#renewable

Solar-thermal (solar hot water) maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the collector, sizing and storage numbers a solar installer or homeowner designs a hot-water system with. The output endpoint gives the useful daily heat a collector makes: area × the daily solar energy on it × the collector efficiency (flat-plate ~40–60 %, evacuated tubes higher), so a 40 ft² collector under 1,800 BTU/ft²/day at 50 % delivers about 36,000 BTU (10.5 kWh) — a family's hot water on a good day. The area endpoint sizes the collector for a demand: area = (daily gallons × 8.34 × the temperature rise) ÷ (irradiance × efficiency), so 60 gallons raised 70 °F needs about 39 ft² — sized for an average day with a backup heater, since a 60–80 % solar fraction is the economic sweet spot. The tank endpoint sizes solar storage at about 1.5 gallons per square foot of collector, big enough to bank a sunny afternoon without stalling the collector. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for solar-installer and renewable-energy apps, hot-water-system design tools, home-energy calculators, and sustainability sites. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 compute endpoints. For the local solar resource use a solar-irradiance API; for pool heating use a pool API.

api.oanor.com/solarthermal-api

Great Britain\x27s electricity grid carbon intensity as an API, from the official National Grid ESO Carbon Intensity service. Get the live national carbon intensity in grams of CO2 per kWh with its index (very low to very high), the current generation mix showing exactly how much of the grid is gas, wind, solar, nuclear, biomass, hydro, coal and imports right now (with the renewable and zero-carbon percentages worked out for you), today\x27s half-hourly intensity timeline, the carbon intensity of all 18 GB regions, the intensity and fuel mix for any UK postcode, and the gCO2/kWh emission factor of each fuel type. This is exactly the data you need to shift EV charging, heat pumps, laundry and batteries to the greenest, cheapest half-hours. Perfect for smart-home and energy apps, EV-charging schedulers, sustainability dashboards, carbon-aware computing and climate tools. Covers Great Britain. No accounts, no upstream key.

api.oanor.com/carbonintensity-api