Forecast Wind and Solar Power, 5 min Energidataservice Forecast Wind and Solar Power, 5 min

Forecast of Wind and Solar power with a resolution for 5 minutes. This forecast is base for the one hour resolution edition: Forecast Wind and Solar power, hour resolution. Solar power forecasts are not updated between 6pm and 6am. Therefore, no 5 hour forecast exist for solar power between 11pm and 11am. 1 Hour and 5 Hour Forecasts are released up to 15 minutes before the start of the forecast and might be updated until 1 minute before the forecast starts. Within this time frame up to 3 updates can take place. Please note that the definition of offshore relates to the substation, not the wind generators: * In system operation, the term "Offshore" relates to the location of the substation. * In energy statistics, onshore and offshore relate to the the location of the wind generator. * Comparison of forecasts and actual generation is only relevant for the total wind generation. API Request Frequency \ To get the most up-to-date data, calling the API with a dynamic timestamp such as start=now is a good approach. Making a request every few minutes or so is sufficient to ensure getting the latest data.