Great Britain Solar PV Generation, National Half-Hourly Estimate (PV_Live)

pvlive/gb-solar-generation-national

The latest half-hourly estimate of solar photovoltaic generation for Great Britain as a whole, in megawatts, from Sheffield Solar's PV_Live. The response is PV_Live's columnar form: a `meta` list of column names and a `data` list of rows (region id, period timestamp in GMT, generation in MW). The newest period is an estimate and may be revised later. PV_Live data by Sheffield Solar (University of Sheffield), licensed CC BY 4.0, passed through unmodified and served by Eden Engine; not an official Sheffield Solar product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

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Data source

Sheffield Solar (University of Sheffield)

PV_Live by Sheffield Solar (University of Sheffield), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); data passed through unmodified. Credit: Sheffield Solar, University of Sheffield. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Sheffield Solar product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "pvlive/gb-solar-generation-national" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "pvlive/gb-solar-generation-national" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "pvlive/gb-solar-generation-national", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "pvlive/gb-solar-generation-national", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "pes_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "pes_id": {
      "enum": [
        0
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Region id. 0 is the national Great Britain total, the only region this tool serves."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "meta",
    "data"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {}
      },
      "description": "One row per half-hour period: [region id, period timestamp in GMT (ISO 8601 with a Z suffix), estimated solar generation in megawatts]."
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Column names, in order: pes_id, datetime_gmt, generation_mw."
    }
  },
  "description": "PV_Live's columnar response: `meta` names the columns and each row of `data` follows that order.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}