Solar Potential in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194)

What this pulls

Estimate PV yield per location. =VERVE("solarpotential", A2, B2) returns usable sunlight hours and best direction — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

solarpotential.xlsxsample data

C2fx=VERVE("solarpotential", A2, B2, "latitude")

Lat

Lon

Latitude

Longitude

Avg Daily Usable Sunlight Hours

37.7749

-122.4194

37.7749

-122.4194

12.19

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Conditions per location

Put your cities in a column and fill =VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194) beside them — every row shows live conditions, so an ops or travel sheet reflects the real world, not last week.

Logistics & scheduling

Gate a plan on the weather: read the forecast into a cell and let an IF formula flag rows that need a backup date.

Auto-refreshing board

Set the sheet to refresh on a schedule and Solar Potential keeps a status board current without anyone re-typing a thing.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194)

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194)

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Coordinates.latitude
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.latitude")
Coordinates.longitude
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "coordinates.longitude")
Usable Hours.avg Daily Usable Sunlight Hours
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "usableHours.avgDailyUsableSunlightHours")
Usable Hours.yearly Usable Sunlight Hours RawPremium
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "usableHours.yearlyUsableSunlightHoursRaw")
Usable Hours.adjusted Yearly Usable Sunlight HoursPremium
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "usableHours.adjustedYearlyUsableSunlightHours")
Best Direction
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "bestDirection")
Cloud FactorPremium
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "cloudFactor")
Disclaimer
=VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194, "field", "disclaimer")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Solar Potential, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Solar Potential into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194) into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Solar Potential cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Solar Potential at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("solarpotential", 37.7749, -122.4194) down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Solar Potential work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Solar Potential is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Solar Potential is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Solar Potential

Conditions per location

Logistics & scheduling

Auto-refreshing board

Solar Potential, answered

Put Solar Potential in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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