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Solar Resource Assessment

NREL PVWatts solar production estimate — annual kWh, capacity factor, radiation

MCP Function Name
gridkit_solar_resource

What It Does

Get NREL PVWatts solar resource data including annual energy production (kWh), capacity factor, and solar radiation (kWh/m2/day). Uses TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) data for bankable estimates.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
latfloatoptionalLatitude
lonfloatoptionalLongitude
addressstringoptionalUS street address

Try These in Claude

What's the solar resource at this location?
Estimate annual solar production in kWh

Data Sources

NREL PVWatts

Use Cases

Connect This Tool

Part of the unified Gridleaf gateway. Connect once for all 55 tools:

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport streamable-http gridleaf https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
Claude.ai

Settings > Integrations > Add Custom Connector > URL: https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp

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