Energy Datasets

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The Energy Datasets section of OpenEI stores structured information in widely-used formats such as CSV, XML, and XLS. If you have an open, energy-related dataset to contribute, please consider uploading it here.

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OpenEI users have contributed 804 energy datasets to date.

Name	Source	Date Updated	Overall Rating
National Solar Radiation Data Base The National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB) is the most comprehensive collection of solar data freely available. The 1991 - 2005 NSRDB contains hourly solar radiation (...	NREL		4.666665 (3 votes)
Commercial Building Profiles This dataset includes simulation results from a national-scale study of the commercial buildings sector. Electric load profiles contain the hour-by-hour demand for electricity...	NREL	07/28/2010	2.75 (4 votes)
Electric Power Monthly - Monthly Data Tables Monthly electricity generation figures (and the fuel consumed to produce it). Source information available at EIA.	EIA	07/20/2010	3.333335 (3 votes)
U.S. Electric Net Summer Capacity, 2004 - 2008 Provides total annual net electric summer capacity (in megawatts) for the United States, broken down by renewable energy source (e.g. biomass, solar thermal/pv) and the...	EIA		(0 votes)
Renewable Energy Consumption for Nonelectric Use by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source, 2004 - 2008 This dataset provides annual renewable energy consumption (in quadrillion Btu) for nonelectric use in the United States by energy use sector and energy source between 2004 and...	EIA		(0 votes)
Renewable Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source, 2004 - 2008 Provides annual renewable energy consumption (in quadrillion btu) for electricity generation in the United States by energy use sector (commercial, industrial and electric power)...	EIA		(0 votes)
Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source, 2004 - 2008 Provides annual net electricity generation (thousand kilowatt-hours) from renewable energy in the United States by energy use sector (commercial, industrial, electric power) and...	EIA		(0 votes)
Residential Energy Consumption Survey Results: Total Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Intensities (2005) The Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) is a national survey that collects residential energy-related data. The 2005 survey collected data from 4,381 households in...	EIA	01/01/2009	(0 votes)
Residential Energy Consumption for Water Heating (2005) Provides total and average annual residential energy consumption for water heating in U.S. households in 2005, measured in both physical units and Btus. The data is presented for...	EIA	01/01/2009	(0 votes)
STIL2 Swedish Office Buildings Survey The STIL2 project has performed a survey of high performance office buildings in Sweden to provide energy efficiency data for non-residential premises. The data covers...	Swedish Energy Agency	04/09/2010	3.5 (2 votes)
Energy Technology Cost and Performance Data This data indicates the range of recent cost estimates for renewable energy and other technologies. The estimates are shown in dollars per installed kilowatts of generating...	NREL	08/06/2009	4.5 (2 votes)
Energy Generation by State, by Technology (2009) Provides annual energy generation for all states by fuel source (e.g. coal, gas, solar, wind) in 2009, reported in MWh. Also includes facility-level data (directly from EIA Form...	NREL		4.333335 (3 votes)
Low temperature Direct Use Geothermal Facilities Contains generating capacity information for low temperature direct use geothermal facilities by state.	NREL		2.5 (2 votes)
NOAA Borehole Data NOAA borehole data with temperatures at different depths. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/borehole/nam.html	NOAA		(0 votes)
Residential Energy Expenditures for Water Heating (2005) Provides total and average household expenditures on energy for water heating in the United States in 2005. The data was collected as part of the Residential Energy...	EIA	01/01/2009	(0 votes)
Electricity Generation and Consumption by State (2008 ) Provides total annual electricity consumption by sector (residential, commercial and industrial) for all states in 2008, reported in GWh, and total electricity generation by...	NREL		4 (1 vote)
Energy Use and Water Consumption at University of Texas at Austin Provides annual energy usage for years 1989 through 2010 for UT at Austin; specifically, electricity usage (kWh), natural gas usage (Mcf), associated costs. Also provides water...	University of Texas (UT) at Austin, Utilities & Energy Management		4 (3 votes)
Form EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report The Form EIA-860 is a generator-level survey that collects specific information about existing and planned generators and associated environmental equipment at electric power...	Energy Information Administration (EIA)	12/01/2010	(0 votes)
Form EIA-906, EIA-920, and EIA-923 Databases The EIA-906, EIA-920, EIA-923 and predecessor forms provide monthly and annual data on generation and fuel consumption at the power plant and prime mover level. A subset of plants...	Energy Information Administration (EIA)	08/01/2010	(0 votes)
UK Windspeed Reference/Archival Database The windspeed database provides estimates of mean annual wind speed throughout the UK, averaged over a 1-kilometer square area, at each of the following three heights above ground...	UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)		(0 votes)