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Publisher | Description | Type | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVoided Emissions and geneRation Tool (AVERT) | EPA | A tool designed to allow the user to assess how energy policy in energy efficiency and renewable energy generation impacts emissions at the federal, state, and local levels. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| (Global) Energy Progress Report | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) | A world map that provides country specific details on the percent of the population that has access to electricity, renewable energy, energy efficiency, etc. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| (India) Nuclear Plants Under Operation | Nuclear Power Corporation of India | Data on India's nuclear power plants that are under operation including capacity, generation, and power factors. (Licensing) | Dataset | Nuclear Energy |
| (India) Nuclear Power Plants | Kapsarc Data Portal | Data on nuclear power plants in India including generation info, locations, and reactor type. (Licensing) | Platform | Nuclear Energy |
| 100% Renewable Energy Atlas | 100-Percent | A searchable database and visual representation of renewable energy projects across the world that allows for further research into specific areas. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| 15 Years of Power Outages | Kaggle | Grid disruption data including event that brought the disruption and impacts. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 2019 Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database | NREL | Datasets containing information pertaining to the costs of upgrading certain parts in PV systems. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| 2035 Report: Plummeting Solar, Wind, and Battery Costs Can Accelerate our Clean Electricity Future, Data Explorer | University of California Berkeley | A tool to visualize and explore trends in the energy industry based on various criteria. | Platform | General |
| A global-scale data set of mining areas | Vienna University | Data on the land area of global mining. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| AAA Gas Prices | AAA | Daily gasoline price data for the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel, Transportation |
| Access to Electricity | University of Calgary | A map of the globe that depicts each country’s population percentage that has access electricity. (Licensing) | Platform | Access |
| Access to Electricity | DataHub | A dataset that contains percentages of populations that have access to electricity. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Access |
| Access to Electricity Data | World Bank | Data and visuals for the percent of the population that has access to electricity, including global and country figures. (Licensing) | Platform | Access |
| Access to Electricity Data (SDG7) | IEA | Data and visualizations of electricity access for certain regions of the world including Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. (Licensing) | Platform | Access |
| Advanced TidGen (Tidal Generation) System Calculations | DOE | A dataset with the Advanced TidGen cost and cost of energy metrics after a design review. In addition to the LCOE content model and reporting. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Aerial imagery object identification dataset for building and road detection, and building height estimation | Duke University Energy Initiative | For 25 locations across 9 U.S. cities, this dataset provides (1) high-resolution aerial imagery; (2) annotations of over 40,000 building footprints (OSM shapefiles) as well as road polylines; and (3) topographical height data (LIDAR). This dataset can be used as ground truth to train computer vision and machine learning algorithms for object identification and analysis, in particular for building detection and height estimation, as well as road detection. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Africa electricity transmission network (AICD) | World Bank | Map of Africa's electricity grid (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Africa's Hydropower Future | SciDev | Data and infographics of current hydropower and its future in Africa, including interactive tools. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Agriculture Energy Tools (Calculators) | USDA | Four tools used to help with agriculture energy in attempt to help reduce costs to consumers. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Air Markets Program Data | EPA | A collection of prepackaged datasets, or customizable datasets, exploring air market programs in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Alternative Fueling Station Locator | DOE | A map of the US and Canada that displays the locations of alternative fueling stations, marked by fuel source. (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | The AFDC provides data and tools to help transportation decision makers find ways to reach their energy and economic goals through the use of alternative and renewable fuels, advanced vehicles, and other fuel-saving measures. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment, Transportation |
| American Housing Survey | U.S. Census Bureau | A biennial US housing survey, that includes data on cooking fuel, clothes dryer fuel, main heating fuel, monthly cost for electricity, and other energy-related data among others (Licensing) | General | |
| An Atlas of Electricity | Esri | Interactive mapping and statistical data of energy resources, supply, infrastructure, generation, and consumption in the U.S. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Electricity |
| Animal Transportation Database for Beef Cattle (for energy estimates) | USDA | Data for estimating energy use and greenhouse gas emissions related to cattle transport (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Annual Technology Baseline | NREL | Dataset that provides current and projected cost and performance data for renewable and conventional technologies. (Licensing) | Dataset | General, Renewable Energy |
| AQUASTAT - Geo-referenced Database on Dams | United Nations | A database of dams by continent/regions around the world including descriptive statistics of the dams and their main purposes. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Argonne Geothermal Geochemical Database | DOE | A dataset containing information for potential geothermal sites; includes physical as well as chemical information about the sites. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Average Electricity Retail Prices | Global Energy Institute | Data of the average electricity retail price in the US by state. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Average energy prices for the United States | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Prices of household energy costs and gasoline costs in the US by region and major cities. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Bangladesh Energy Overview | IAEA | A report with energy sector statistics for Bangladesh. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Benchmarking Programs & Data Maps | ENERGY STAR | A map of the United States that displays federal, state, and local areas with ENERGY STAR programs and policies. (Licensing) | Platform | Efficiency |
| Bioenergy Resources Statistical Database in Africa | African Energy Commission | A data source on bioenergy in Africa and its countries that displays population figures, biomass statistics, and physical features of the area. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Biofuels Atlas | NREL | An interactive map of the United States providing data on biofuel and fossil fuel resources and infrastructure. Includes information on vehicle density and power stations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Biopower Atlas | NREL | An interactive map of the United States that provides information on biofuel and fossil fuel sources and infrastructure as well as environmental impact locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| BLM coal land leasing data | Bureau of Land Management | Datasets of the Bureau of Land Management's leasing data for coal production. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| BLM oil and gas statistics land lease data | Bureau of Land Management | A database containing statistics and datasets of Bureau of Land Management provided oil and gas leases, permits to drill, and oil and gas wells. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| BLM solar project list | Bureau of Land Management | Fact sheet data on Bureau of Land Management's solar energy information in the United States. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Bloomberg NEF Tools | Bloomberg New Energy Finance | A database from Bloomberg's Renewable Energy research division that contains long-term forecasts, in-depth analysis, and independent proprietary views across the entire spectrum of energy technologies and sectors. (Licensing) | Tool | Renewable Energy |
| Boston's Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance | City of Boston Environment Department | A variety of data including an interactive map providing energy and water metrics for all city owned buildings, commercial buildings more than 35,000 square feet, and residential buildings more than 35,000 square feet or more than 35 units in Boston, MA (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| Brazilian Energy Data Profile | Export.Gov | Statistics and data on the Brazilian energy sector including supply, consumption, and market information. | Dataset | General |
| Building Performance Database | DOE | A dataset covering the energy related statistics of commercial and residential buildings. (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| Building Performance Database (BPD) | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | Dataset of information about the energy-related characteristics of commercial and residential buildings. The website allows users to explore the data across real estate sectors and regions, and compare various physical and operational characteristics. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Building-Level fully labeled Electricity Disaggregation (BLUED) | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | Building electricity consumption dataset that contains current and voltage measurements. | Dataset | Building |
| C-ROADS World Climate Tool | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | A simulator that maps carbon emissions and temperature rises over time based on the reductions in emissions for certain countries. Allows the user to control the scenarios. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| CA Energy Consumption Database | California | Database for California electricity and natural gas consumption broken down by county or entity. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| CA ISO Price Map | California ISO | Day-ahead, 15 mins ahead, and real-time costs of the California ISO displayed in an interactive map. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| California Building Energy Benchmarking Program | State of California | Interactive map providing energy benchmarking data for commercial and multifamily buildings more than 50,000 square feet, and all state agencies in California (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| California Energy Commission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projection Tool | NREL | EVSE charging station infrastructure by type and county in the state of California. Provides information on count and load profile for each county and state as a whole. (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| California Energy Data and Reports | California Energy Commission | Energy industry statistics and analysis for California including forecasts for electricity and natural gas demand for 10 years. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Electricity |
| California ISO Interconnection Queue | CAISO | Resources related to CAISO's generator interconnection queue (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| California Power System Data | California ISO | Live, hour ahead, and day ahead forecasting for demand of the California ISO. Includes ability to search for supply, emissions, and pricing. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| California Solar Initiative Data | California Distributed Generation Statistics | This database comprises of all Investor Owned Utility (IOU) solar photovoltaic (PV) net energy metering interconnection data from the three large California IOUs which include Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E). (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Cambium: U.S. Electricity Sector Scenario Model | NREL | U.S. electricity sector scenario modeling. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Carbon Capture Projects Map | Third Way | A global map of carbon capture projects that includes project type, status, and country specifics. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Carbon Monitor: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data | Carbon Monitor | Interactive infographics that explore CO2 emissions by country over time. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Castle Labs Datasets | Princeton University | A series of energy storage datasets used to test algorithms for storage problems. | Dataset | Storage |
| China Energy Databook | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Datasets containing national and provincial energy balances plus energy end use tables for China. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| China's Energy Infrastructure (Map) | Baker Institute | A map of China's energy infrastructure including oil, coal, nuclear, and EV battery information. | Platform | General |
| China's Global Energy Finance | Boston University | An interactive map of China's energy market including import/export values with other regions based on energy type, sector, or lender. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Clean Air Markets Program Data | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | CAMPD provides data on emissions, compliance, allowance, and facilities attributes data as part of federal air quality programs. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Clean Energy Progress (Jobs) Map | Clean Energy Progress | A map that displays clean energy market economic progress by state and county in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool | Council on Environmental Quality | Screening tool containing census tract data relating to energy burden, clean transportation, and other socioeconomic, environmental, health and climate metrics to help identify disadvantaged communities that are marginalized underserved, and overburdened by pollution (Licensing) | Platform | General, Transportation |
| Climate TRACE | Climate TRACE | Database and interactive map of location-specific greenhouse gas emissions across the world (Licensing) | Platform | |
| Climate, Energy, and Transportation Data Center | Earth Policy Institute | A large database containing datasets covering energy, climate, and transportation topics of a wide range. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| ClimateScope | BloombergNEF | Data on clean energy investment and national energy supply mixes (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Coal Ash Contamination Map | Earth Justice | A map that displays the locations of coal ash contamination in the United States as well as information on clean-ups and impacts. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Coal Data Browser | EIA | A map of the United States displaying the coal mine production by state including both values and growth rates. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Coal Plant Tracker Map | Global Energy Monitor | A global display of coal power plants including their quantity, locations, and the filtering of specific criteria such as retired, permitted, operating, etc. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Electricity |
| Combined Heat and Power Project Profiles Database | DOE | A dataset that allows the user to search through multiple aspects of combined heat and power systems across the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Commercial and Residential Hourly Load Profiles | OpenEI | The hourly load profile data for 16 commercial and residential building types in for all TMY3 locations in the United States. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Commercial and Residential Hourly Load Profiles for all TMY3 Locations in the U.S. | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | This dataset contains hourly load profile data for 16 commercial building types and residential buildings. Hourly load profiles are available for over all TMY3 locations in the U.S. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Community Power Map | Institute for Local Self-Reliance | A map of the United States that represents how state and local policy effect 100% renewable energy goals. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Compliance Certification Database | DOE | A large database of compliance statements by manufactures in accordance with the Federal conservation standards. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Conventional Power Plants in Germany + Europe | Open Power System Data | Compilation of conventional power plants from Germany and EU countries. Includes locations, energy sources, capacity, and additional information; though not all information can be provided for each observation. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool (CREST) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | The CREST is an economic cash flow model designed to allow policymakers, regulators, and the renewable energy community to assess project economics, design cost-based incentives, and evaluate the impact of various state and federal support structures. (Licensing) | Tool | Policy, Renewable Energy |
| County-level oil and gas production | USDA | Timeseries data at the county level for US state's oil and gas production statistics. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Crowdsourced power grid data/map | flosm.de | Power grid and energy infrastructure map based on OpenStreetMap (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| CURB: Climate Action for Urban Sustainability | World Bank | A climate action planning tool to help cities determine where best to invest funding. (Licensing) | Dataset | Environment |
| Customer Rate Comparison Tool | North Carolina State University | A tool that can be customized to compare energy rates and how "decisions may impact their energy bills." | Platform | General |
| Data Battery | Inside Energy (IE) | The Data Battery is the repository that contains all datasets used in Inside Energy's stories and reporting. (Licensing) | Dataset | Storage |
| Data for: Ecological Footprint, Hydropower Energy Consumption, and Economic Growth Nexus in the Top Six Hydropower Energy-Consuming Countries | Mendeley | A dataset presenting the ecological impacts, economic growth, and energy consumption for hydropower in the top 6 hydropower consuming countries. (Licensing) | Dataset | Environment |
| Data for: Power system state estimation with extended power formulation | Mendeley | A dataset for power system state estimations with extended power formulations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Data for: Urban Form and Transportation Energy Consumption | Mendeley | Data related to energy consumption as proxied by gas station sales in the US (Licensing) | Dataset | Transportation |
| Data Portal for Cities | Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy | A global searchable database for city-based statistics on energy activity and emissions data. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Environment |
| Data-Driven Multivariate Power Curve Modeling of Offshore Wind Turbines | Mendeley | A dataset with 20,000 power and speed values to help modeling for wind turbines. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Database for Energy Consumption of Commercial Building(s) | Japan Sustainable Building Consortium | Database of buildings surveyed in Japan related to numerous attributes, including energy consumption (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) | NC Clean Energy Technology Center | Information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. DSIRE includes a number of resources for developers, policymakers, researchers, and the general public. (Licensing) | Dataset | Policy, Renewable Energy |
| Dataset: The future cost of electrical energy storage based on experience rates | Figshare | A cumulative dataset containing energy storage capacity and product pricing. (Licensing) | Dataset | Storage |
| DEEP: De-risking Energy Efficiency Platform | Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (Europe) | A database to share information on projects in buildings and industry to improve investments in energy efficiency projects. (Licensing) | Platform | Efficiency |
| Degree Days Calculator | ENERGY STAR | A tool to calculate heating and cooling degree days in the United States and Canada based on specific zip codes and dates. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| DI Basic | DrillingInfo | Drillinginfo contains a proprietary database on gas and oil sector. It also offers services that provide the predictive tools and technology needed to drive exploration decisions. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel |
| Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) | U.K. Gov - Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | This database presents statistics on electricity from generation through to sales and includes statistics on generating capacity, fuel used for generation, load factors and efficiencies. It also includes a map showing the electricity network in the U.K. and the location of the main power stations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Digital Obstacle File | Federal Aviation Administration | Components of the US electrical system, among other objects, as part of the Federal Aviation Administration's Digital Obstacle File database (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Distributed Solar PV Array Location and Extent Data Set for Remote Sensing Object Identification | Duke University Energy Initiative | This dataset contains the location and polygonal outlines for over 19,000 solar panels across 601 high-resolution aerial images from four cities in California. Dataset applications include training object detection and other machine learning algorithms that use remote sensing imagery, developing specific algorithms for predictive detection of distributed PV systems, and analysis of the socioeconomic correlates of PV deployment. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| E4ST Fast Predictor: Power system simulation model | Cornell University, Arizona State University, Resources for the Future | A simulation model to predict environmental impacts of electrical generation in the United States and select parts of Canada and Mexico. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Earthquakes and Nuclear Power Plants Dataset | NASA | A visualization of where earthquakes occur and nuclear power plants are located across the world. (Licensing) | Dataset | Nuclear Energy |
| EES / ECO performance indicators (Russia) | Joint Stock Company System Operator of the Unified Energy System | Generation and consumption grid data in Russia. | Dataset | Electricity |
| EGrid: Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database | EPA | A map of the United States that allows for the visualization of CO2 emissions by eGRID subregion. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity, Environment |
| EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Mapping and screening tool containing data at various geographic levels relating to environmental justice indexes and other socioeconomic, environmental, health, and climate metrics for locations in the United States, enabling users to compare their selected locations to the rest of the state, EPA region, or the nation (Licensing) | Platform | General |