	1130
Unit

SETTLEMENT_DATE

Title	Settlement Date
Type	date
Description	The period from 00:00 hours to 24:00 hours on each day;
Comment
Example	24/03/2020
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 Nation Grid ESO. 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 Nation Grid ESO’s best model.
Comment
Example	2361
Unit	MW

EMBEDDED_WIND_CAPACITY

Title	Embedded Wind Capacity
Type	integer
Description	This is Nation Grid ESO’s best view of the installed embedded wind capacity in GB. This is based on publically 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 Nation Grid ESO. 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 Nation Grid ESO’s best model.
Comment
Example	7406
Unit	MW

EMBEDDED_SOLAR_CAPACITY

Title	Embedded Solar Capacity
Type	integer
Description	Estimated Embedded Solar Capacity. This is National Grid ESO’s best view of the installed embedded solar capacity in GB. This is based on publically 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