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NED production forecast

The ned_production_forecast source forecasts what a set of Dutch solar and wind installations will produce, in kWh, from the Nationaal Energie Dashboard. For each installation it takes NED’s forecast for its region and type, scaled to its peak power.

Install: pip install "cofy-api[ned]"

Fits: timeseries and directive.

Field What it is
api_key A secret holding a Nationaal Energie Dashboard API key. Required.
installations One or more installations, below. Required.
cache How to cache the forecast. Optional.

Each installation has:

Field What it is
region Nederland, a province (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, Flevoland, Gelderland, Utrecht, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Limburg) or Offshore
type solar, wind or wind_offshore; wind_offshore only for Nederland or Offshore
peak_power The installation’s peak power, in kW
  • The total forecast production of all installations, in kWh per step: per hour, PT1H, by default, or per quarter-hour, PT15M.
  • Forecasts stay valid for 15 minutes, so cache: {} works.

A 100 kW solar park in Utrecht and a 2 MW wind turbine in Zeeland:

type: ned_production_forecast
api_key: { type: secret, name: ned_key }
installations:
- { region: Utrecht, type: solar, peak_power: 100 }
- { region: Zeeland, type: wind, peak_power: 2000 }
cache: {}