Use of the PlantPredict Application Programming Interface for Automating Energy Prediction-Based Analyses

Software development is becoming increasingly important in the photovoltaic performance modeling community. PIantPredict is a cloud-based energy prediction software developed specifically for utility-scale energy predictions. PIantPredict offers a state-of-the-art user interface to streamline the energy prediction process as well as an application programming interface (API) which opens up a window of opportunity for automating a variety of research, design, and business-motivated tasks that Ieverage energy predictions. The goal of this work is to introduce the API and provide several case studies displaying the versatility and effectiveness of a software development toolkit that was designed to interface with the PIantPredict API.