Very cool. I always used earth.nullschool.net to get a sense for global wind patterns; this uses a similar animation.
Show HN: An interactive map showing live wind farm generation in Great Britain
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#12Very cool. I always used earth.nullschool.net to get a sense for global wind patterns; this uses a similar animation.
That's a classic visualisation and for sure an inspiration with my map! The wind data and animated wind layers are from WeatherLayers, which I highly recommend – great people behind it and very easy to set up.
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Unfortunately yes. I'm working on a fix but it looks like the API I use for the generation data wasn't able to handle the influx of visitors. Not much I can do right now but I did upgrade my Vercel account to get a longer timeout at least. Hoping it'll be resolved soon.
It's back now… I'll keep an eye on it.
Getting {"error":"Missing generation data"} now
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It's back now… I'll keep an eye on it.
Getting {"error":"Missing generation data"} now
Yeah, sorry about that! Turns out the Elexon API I use for the generation data doesn't like being on the HN front page. Lesson learnt that I should add a proxy store between their API and the map.
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#17I'm here to answer for WeatherLayers, AMA! I'm super happy to help @robhawkes with this project.
WeatherLayers consists of two products, that can be used either together or separately:
- WeatherLayers GL is a frontend visualisation library with deck.gl layers which can be integrated with common map libraries. The library can be used either with custom self-hosted data or with WeatherLayers Cloud.
- WeatherLayers Cloud is a cloud service providing pre-processed data for visualization from common public weather data sources (NOAA, Copernicus).
Athough it’s a commercial project, there are ways to discuss a potential discount or even a free usage for a non-commercial project such as Robin’s.
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#18This is cool Robin!
Do you also have access to solar data? Eg, I am a UK homeowner w/ a recent solar installation on my roof, would be curious to see how that looks too.
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#19This is cool Robin! Do you also have access to solar data? Eg, I am a UK homeowner w/ a recent solar installation on my roof, would be curious to see how that looks too.
The EU has this tool for viewing solar radiation data and estimating energy yields based on location & angle: https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html
The interface isn't great, but i find it pretty useful sometimes.
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#20Hi Rob! I have a request from an avid user of your visualisations in the Octopus Energy App. Could you please switch the y axis on real time data from Octopus Home Mini from Wh/min to just instant Watts? kWh/day makes sense on larger time scales but Wh/min is pretty meaningless to most people. Also it seems like it would be more readable as a line graph with datapoints, than a bar chart. A line graph would also allow for better interpolation between missing readings too.