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Bhutan Solar Resources

GIS data for Bhutan's direct normal irradiance (DNI), global horizontal irradiance (GHI), and latitude tilt irradiance. Researchers from NREL and the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany developed the estimates of Bhutans...
Heimiller, D. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
4 Resources
0 Stars
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U.S. Agrivoltaics Irradiance Database

This is a foundational data set for research and deployment of agrivoltaics, which is the co-location of agriculture and solar power plants on the same land. This irradiance and shading dataset can be utilized to determine the suitability of agrivoltaics configurations for a given...
Ovaitt, S. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Nov 05, 2025
5 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL's Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center

The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides irradiance and meteorological data from a network of ground stations in the U.S. It serves as a central location for accessing solar and weather data collected from various sites, including the prominent NREL Solar Ra...
Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2022 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2022 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 20, 2022
4 Resources
0 Stars
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Concurrent Sky Images, Hemispherical Irradiance Profiles, and Weather Data for Albuquerque and Eugene

This data set contains information about the sky and weather conditions in Albuquerque, NM and Eugene, OR. For each site, the data is minutely for the period of two years. The data includes hemispherical images of the sky, measurements of the hemispherical (global) irradiance in a...
Zapotocky, C. and Riley, D. Sandia National Laboratories
May 14, 2025
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2023 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 05, 2023
5 Resources
1 Stars
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India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources

GIS data for India's direct normal irradiance (DNI) and global horizontal irradiance (GHI). This dataset provides 10-kilometer (km) solar resource maps and data for India. The 10-km hourly solar resource data were developed using weather satellite (METEOSAT) measurements incorpora...
Lopez, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2024 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2024 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 27, 2024
5 Resources
1 Stars
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National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB)

The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of meteorological and solar irradiance data sets for the United States and a growing list of international locations for 1998-2025. The NSRDB is updated annually and provides foundational information t...
Sengupta, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 28, 2018
7 Resources
2 Stars
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Solar PV Seasonal Temperature Data

README ? variable definitions and the temperature model used (NOCT-based) Raw_Data ? 3,510 hourly readings across Winter/Summer/Monsoon/Autumn, 3 panel strings, with ambient temp, module temp, irradiance, wind, and DC power Seasonal_Summary ? live formulas (AVERAGEIF, array MAX/MI...
K, T. et al Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of technology
Jun 23, 2026
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2025 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory compiled and synthesized empirical data on the U.S. utility-scale solar sector. Utility-scale solar is defined here to include ground-mounted systems larger than 5MW-AC. Smaller projects are covered in Berkeley Lab's separate U.S. Distributed ...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 25, 2025
6 Resources
0 Stars
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Hourly Dynamic Line Ratings for Existing Transmission Across the Contiguous United States (Preliminary)

This dataset provides estimated hourly dynamic line ratings for ~84,000 transmission lines across the contiguous United States from 2007-2013. The calculation methods are described in the presentation linked below, and the associated open-source Python code repository is linked in...
Obika, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 25, 2024
16 Resources
0 Stars
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Afghanistan Wind Power Density at 50-m Above Ground Level GIS Data

This dataset was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the [U.S. Agency for International Development'](http://www.usaid.gov/)s (USAID) [South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation](http://www.sari-energy.org/) (SARI/E). The dataset contains Wi...
Langle, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Solar-to-Grid Public Data File for Utility-scale (UPV) and Distributed Photovoltaics (DPV) Generation, Capacity Credit, and Value for 2012-2020

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) estimates hourly project-level generation data for utility-scale solar projects and hourly county-level generation data for residential and non-residential distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems in the seven organized wholesale m...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Oct 01, 2021
4 Resources
1 Stars
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2021 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2021 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Bolinger, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 30, 2021
2 Resources
0 Stars
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National Climate Database (NCDB)

The National Climate Database (NCDB) is a high resolution, bias-corrected climate dataset consisting of the three most widely used variables of solar radiation global horizontal (GHI), direct normal (DNI), and diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) as well as other meteorological dat...
Yang, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Sep 30, 2024
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Solar-to-Grid Public Data File for Utility-scale (UPV) and Distributed Photovoltaics (DPV) Generation, Capacity Credit, and Value

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) estimates hourly project-level generation data for utility-scale solar projects and hourly county-level generation data for residential and non-residential distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems in the seven organized wholesale m...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 30, 2020
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Photovoltaic Data Acquisition (PVDAQ) Public Datasets

The NREL PVDAQ is a large-scale time-series database containing system metadata and performance data from a variety of experimental PV sites and commercial public PV sites. The datasets are used to perform on-going performance and degradation analysis. Some of the sets can exhibit...
Deline, C. et al NREL
Dec 21, 2021
8 Resources
3 Stars
Publicly accessible

NREL GIS data: Bhutan Wind Power Density at 50m Above Ground Level

GIS data for Bhutan's Wind Power Density at 50m Above Ground Level. NREL developed estimates of Bhutans wind resources at a spatial resolution of 1 km^2 using NREL's Wind Resource Assessment and Mapping System (WRAMS). Wind turbine output at a given site can be predicted using win...
Heimiller, D. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
3 Resources
0 Stars
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PVWatts Calculator

Interactive web application that allows homeowners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations at specific locations. The calculator estimates the electricity production and energy value of a grid-connected roof or gro...
Support, P. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Hathaway Solar Patriot House

The Hathaway Solar Patriot House was a Building America field research case study from 2001 to 2004. A report on this project is available in this record or from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37731.pdf
Norton, P. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 10, 2016
4 Resources
0 Stars
In curation

Annual Average Modeled Wind Speed for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Shapefiles of annual average modeled wind speed for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands at 70 and 100 m hub heights. These shapefiles were generated from a raster dataset with a 200 m resolution, in a UTM zone 19, datum WGS 84 projection system. This is supplemental data to the 50 ...
Heimiller, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
6 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

NREL Global Offshore Wind GIS Data

GIS data for offshore wind speed (meters/second) at a 90 meter height above surface level. The data is specified to Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). The wind resource is based on NOAA Blended Sea Winds and monthly wind speed at 30km resolution from 1987-2005, using a 0.11 wind shea...
Langle, N. and Heimiller, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Hathaway Solar Patriot house

This Dataset contains field research raw data, analysis spreadsheet, photos, and final report from the Hathaway Solar Patriot House Building America Case Study project.
Norton, P. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 09, 2016
6 Resources
0 Stars
In curation

Super-Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource Data with Climate Change Impacts (Sup3rCC)

The Super-Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource Data with Climate Change Impacts (Sup3rCC) data is a collection of 4km hourly wind, solar, temperature, humidity, and pressure fields for the contiguous United States under various climate change scenarios. Sup3rCC is downscaled ...
Buster, G. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Apr 19, 2023
7 Resources
2 Stars
Publicly accessible
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