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| 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 |
| 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 |
| AAA Gas Prices | AAA | Daily gasoline price data for the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel, Transportation |
| 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 |
| Electrified mini-grid localities in Africa | African Association for Rural Electrification | A database to track electric mini-grids in Africa. | Platform | Electricity |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The power sector in the EU 2019 | Agora Energiewende | Reporting and material about the energy transition in the EU. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Landsat on Amazon Web Services | Amazon/ U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | Landsat 8 is an ongoing collection of satellite imagery of all land on Earth produced by the Landsat 8 satellite and is available for anyone to use via Amazon S3. (Licensing) | Tool | General |
| 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 |
| State-by-State Energy Choice Information (Map) | American Coalition of Competitive Energy Suppliers | A map of the US that allows the user to see which residents have a choice in their electricity or heating provider based on their state. | Platform | General |
| US Energy Efficiency Performance Metrics | American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) | Infographics providing data on energy efficiency in the United States by various metrics. (Licensing) | Platform | Efficiency |
| Electricity Generation Map | American Society of Civil Engineers | A map of the United States that helps visualize the intensity at which states use specific energy sources. | Platform | Efficiency |
| Reliability Metrics | AP (via EIA) | Electrical grid reliability in the US including outage frequency for average customers by utility and state. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Zero Tool | Architecture 2030 | A tool to compare building designs and energy use intensity with other buildings of similar design in an effort to better design our buildings to improve energy intensity use. | Platform | Building, Efficiency |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Justice40 Map Tool | Argonne National Laboratory | Mapping tool for EV charging infrastructure as part of the Justice40 Initiative, supporting the "goal that at least 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities (DACs)" (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| Southeast Asia Energy Database System | ASEAN Center for Energy | Database containing energy statistics, news, and policies for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations broken down by country. | Platform | General |
| Electric Vehicle Market Data | Atlas EV Hub | Data on electric vehicles in the US (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation |
| China's Energy Infrastructure (Map) | Baker Institute | A map of China's energy infrastructure including oil, coal, nuclear, and EV battery information. | Platform | General |
| 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 |
| ClimateScope | BloombergNEF | Data on clean energy investment and national energy supply mixes (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| 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 |
| Energy Charting Tool | BP | A site that provides access to BP energy reports and datasets regarding their projects around the world. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Macro Grid Report (US) | Breakthrough Energy Sciences | Design simulations data for US power grid scenarios (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Statistical Review of World Energy | British Petroleum (BP) | BP's own energy production/consumption dataset, similar to IEA and EIA. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution - Occupational Employment Statistics | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Data on occupational and employment statistics in the US for electric power generation, transmission, and distribution. (Licensing) | Dataset | General, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Transportation Energy Use Statistics | Bureau of Transportation Statistics | Multiple datasets of energy and fuel consumption in U.S. transportation sector. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel, Transportation |
| US Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage | Bureau of Transportation Statistics | Timeseries dataset for oil and gas pipelines in the United States. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| California ISO Interconnection Queue | CAISO | Resources related to CAISO's generator interconnection queue (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| CA Energy Consumption Database | California | Database for California electricity and natural gas consumption broken down by county or entity. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Carbon Monitor: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data | Carbon Monitor | Interactive infographics that explore CO2 emissions by country over time. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Mapped: How the US generates electricity | Carbonbrief | A map of the United States that displays electricity generation locations by type, size, efficiency, and state. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| Mapped: The world's nuclear power plants | Carbonbrief | A map of the worlds nuclear power plants displaying generation estimates and current status. (Licensing) | Platform | Nuclear Energy |
| Global Map of Coal Plants | CarbonBrief | A global map of coal power plants displaying generation figures both visually and graphically since 2000. Includes filters for closed plants, planned construction, and specifying scope of view. (Licensing) | Platform | General, Electricity |
| Building-Level fully labeled Electricity Disaggregation (BLUED) | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | Building electricity consumption dataset that contains current and voltage measurements. | Dataset | Building |
| Integrated Environmental Control Model (IECM) | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | IECM is a computer-modeling program that performs a systematic cost and performance analyses of emission control equipment at coal-fired power plants. (Licensing) | Tool | Electricity, Environment |
| 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 |
| Public Utility Data Liberation | Catalyst Cooperative | A database for open access data primarily for the United States electrical system. (Licensing) | Platform | Electricity |
| State Climate Policy Map | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Maps of the United States that depict differing climate policies by state. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| The World Factbook: Energy | Central Intelligence Agency | Statistics on global energy including access, markets, production, consumption, as well as breakdowns into energy types. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Interactive World Gas Map | Chevron | An interactive world map that displays the world's natural gas information including pipelines, vessels, shareholders, etc. (Licensing) | Platform | Fuel |
| 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 |
| Fort Collins Building Energy and Water Scoring | City of Fort Collins | Interactive map providing energy and water performance metrics for commercial, multifamily, and city owned buildings more than 20,000 square feet in Fort Collins, CO (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| 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 |
| Portland Commercial Building Energy Performance Map | City of Portland | Interactive map providing energy data for commercial buildings in Portland, OR | Platform | Building |
| 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 |
| Seattle Energy Benchmarking | City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment | A set of analyses including an interactive map providing energy benchmarking data for commercial, industrial, and large residential buildings in Seattle, WA | Platform | Building |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Global Climate Policy and Progress Tracking | Climate Action Tracker | A database to construct visualizations and form datasets comparing countries of indicators across the world. (Licensing) | Platform | Environment |
| Climate TRACE | Climate TRACE | Database and interactive map of location-specific greenhouse gas emissions across the world (Licensing) | Platform | |
| Synthetic Power Grid Data Set | Columbia University | Datasets generated from the statistical properties of the real power grid based on the topology of the Western Interconnection. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 |
| Industrial Energy and GHG Emissions Dashboard | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (India) | Graphs and visualizations of India's energy consumption and GHG emissions by state and energy source. | Platform | General, Environment |
| 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 |
| Hourly load curve estimates 2012 and 2015 | Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (India) | Data for hourly load curve estimations in the United States excluding the North-East. | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 |
| Access to Electricity | DataHub | A dataset that contains percentages of populations that have access to electricity. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity, Access |
| Electric Retail Service Territories | Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation - Level Data (HIFLD) | This dataset contains information regarding electric power retail service territories or more specifically those that are responsible for the retail sale of electricity to local residential, commercial, or industrial customers. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Electric power substations | Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation - Level Data (HIFLD) | This dataset contains the locations and attributes of electric power substations that typically correlate to electric power transmission. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Electric Transmission Lines | Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation - Level Data (HIFLD) | This dataset contains the locations and attributes of electric power transmission lines including underground transmission lines where data was available. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Electricity Consumption & Occupancy (ECO) | Distributed Systems Group | The ECO data set is a comprehensive data set for non-intrusive load monitoring and occupancy detection research. It was collected in 6 Swiss households over a period of 8 months. (Licensing) | Dataset | Building |
| Energy Zones Mapping Tool | DOE | A mapping tool to help identify potential energy resource locations in the United States. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| Building Performance Database | DOE | A dataset covering the energy related statistics of commercial and residential buildings. (Licensing) | Platform | Building |
| 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 |
| Electric Disturbance Events (OE-417) Annual Summaries | DOE | Datasets of US electrical disturbance events by year. (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool | DOE | An interactive map that provides details into low-income energy data in the US. Specifically burden statistics, energy costs, and housing counts. (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 |
| Strategic Petroleum Reserves | DOE | A series of datasets containing information on foreign and domestic crude oil separated by sulfur content and identifying name. (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Wind Energy Maps and Data (WINDExchange) | DOE | A database that provides various maps of the United States with information on wind power potential and trends. (Licensing) | Platform | Renewable Energy |
| United States - State Energy Data System (SEDS) | DOE | Panel data of US state's energy systems including estimates of energy production, consumption, prices, and expenditures by source and sector. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| 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 |
| US and International Coal Data | DOE | Datasets containing coal production, consumption, exports/imports, and market information in the United States. (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Global Energy Storage Database | DOE | A database that contains energy storage projects and policies listed under the DOE, (Licensing) | Platform | Storage |
| 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 |
| Compliance Certification Database | DOE | A large database of compliance statements by manufactures in accordance with the Federal conservation standards. (Licensing) | Platform | General |
| FuelEconomy.Gov | DOE / EPA | A tool to search vehicles based on their fuel efficiency. (Licensing) | Platform | Transportation, Efficiency |
| Global Oil & Gas Features Database | DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information | A database of oil and gas infrastructure data (Licensing) | Dataset | Fuel |
| Map of Oil & Natural Gas Drilling Health & Safety Issues | Drilling Maps | A map of natural gas and oil drilling in the United States. (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 |
| ERCOT Generator Outage/Derate Visualization App (EGOVA) | Duke University | EGOVA can be used to examine the spatiotemporal distribution of outage/derate events in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) energy crisis. | Platform | Electricity |
| Hybridized Option for Modeling Input-Output Energy Systems (HOMIES) | Duke University | A large-scale input-output database of physical energy flows and monetary flows through the global economy, spanning 1995-2015 and 136 countries (Licensing) | Dataset | General |
| Electric Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure Imagery Dataset | Duke University | Benchmark dataset for automated detection of electricity transmission and distribution systems (Licensing) | Dataset | Electricity |
| 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 |
| 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 |