This collection of energy data sources and tools for data analysis was supported in part by the National Science Foundation Award No. 1937137, a collaboration among the World Resources Institute, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute, and Duke University. We do not endorse or provide any guarantees about the data or information listed below.
Filter by dataset topic:
- (-) Remove Renewable Energy filter Renewable Energy
- General (131) Apply General filter
- Electricity (109) Apply Electricity filter
- Environment (38) Apply Environment filter
- Fuel (32) Apply Fuel filter
- Building (31) Apply Building filter
- Transportation (19) Apply Transportation filter
- Efficiency (16) Apply Efficiency filter
- Nuclear Energy (16) Apply Nuclear Energy filter
- Access (12) Apply Access filter
- Storage (9) Apply Storage filter
- Fossil Fuels (6) Apply Fossil Fuels filter
- Policy (2) Apply Policy filter
Filter by dataset type:
Name |
Publisher | Description | Type | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| AASG Geothermal Data Repository | Association of American State Geologists (AASG) | Information collected from all 50 states in the US about geothermal projects. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| 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 |
| Africa's Hydropower Future | SciDev | Data and infographics of current hydropower and its future in Africa, including interactive tools. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CT Solar Scorecard | Data Driven Yale | This scorecard measures your municipality’s impact on residential solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in Connecticut, and how your town is contributing to the state's goal for 300MW of residential solar PV. | Tool | Renewable Energy |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Electricity Markets and Policy Group: US Energy Interactive Visualizations | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Interactive visualizations of renewable energy potentials and markets in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Energy and Infrastructure Data | US Geological Survey | A database provided by the USGS that provides GIS datasets on energy and infrastructure and their subcatagories like fossil fuels and renewables. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Renewable Energy |
| European wind power generation data set | European Commission, SETIS | A report of the hourly time series wind generation in Europe over a 30-year window. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Federal Energy Management Program Screening Map | NREL | An interactive map of the United States that provides information on access to renewable energies, land ownership, and governmental divisions. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| FERC Hydropower Projects | FERC | Information about hydropower in the United States including a map of FERC projects and licenses. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Gainesville Green | Acceleration | This tool calculates relevant comparisons for home energy use and displays detailed information about household performance. Users can view, analyze, and understand how they use energy and compare with their peers. | Tool | Renewable Energy |
| Geospatial solar platform for US | Stanford University: DeepSolar | A dataset that utilized deep learning and satellite imagery to determine PV-solar panel's GPS location and size in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Data Aggregation | Southern Methodist University | A database containing aggregated and individual datasets about geothermal wells including information such as depth, bottom hole temperature, and heat flow. | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Data Repository | OpenEI | A database for the searching of data pertaining to geothermal energy. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Database | National Geothermal Data System | A database of geothermal data in the United States covering a wide array of topics including chemical analysis and hotspot locations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Power Database | International Geothermal Association | Global geothermal power generation data by country. Includes direct use and power generation information as well as a visualization through a global map. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Prospector | NREL | An interactive map of the United States that provides a complete overview of the country's geothermal prospects including topographic/environmental information to infrastructure details. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Prospector | NREL | A map of the United States that provides layering of information surrounding geothermal energy including potential, environmental conditions, geographical considerations, and governmental boundaries. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Geothermal Resource Data | NREL | Tools, maps, and data that provide information into geothermal energy in the US. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Global daily solar radiation data | OpenSolarDB | An open data source with average daily solar radiation at the ground level globally. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Global Geothermal Power Plant Map | ThinkGeoEnergy | A map of the world that displays geothermal power plant locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Global geothermal power plants data | European Commission, Joint Research Centre | An EU developed dataset that provides the locations worldwide of existing geothermal hotspots including highlights of the report's findings. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Global Hydropower Database | Figshare | A database of hydropower plants and their generation capacity in 134 countries. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Global offshore renewable map | 4COffshore | A map the world offering specific locations of offshore renewable energy generation sites. It includes specific information on the site once selected including owner, developer, and capacity. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Global Renewable Energy Demand by Sector | IRENA | Two tools that provide renewable energy consumption by country, technology, and year, as well as predicted future trends. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Global solar resource distribution | Global Solar Atlas | An interactive global map that provides solar potential with specific measurements available at chosen locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Global wind power market intelligence platform/dataset | The Wind Power | Database containing information on the number, capacity, and further details on the world's wind turbines. Data can be broken down by country or windfarm. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Global wind resource distribution | Global Wind Atlas | An interactive global map that provides wind speeds and allows for the specification of location and the layering of additional metrics. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Harmonised global datasets of wind and solar farm locations and power (paper) | Nature (University of Southhampton, UK) | Academic research of global solar and wind farm locations and totals. Note that some geospatial information is not available in the open data provided. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Hydroelectric Power: Story Map (2. Hydroelectric and Nuclear Power Plants in the US) | Ithaca Public Education Initiative | A map in Section 2 that displays the location of both hydropower and nuclear power plants in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy |
| Hydropower Database | International Hydropower Association | Regional and country profiles that track and report on hydropower use around the world. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Hydropower Pumped Storage Tool | International Hydropower Association | This is a dataset containing the mapped out locations and statistics of the worlds hydropower dams both existing and planned. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Hydropower Resources Statistical Database in Africa | African Energy Commission | A data source on hydro energy in Africa and its countries that displays dams constructed in the regions. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| HydroSource: Existing Hydropower Assets | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | A source on hydropower designed to help make data driven decisions on future hydropower plants in the US. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| India Hydropower Database | International Hydropower Association | A dataset containing information about India's hydropower dams including specific locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Integrated model dataset for highly renewable Europe | RE-Europe | A largescale dataset covering renewable energy in Europe. Dataset includes transmission network modeling as well as generation and demand information. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| List of sources and information on wind energy resources and more | Wind Energy Resource Atlas for US | A geospatial toolkit that provides data on US wind energy prospects, market information, and network information. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Major Solar Projects List (Map) | Solar Energy Industries Association | A map of the US that provides information on major PV and CSP solar projects and their status. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Mapping India's Energy Subsidies | International Institute for Sustainable Development | Mapping and visualizing India's subsidies for fossil fuels and renewables. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel, Renewable Energy |
| Maps and Data on renewable energy potential in the Arctic | Arctic Renewable Energy Atlas | Maps and Data on renewable energy potential in the Arctic | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Marine and Hydrokinetic Atlas | NREL | An interactive map of the United States that presents resource estimates for several different Marine and Hydrokinetic technologies. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| National Hydropower Map | National Hydropower Association | Map of the United States with specific information on each state’s hydropower generation. Includes location & of number of plants, total generation, and other statistics. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| National Inventory of Dams | US Army Corps of Engineers | A database to search general information about dams in the United States by state. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| National renewable energy action plans and progress reports data portal | European Commission | A digital tool from the National Renewable Energy Action Plans to help visualize and compare renewable energy data. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | NREL provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems. Explore datasets, maps, models, and tools for the analysis of energy and energy efficiency technologies developed by NREL. (Licensing) | Data Repository | Renewable Energy |
| National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | NSRDB is a serially complete collection of meteorological and solar irradiance data sets for the United States and a growing list of international locations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| National Solar Radiation Database Data Viewer | NREL | An interactive map with filters from the National Solar Radiation Database that allows the user to visualize irradiance in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Open data for global energy company's projects for research use | EDP Open Data | Select open access data from EDP's wind and solar energy generation sites. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| PEAK: Platform for Energy Access Knowledge | Power for All | A global map allowing the layering of information including socioeconomic considerations for specific countries to solar potential for the globe. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Photovoltaic GIS | European Commission | Open access data of photovoltaic performance, meteorological data, and solar radiation at different time intervals at the global level. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Product Database | VeraSol | A product database that contains performance data for solar energy kits and off-grid appliances. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Project Sunroof | Personalized roof analysis to assess the viability of residential solar. Solar savings are calculated using roof size and shape, shaded roof areas, local weather, local electricity prices, solar costs, and estimated incentives over time. (Licensing) | Tool | Renewable Energy | |
| Projects and Facilities Database | US Bureau of Reclamation | Database on US Bureau of Reclamation dams and hydropower facilities and projects (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| PVDAQ | NREL | A map of the United States that allows the layering of filters for PV solar resource data, climate data, and PV Solar Data Acquisition locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| PVOutput Platform | PVOutput | A service to provide and compare PV output data for those that own PV solar. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| PVWatts | NREL | A map of the United States that provides information on NREL International locations, NSRDB MTS1 locations, and NSRDB MTS2 locations. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| RE-Powering Mapper | EPA | An interactive mapping website that allows the user to see potential renewable energy sites as well as contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| RED-E Bangladesh | NREL | A map of Bangladesh providing infrastructure, grid, and power plant information as well as renewable resource information, environment and land use, and administrative details. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| RED-E India | NREL | A map of India that provides renewable data, infrastructure, grid, environmental data, and administrative data for the region as a whole. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| RED-E Mexico | NREL | A map of Mexico that provides infrastructure, grid, environmental data, and administrative data for the region as a whole with a specific breakdown into renewables. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| RED-E Southeast Asia | NREL | A map of Southeast Asia that provides infrastructure, grid, environmental data, and administrative data for the region as a whole and each individual country within the region. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| REmap - Renewable Energy Roadmap | IRENA | A roadmap to renewable energy potential for countries and areas in addition to technologies for heating, cooling, and transport. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Energy Atlas of the US (Report) | University of North Texas | A geospatial map of the United States that allows for the visualization of renewable energy resources, federal land ownership, and base map reference information. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Energy GIS Data | US BOEM | Information, including GIS data, related to the planning, assessment and environmental review of renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Energy Mapping Infrastructure (w/ Global Model for Pumped Hydro Storage Potential Sites) (AREMI) | Australian Renewable Energy Agency | A global map of pumped hydro storage potential sites and their coordinates created by the Australian government. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy, Storage |
| Renewable energy potential map/data | NREL | A tool to discover renewable energy potential under various scenarios designed by the user. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Options by State | American Cities Climate Challenege | Energy generation sources by state in the United States. Includes comparative statistics and renewable energy generation information. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Portfolio Standards Map | National Conference of State Legislatures | A map of the United States that provides state by state renewable portfolio standards and goals. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable power plants in select European countries | Open Power System Data | Renewable power plant stations for Germany, Denmark, France, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom. The different countries may contain varying accuracy in data and power plant parameters. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Renewable Energy |
| Schools in US with solar installations | The Solar Foundation | A report of the schools in the United States that have installed solar systems. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Simulation for Wind/Solar Output | Renewables.ninja | An interactive map allowing the used to visualize solar power, wind power, and weather data across the globe or for select countries. Includes the ability to download datasets. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Calculator: Estimate Solar Savings | EnergySage | A tool to estimate potential savings from installing solar energy based on address and current energy costs. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Energy Potential | Sun Number | A tool to determine if one's home has the potential for solar panels. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar for All | NREL | A map of the United States and Puerto Rico providing rooftop solar potential as well as potential expenditures, efficiency, and costs. It also includes demographic information, climate and environmental information, and health indicators. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Map - Locations of Solar Farms, Solar Roofs & Solar Parking Lots | Solar Energy Maps | A global map of various types of solar energy generation. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Means Business | Solar Energy Industries Association | An interactive map and access to data that demonstrates American businesses that have purchased and installed solar energy systems over time. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar power estimator tool | Google Project Sunroof | Provides the user the opportunity to estimate the cost and potential benefit of installing solar panels at a particular address, also provides an overview of strong solar potential areas. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy, Building |
| Solar Program Maps | Bureau of Land Management | A set of maps that provide information on potential solar energy generation sites, excluding BLM-administered land. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Maps | Argonne National Lab | A set of maps for spatial analysis of potential solar energy generation sites. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Pumps Tool | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (India) | A tool to help assess and adopt solar irrigation systems in India. | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Quotes Platform/Map | EnergySage | A tool to get solar power installation quotes for residential, commercial, and non-profit properties at specific addresses. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Radiation Data (SoDa) | MINES ParisTech and Transvalor Dpt | The Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) is a web service that delivers time series of Temperature (at 2 m), Relative Humidity (at 2 m), Pressure (at 2 m), Wind speed and direction (at 10 m), Rainfall, Snowfall and Snow depth. (Licensing) | Data Repository | Renewable Energy |
| Solar Resource Data and Tools | NREL | A database containing multiple datasets ranging in their coverage of solar resource topics including real-time, frequently updated, and historical data. (Licensing) | Dataset | Renewable Energy |
| Solar State by State Map | Solar Energy Industries Association | Solar energy progress by state including capacity, infrastructure, and economic statistics. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |