downloader.entsoe.download_renewable_forecast

downloader.entsoe.download_renewable_forecast(
    api_key,
    country_code='DE',
    start=None,
    end=None,
    force=False,
    timeout=60.0,
)

Download the ENTSO-E day-ahead wind/solar generation forecast.

Queries query_wind_and_solar_forecast and merges the result into interim/renewable_forecast.csv (columns such as "Solar", "Wind Onshore", "Wind Offshore"). The day-ahead forecast is leakage-clean (published D-1); the realised generation must not be used. Consumed downstream by spotforecast2_safe.preprocessing.exog_providers.EntsoeRenewableForecastProvider via spotforecast2_safe.data.fetch_data.load_renewable_forecast.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
api_key	str	ENTSO-E Web API security token.	required
country_code	str	Country / bidding-zone code. Defaults to `"DE"`.	`'DE'`
start	Optional[str]	Start in `'YYYYMMDDHH00'` format, or `None` to default to seven days ago.	`None`
end	Optional[str]	End in `'YYYYMMDDHH00'` format, or `None` to default to the start of tomorrow.	`None`
force	bool	If True, bypass the small-window cooldown check.	`False`
timeout	Optional[float]	Per-socket-operation read timeout in seconds. `None` disables the timeout. Defaults to `60.0`.	`60.0`

Raises

Name	Type	Description
	ImportError	If `entsoe-py` is not installed.
	ValueError	If `start` or `end` cannot be parsed.
	RuntimeError	If the download fails after `_MAX_RETRIES` attempts.

Examples

from spotforecast2_safe.downloader.entsoe import download_renewable_forecast

download_renewable_forecast(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", country_code="DE", force=True)