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Publisher | Description | Type | Topic |
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| National Generation Capacity | Open Power System Data | Aggregated generation of electricity in Europe broken down by country and technology, from 1990-2019 depending on specific country and tech. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 Oil and Gas Assessments | USGS | A tool to discover previously unknown oil and natural gas deposits in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel |
| National Pipeline Mapping System | Department of Transportation: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | An interactive map of the United States that allows for the laying of filters at the county levels to visualize national pipelines, accidents, and land boundries. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | NREL develops datasets, maps, models, and tools for the analysis of energy and energy efficiency technologies. (Licensing) | Discoverability Service | Renewable Energy |
| National Residential Efficiency Measures Database | NREL | A database constructed to assist in modeling the most cost-effective way to retrofit a home to be more energy efficient. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building, Efficiency |
| 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 |
| National Surveys on Energy and Environment | University of Michigan | A database of climate change, energy, and environmental datasets. (Licensing) | Dataset | General, Environment |
| National-level Energy Consumption Data | Worlddata.info | Searchable data on energy consumption and production by country. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Natural Resources Revenue Data | Department of Interior | Datasets for payments, disbursements, and production of natural resources taken from federal and Native American lands. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| New Electric Generating Plants in Texas | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Various maps of the electrical grid and industry in Texas. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| New England Power System Data | ISO New England | Real-time power grid information for New England's six states provided in maps, charts, and datasets. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| New Renewable Energy (Map) | Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Indonesia) | A map of Indonesia that allows for filters of energy industry infrastructure locations. | Platform | General |
| Nigeria Energy Overview | IAEA | Statistics and figures of Nigeria's energy industry including production and consumption information. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Nighttime Lights (and Human Transportation) | NOAA | Nighttime lights, daily flight, shipping vessels, and roads on a map - showing "where people live, work, and consume energy" (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| North American Energy Infrastructure Map | North American Cooperation of Energy Information | A map of North America (US, Canada, & Mexico) that has filtering for energy infrastructure and resource data. | Platform | General |
| NRG Asset Map | NRG | A visual map of NRG electrical generation sites including type and locations across the world. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| NY Power System Data | New York ISO | Datasets for real time and day ahead market operations for New York's energy market in the US. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| NYC Energy & Water Performance Map | NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability | Interactive map providing energy use, water use, and emissions datas for private buildings over 50,000 square feet (25,000 square feet since 2017) and public sector buildings over 10,000 square feet in New York City, NY (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| NYISO Interconnection Queue | New York ISO (NYISO) | NYISO interconnection process information, and contains link to datafile of NYISO interconnection queue (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| ODYSSEE Database: European Energy Efficiency Data & Indicators | European Commission | A database for energy consumption and energy efficiency for EU and additional countries. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| OECD Countries Energy Data Summary | OECD | A dataset and visual display of energy generation in OECD nations that allows for the segmentation into nuclear generation and various country categories (OECD, EU, G7, G20, etc.). (Licensing) | Platform | Nuclear Energy |
| Offshore Resources Data Center | Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement | Database containing multiple topics under offshore resources including leasing, pipeline, well, rig, and production data. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel |
| Oil and Gas Data, 1932-2014 | Harvard Dataverse | A timeseries dataset for global oil and das production, prices an export information. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Oil Information Statistics | OECD | A databank that allows the user to construct datasets specific to OECD information ranging from general statistics, socio-economic factors, environmental conditions, etc. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel |
| OPEC Data | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | This database that puts up OPEC Reference Basket (ORB) comprises of the basket price for the crude oil from various exporting nations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel, General |
| Open Charge Map | Open Charge Map | A global map that provides charging station locations and their status for EVs. (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| 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 |
| Open Infrastructure Map | OpenInfraMap.org | An interactive global map that allows the user to visualize the "hidden" infrastructure of various power sources. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Outlook for Energy Data | ExxonMobil | The Outlook for Energy is ExxonMobil’s view of energy demand and supply through 2040. This data will help in making a forecast regarding energy transition to meet the needs of the growing population. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel, General |
| Outlook for Energy: A Perspective to 2040 | ExxonMobil | A global perspective of energy demand and production projected to 2040 and broken down into different regions. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Outlook for Modern Cooking Energy Access in Central America | Figshare | Tables and figures demonstrating Central America's electricity market and demand. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Access |
| Overview of electricity production and use in Europe | European Environment Agency | Graphs and infographics of European energy generation by country. It includes efficiency, carbon intensity, generation, and consumption. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Pakistan Residential Electricity Consumption Dataset | Lahore University | A dataset of electricity consumption patterns for developing countries. Intended to help develop smart grids and better demand-side management. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Pan-European Thermal Atlas | Heat Roadmap Europe | A map of Europe that provides information on thermal statistics including excess heat, heat demand, cool demand, solar thermal district heating, etc. | Platform | General |
| 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 |
| Pecan Street Dataport | University of Texas | This database includes minute-interval appliance-level customer electricity use from nearly 1,000 houses and apartments in Pecan Street's multi-state residential electricity use research, as well as ERCOT market operations. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Petroleum Deposit Data | Peace Research Institute Oslo | A dataset containing the locations of all known oil and gas deposits in the world. Distinguished between on-shore and off-shore. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking | City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability | A variety of data including an interactive map providing energy benchmarking data for commercial and residential buildings more than 50,000 square feet in Philadelphia, PA (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| 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 |
| PJM data | PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) | Real-time and historical statistics surrounding ISO operations of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland state. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| PJM Data Miner | PJM | A database containing numerous datasets covering credit, generation, load, pricing, and system information for the PJM interconnection. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| PJM Interconnection Queue | Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Interconnection (PJM) | PJM's new services queue for electricity generation projects (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| PLEXOS-World 2015 Global Electricity Model | University College Cork (Ireland) | Global electricity model simulating the dispatch of over 30,000 existing power plants across 164 countries. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Plug Load Appliance Identification Dataset (PLAID) | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | PLAID includes short voltage and current measurements sampled at 30 kHz from 11 different appliance types present in more than 60 households in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| PlugShare - Electric Vehicle Charging Station Map | PlugShare | A global map that allows for the searching and display of charging stations for electric vehicles. (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants | NASA | Dataset providing global information on location and proximity attributes of nuclear power plants. (Licensing) | Platform | Nuclear Energy |
| Portland Commercial Building Energy Performance Map | City of Portland | Interactive map providing energy data for commercial buildings in Portland, OR | Platform | Building |
| POWER - Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources | NASA | Provides access to a database with NASA developed solar and meteorological data; intended use for renewable energy information, energy efficiency, and agriculture. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Power Data Portal | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | A searchable database regarding electric distribution and voltage phase angles. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Power Outage Data for US: IP Address Scans | Mendeley | A dataset to estimate power outages in the US in real time. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Power Outage Tracker | Generac | Map tracking current power outages across the US. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Power Plant Satellite Imagery Dataset | Duke University Energy Initiative | This dataset contains satellite imagery of 4,454 power plants within the United States. The imagery is provided at two resolutions: 1m (4-band NAIP imagery with near-infrared) and 30m (Landsat 8, pan sharpened to 15m). (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Power Profiler: US electricity generation/pollution tool | EPA | An interactive tool to calculate how clean electrical generation based off eGRID subregions, and searchable by ZIP codes. Includes emissions levels and energy sources as compared to the rest of the nation. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Power Reactor Information System | International Atomic Energy Agency | A database for global nuclear power including specifications and performance history. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | PRIS is a comprehensive database focusing on nuclear power plants worldwide and contains information on power reactors in operation, under construction, or those being decommissioned. (Licensing) | Dataset | Nuclear Energy |
| Power Reactor Status Reports (Daily) | NRC | Status report of nuclear power plants in the United States. (Licensing) | Dataset | Nuclear Energy |
| Power Sector at a Glance (India) | Ministry of Power (India) | A breakdown of India's power sector providing information on sector generation rates, contributions of fuel, and demand and supply. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Fuel |
| 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 |
| Public Utility Data Liberation | Catalyst Cooperative | A database for open access data primarily for the United States electrical system. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| 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 |
| RAE: Rainforest Automation Energy Dataset | Harvard Dataverse | A dataset developed to help smart grid researchers test algorithms for smart meter data. Includes power data, environmental, and sensor data. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Environment |
| Railroad Commission of Texas Statistics | Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) | Contains research and statistics on individual Texan oil and gas companies. This site also contains Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) fields & concentrations listings. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| RE Atlas | NREL | An interactive map of the United States which allows for the layering of filters representing both human boundaries and the physical potentials of various natural resources. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| 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 |
| Real-time data platform for ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ISO) | An interactive database that allows the user to view a number of metrics regarding ERCOT interconnections real-time and forecasted electric demand. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Real-time data platform for MISO | Midcontinent ISO (MISO) | Real-time and forecasted data display in maps, charts, and datasheets for the MISO interconnection. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Real-time data platform for SPP | Southwest Power Pool (ISO) | Real-time and forecasted data for the SPP ISO including graphics, figures, and datasets. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Real-time heat map of ISO electricity prices in US | Clarity Grid Solutions | Interactive map that displays the MWh cost across the United States ISOs and within each ISO. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| 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 |
| REDS: REpository of Distribution Systems | Marquette University | A repository of testcases for distribution systems, related to power flow solution, network reconfiguration, capacitor placement, load balancing, contingency analysis, etc. | Dataset | Electricity |
| Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) | NREL | An interactive map of the United States that allows for the testing of various renewable energy goals on each state’s projected energy generation statistics. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Reliability Metrics | AP (via EIA) | Electrical grid reliability in the US including outage frequency for average customers by utility and state. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 potential map/data | NREL | A tool to discover renewable energy potential under various scenarios designed by the user. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Energy Zoning Tool | ESMAP | Interactive tool to explore high potential project areas around the world for solar, onshore wind and offshore wind development, searchable by energy source and location (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| Renewable Natural Gas Database | Argonne National Lab | A dataset of compiled biogas projects upgrading gas for pipeline injection or for vehicle fuel. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| 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 |
| Replication Data for: A Field Experiment on Workplace Norms and Electric Vehicle Charging Etiquette | Harvard Dataverse | Data of 85 EV drivers and 105 EV charging stations used for understanding charging etiquette. (Licensing) | Dataset | Transportation |
| Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) | The RECS data includes energy characteristics on the housing unit, usage patterns, household demographics, energy costs and usage for heating, cooling, appliances and other end uses. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI) | NOAA | A tool for exploring year to year fluctuations in energy demand based on residential heating and cooling. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Resource Watch | World Resources Institute (WRI) | It features hundreds of data sets on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens and allows users to visualize challenges from climate change to poverty, water risk to state instability, air pollution to human migration, and more. (Licensing) | Discoverability Service | General |
| ResStock | NREL | Dataset that describes timeseries energy end-use consumption of the US residential building stock. | Dataset | Building |
| Rural Electricity Demand in India | Harvard Dataverse | Survey data of electrical demand in rural India. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Rural Electricity Demand in India (REDI) | Harvard Dataverse | A dataset containing the electricity demand in rural India, surveying over 10,000 households and 2,000 enterprises. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| San Diego Building Energy Benchmarking | City of San Diego | Interactive map providing energy data for commercial, industrial, and large residential buildings in San Diego, CA (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| 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 |