Forecast.Solar for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

Forecast.Solar is a built-in integration that estimates solar energy and power production for a configured array. It adds sensors for estimated energy production this hour, next hour, today, remaining today and tomorrow, plus power estimates for now and for 1, 12 and 24 hours ahead. Peak power times for today and tomorrow are also provided as sensors. The forecast is based on panel azimuth, declination, location and total peak wattage entered during setup in the UI. Options cover an API key, inverter size, and damping factors for morning and evening results. A Get forecast action returns the production forecast as a time series, and the data comes from the vendor's cloud service.

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Supports

Uses the vendor's cloud Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Sensors

Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

Connect

Azimuth (360 degrees, 0 = North, 90 = East, 180 = South, 270 = West)
Declination (0 = Horizontal, 90 = Vertical)
Latitude
Longitude
Total Watt peak power of your solar modules

After setup

API key
Damping factor: adjusts the results in the evening
Damping factor: adjusts the results in the morning
Inverter size (Watt)

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.

Entities

SensorsEstimated energy production - this hour, Estimated energy production - next hour, Estimated energy production - today, Estimated energy production - remaining today, Estimated energy production - tomorrow, Highest power peak time - today, Highest power peak time - tomorrow, Estimated power production - in 12 hours, Estimated power production - in 24 hours, Estimated power production - in 1 hour, Estimated power production - now

Actions

Get forecastReturns the solar production forecast time series for a configured Forecast.Solar entry.Fields: Forecast.Solar entry, End, Resolution, Start

Troubleshooting

DiagnosticsDownloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.

Forecast.Solar in Vulpo

Forecast.Solar feeds the Solar Panel card, which compares production with the forecast, and the Solar Peak card, which shows when production peaks today and tomorrow. The Solar Production Live Activity (Pro) runs from a power sensor of your own, such as your inverter's.

Shows in Vulpo Solar Panel card, Solar Peak card.

Download Vulpo Home Assistant Energy Dashboard in Vulpo