PV_Live API

Want to access our PV_Live estimates through an API?
The PV_Live web API (Application Programming Interface) provides access to near-real-time and historical estimates of PV generation on the GB transmission network. It returns a computer friendly (JSON) response for use in software, websites, apps etc.
For technical details of how to use the API, including examples, see the PV_Live API User Guide.
For a Python implementation of the API, check out the PV_Live-API project on GitHub.
Updated July 2022! On 19th July 2022 we released a new version (v4) of the PV_Live API that offers improved modelling of regional PV_Live results and an improved methodology for tracking PV deployment. Read more about the changes here.
Warning! We are actively developing the PV_Live API, so we may change the base-url, end-points, authentication, response format etc. If you want to be notified of any changes to the API in advance, please email solar@shef.ac.uk and we’ll add you to our mailing list (the list is only used to provide updates about PV_Live, you won’t be spammed with newsletters and we won’t share any information with any third parties).
Some examples of the API put to good use…
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AMIRA Technologies “Specialists in demand and renewable forecasting for the GB electricity market” |
MyGridGB “A family of platforms which give real time information about electricity in Great Britain” |
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PAL Carbon Dashboard “a scientifically robust way of putting a realistic and sustainable price on past and present carbon emissions” |
Redtree Technology – React Energy “Delivering real-time software for modern energy markets” |
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Gridwatch “Collecting energy generation data since 2011” |
Ground Source Heat Pump Association “Raising awareness of the significant, ongoing reduction in CO2 emissions that Ground Source Heat Pumps offer versus conventional technology” |
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Energy Sparks “Helping our schools become more energy efficient and teaching school children about energy” |
Energy Dashboard “Providing real-time and historical UK energy figures and analysis” |
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UK Power App “Discover how much electrical power is being distributed by National Grid in the UK and the CO2 that is created” |
Intelligence by Energy Solutions “Live and historical electricity generation analysis with pricing data” |
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Got a good example? Email us so we can add it here.