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Solcast

Pulls solar irradiance and PV power forecasts into your energy management system and updates site technical specs as installations evolve.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Solcast integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Solcast calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Solcast data, across all 6 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Solcast access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Solcast, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Solcast is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Solcast.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Solcast action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Solcast, and when to use it.

Get Historic Radiation And Weather
Pull historical irradiance and weather estimated actuals for a specific location. Use this for auditing power generation from 2007 until seven days ago.
Get PV Power Resource
Retrieve a specific PV power resource by its unique ID. Use this to fetch capacity, orientation, and tracking parameters.
Get Resources PV Power Sites
List all PV power resources available to the user. Use this to find site IDs or filter by entitlement level.
Patch PV Power Resource
Partially update an existing PV power resource. Use this to change a single technical field without replacing the whole configuration.
Create PV Power Resource
Add a new solar installation site. Use this to set up capacity and orientation for advanced PV power forecasting.
Update PV Power Resource
Fully update a PV power resource. Use this to modify the entire technical model for a solar installation site.
Fetch Site Irradiance
Pull current solar irradiance for a specific site. Use this to trigger real time energy storage workflows.
Search Solar Sites
Query the resource list by name or region. Use this to group sites for regional weather analysis.
Get Power Forecast
Retrieve the predicted PV power output for a specific timeframe. Use this for grid load balancing.
Validate Site Specs
Check if a PV resource configuration is complete. Use this before running a power prediction.
List Entitlements
Pull the current API tier and available data limits. Use this to manage request volume.
Archive PV Site
Mark a PV power resource as inactive. Use this when a site is decommissioned.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven implements a smart queuing system that respects the specific rate limits of your Solcast account tier. If a workflow triggers a massive batch of requests for historical radiation data across hundreds of sites, the agent automatically paces the calls to avoid 429 errors. We monitor the response headers from Solcast to adjust the request frequency in real time. If you hit a hard limit, the agent will pause the workflow and notify you with an estimated time until the quota resets. This ensures that your critical power forecasts are not interrupted by bulk data audits or large scale site updates during peak operational hours.
Yes. You can build a workflow that takes a CSV of new installation details, including coordinates, panel capacity, and tilt, and uses the Create PV Power Resource action to register them in Solcast. The agent can then verify the resource was created successfully by calling the Get PV Power Resource endpoint. This eliminates the need to manually enter site specifications into the Solcast portal one by one. You can even set up a trigger so that when a project is marked as complete in your project management tool, Ceven automatically provisions the site in Solcast for immediate forecasting.
Solcast historical data is typically available up to seven days ago. This is a native limitation of the Solcast API to ensure the estimated actuals have undergone necessary quality checks and processing. If you attempt to pull data for the last few days, the agent will return the most recent available data point and notify you that the most recent window is still being processed. For real time needs, you should use the forecast endpoints rather than the historic radiation tool. Ceven manages this gap by alerting you when a workflow depends on data that has not yet reached the historical archive.
The agent can use either the Patch or Update actions depending on the need. For small changes, like updating a derating factor or a slight change in capacity, the agent uses Patch to avoid sending the entire site object. This reduces the risk of accidentally overwriting other settings. For complete site redesigns, it uses the full Update action. You can set up a workflow that monitors your hardware inventory system and automatically pushes any changes in panel efficiency or site orientation to Solcast, ensuring your power predictions are always based on the current physical state of the asset.
Yes. The agent is aware of your entitlement level and will only attempt actions that your specific plan supports. For example, if you are on a tier that limits the number of PV power sites or the granularity of the radiation data, the agent will flag these limitations before the API call fails. When listing resources, the agent uses the optional filtering by entitlement level to ensure it only processes sites you are authorized to access. This prevents workflow failures and helps you identify when it is time to upgrade your Solcast plan to accommodate more sites.
Absolutely. Because Ceven is a workflow platform, you can use a Solcast forecast as a trigger for any other connected tool. For instance, if the predicted PV power for tomorrow is 20 percent lower than the baseline, the agent can automatically create a ticket in Jira for the maintenance team to check for shading issues or send a Slack alert to the grid operator. You can also push these forecasts into a database like Snowflake or a spreadsheet in Google Sheets for long term analysis, turning a simple API response into a business process.
The limit is determined by your Solcast plan, not by Ceven. Whether you have ten sites or ten thousand, the agent handles the pagination of the Get Resources PV Power Sites call to ensure every site is captured. For very large portfolios, we recommend using the search and filter capabilities to process sites in cohorts rather than all at once. This keeps the workflow execution time low and prevents timeouts. The agent can iterate through your entire global portfolio, updating specs or pulling radiation data for each site sequentially or in parallel depending on your rate limit settings.
If the Solcast API returns a validation error during a Create or Update action, the Ceven agent captures the specific error message and attempts to resolve it. For example, if a coordinate is out of bounds or a capacity value is negative, the agent will stop the workflow and provide the exact reason for the failure. You can build error handling into your workflow so that if a site update fails, the agent creates a task for a human operator to review the technical specifications. This prevents corrupted data from entering your forecasting model and ensures high data integrity.

Alternatives to Solcast

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