I contacted Solcast last week about what will happened with tuned sites – here’s a blog post about it: “Tuned” Rooftop Sites After PV Tuning Discontinued | Solcast - Help Center
I’m almost tempted to request 2 additional sites (one for my NE panels and one for my NW panels) to see how it compares to my already tuned one.
Here’s my flow that gets data from SolCast and pumps selected forecast periods into Influx…
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I also have a flow that’s pumping actual data back to them - shout if you want that too. Despite the announcement that they’re not doing tuning any more, the POST still works, and the measured actuals still show up in their UI. Unfortunately I’m a latecomer to solcast, and I don’t have enough uploaded data yet to tell if their “Tuning not yet attempted” message in the UI is ever going to change or if it should actually read “We’ll never tune for anyone any more - see the announcement buried in our blog”. 