Data Sources
PVGIS – Photovoltaic Geographical Information System
Solar irradiance and PV performance data from the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Source: European Commission, JRC · re.jrc.ec.europa.eu
NASA POWER – Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources
Wind speed climatology data from NASA Langley Research Center for renewable energy applications.
Source: NASA Langley Research Center · power.larc.nasa.gov
Eurostat
Electricity price statistics for European households used as default values in economic calculations.
Source: Eurostat, European Commission · ec.europa.eu/eurostat
OpenStreetMap / Nominatim
Geocoding (address to coordinates) via Nominatim using OpenStreetMap data.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · openstreetmap.org
Open-Meteo – SARAH-3 Solar Radiation Archive
Satellite-based solar irradiance data (2.5 km resolution) from the EUMETSAT CM SAF SARAH-3 dataset, provided via the Open-Meteo archive API as a second solar data source alongside PVGIS.
Source: Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0. Data: EUMETSAT CM SAF SARAH-3. · open-meteo.com
ERA5 – Copernicus Climate Data Store
Hourly climate data (temperature, radiation) from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) by ECMWF.
Source: ECMWF / Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) · cds.climate.copernicus.eu
EHPA – European Heat Pump Association
Technical standards and performance data for air-source and ground-source heat pumps.
Source: EHPA (European Heat Pump Association) · ehpa.org
EGDI – European Geosciences Data Infrastructure
Near-surface geothermal potential data for Europe, provided by EuroGeoSurveys through the European Geological Data Infrastructure.
Source: EuroGeoSurveys / EGDI · egdi.geology.cz
JRC CCM2 – EU-Hydro River Network
Catchment-level micro-hydro run-of-river potential data from the Joint Research Centre Catchment Characterisation and Modelling (CCM2) dataset.
Source: European Commission, JRC · data.jrc.ec.europa.eu
JRC ENSPRESO2 – Biomass Potential
Regional agricultural and forestry biomass supply potential by NUTS2 region from the JRC ENergy Systems Potential REnewaable SOurces (ENSPRESO2) dataset.
Source: European Commission, JRC · zenodo.org