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 incorporated into a site-time specific solar modeling approach developed at the U.S. State University of New York at Albany. The data is made publicly available in geographic information system (GIS) format (shape files etc).
The new maps and data were released in June 2013. The new data expands the time period of analysis from 2002-2007 to 2002-2011 and incorporates enhanced aerosols information to improve direct normal irradiance (DNI). These products were developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of State.
For updated solar data please see the "National Solar Radiation Database" link below.
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AB - 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 incorporated into a site-time specific solar modeling approach developed at the U.S. State University of New York at Albany. The data is made publicly available in geographic information system (GIS) format (shape files etc).
The new maps and data were released in June 2013. The new data expands the time period of analysis from 2002-2007 to 2002-2011 and incorporates enhanced aerosols information to improve direct normal irradiance (DNI). These products were developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of State.
For updated solar data please see the "National Solar Radiation Database" link below.
AU - Lopez, Anthony
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - GIS
KW - India
KW - data
KW - solar
KW - irradiance
KW - resource
KW - 10km
KW - DNI
KW - GHI
KW - map
KW - processed data
KW - METEOSAT
KW - shapefile
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/343
ER -
Lopez, Anthony. India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/343.
Lopez, A. (2014). India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/343
Lopez, Anthony. India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/343
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_343,
title = {India Direct Normal \& Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources},
author = {Lopez, Anthony},
abstractNote = {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 incorporated into a site-time specific solar modeling approach developed at the U.S. State University of New York at Albany. The data is made publicly available in geographic information system (GIS) format (shape files etc).
The new maps and data were released in June 2013. The new data expands the time period of analysis from 2002-2007 to 2002-2011 and incorporates enhanced aerosols information to improve direct normal irradiance (DNI). These products were developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of State.
For updated solar data please see the "National Solar Radiation Database" link below. },
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/343},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/343},
note = {Accessed: 2026-01-02}
}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Oct 8, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Geospatial Data Science
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
GIS, India, data, solar, irradiance, resource, 10km, DNI, GHI, map, processed data, METEOSAT, shapefileDOE Project Details
Project Name Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
Project Number 52942
