Gav_in
July 25, 2024, 3:35pm
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There are threads on the forum for alternative solar forecast Integrations…have a search for Solcast and/or OpenMeteo Solar and you’ll get the details…
Solcast…a lot to read in here (start from BJReplay repository posts since May 24)
The BJReplay repository at GitHub - BJReplay/ha-solcast-solar: Solcast Integration for Home Assistant is currently awaiting a HACS pull request review before it can be included in the searchable integrations.
Until that time, all fixes and enhancements will be released as a beta version.
The current ‘latest’ release there is v4.0.31, with a ‘beta’ v4.0.34 under active community test. v4.0.35 is carrying an enhancement, and that shoud not be too far away. Open PRs.
So turn on the ‘beta’ releas…
There’s also a REST sensor config in this thread for Solcast data
OpenMeteo Solar
This project is based on the Forecast.Solar integration but makes use of the Open-Meteo API to generate the forecasts. The integration could be installed from GitHub - rany2/ha-open-meteo-solar-forecast: Home Assistant Open-Meteo Solar Forecast Integration . You could install it via HACS by adding it as a “Custom repository” or manually.
For me, the results are better than Forecast.Solar (at least their Free tier) and on-par (if not slightly better) than Solcast. Of course, the primary advantage…
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