Hey,
Can anyone tell which forecast is better and more accurate?
Solacast Solar or forecast solar?
Which one do you use for Energy Panel?
Hey,
Can anyone tell which forecast is better and more accurate?
Solacast Solar or forecast solar?
Which one do you use for Energy Panel?
Interested too but I think this is a question without an answer, similar as asking which weather service provides the best forecast. It depends on location and (I assume) what the solar forecast uses as weather predictions themselves
Perhaps there is experience with individual services. In my last project I used both forecasts and averaged them. The result was actually quite good, but I have no idea if itâs that easy with the Energy Panel . With Grafana it went quite wellâŚ
First, I tried Forecast Solar, but I cannot make it work. Many people helped me, but itâs just not working.
Then I changed to Solcast, it works and the forecast were quite close to the actual production, when the weather is relatively clear.
If the weather is cloudy, rainy, then it could depends on how often you update the forecast. Solcast free account gives you 10 updates per day. If you have 2 sites, it would consume 2 per update. So, not much
I currently have 50 updates (old account) :).
However, I have both sides (west/east) in one and almost use the 50 requests.
You could still do this of course, I am half-way in setting up a forecast that âstaysâ to compare tomorrows forecast with actual data (by then). You can use both API and then do the math to get to oneâŚnot too simple but possible. And as per HA_n00b three are limits to the free sensor but 10/d should be fine imo
Solcast has worked better for me. I think it is more accurate, especially closer to the time, because of regular satellite passes and updates. But 10 updates can be a bit restrictive if you want regular data.
For me, I just want to have the best forecast I can get at midnight for the following day to determine how much off-peak charge to put in my batteries, so I donât need multiple updates.
Solcast now offer a âterrain shadingâ addon, which would be great for us, as we have big hills that can block a lot of sun at certain times of the day in the winter. Unfortunately, itâs only for the premium account, which I donât know that I can justify.
Did you ever get this persistent forecast set up? Iâd be interested if youâre willing to shareâŚ
I am using a python script hass_entities (HACS)
pmazz/ps_hassio_entities: Python script to handle state and attributes of existing sensors and entities
And an automation at 06:00 each day, executing that script
data:
action: set_state_attributes
entity_id: input_text.forecast_meteof_hourly_0600
state: "{{ 'Switched on at '~ now().strftime('%H.%M') }}"
attributes:
- icon: mdi:home
- forecast: >-
{{
state_attr('sensor.weather_forecast_hourly_home','forecast')
}}
action: python_script.hass_entities