Data Platform

This is the Open Power System Data platform. We provide European power system data in five packages:

OPSD data packages

Data package Description Download    Docs
Conventional power plants List of conventional power plants in Germany and European countries 2020-10-01 Docs
National generation capacity Aggregated generation capacity by technology and country 2020-10-01 Docs
Renewable power plants List of renewable energy power stations 2020-08-25 Docs
Time series Load, wind and solar, prices in hourly resolution 2020-10-06 Docs
Weather Data Hourly geographically aggregated weather data for Europe 2020-09-16 Docs

Contributed data packages

Data package Description Download    Docs
Household Data Detailed household load and solar generation in minutely to hourly resolution 2020-04-15 Docs
Renewables.ninja PV and Wind Profiles Simulated hourly country-aggregated PV and wind capacity factors for Europe 2020-09-16 Docs
When2Heat Heating Profiles Simulated hourly country-aggregated heat demand and COP time series 2023-07-27 Docs

Data availability overview

Time series List of power plants National
generation
capacity
Weather
data
Prices Load Wind Solar Renewable Conventional
AT 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
BE 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
CH 2015+ 2007+ 2015+ 2015+ KEV plants Hydro, nuclear
CZ 2015+ 2006+ 2012+ 2012+ > 100 MW
DE 2005+ 2006+ 2012+ 2012+ EEG plants > 10 MW
DK 2006+ 2010+ 2014+ 2014+ Wind, solar
ES 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
FI 2015+ 2010+ 2015+ 2015+
FR 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
IT 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
NL 2015+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+
NO 2006+ 2006+ 2015+ 2015+ > 100 MW
PL 2015+ 2008+ 2013+ 2015+ Centrally dispatched units
SE 2006+ 2005+ 2005+ 2011+ > 100 MW
UK 2015+ 2011+ 2015+ 2015+
20+ more

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