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Renewable power plants

https://doi.org/10.25832/renewable_power_plants/2020-08-25
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Description List of renewable energy power stations
Notes This Data Package contains a list of renewable energy power plants in lists of renewable energy-based power plants of Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Czechia: Renewable-energy power plants in Czech Republic. Denmark: Wind and phovoltaic power plants with a high level of detail. France: Renewable-energy power plants of various types (solar, hydro, wind, bioenergy marine, geothermal) in France. Germany: Individual power plants, all renewable energy plants supported by the German Renewable Energy Law (EEG). Poland: Summed capacity and number of installations per energy source per municipality (Powiat). Sweden: Wind power plants in Sweden. Switzerland: All renewable-energy power plants supported by the feed-in-tariff KEV (Kostendeckende Einspeisevergütung). United Kingdom: Renewable-energy power plants in the United Kingdom. Due to different data availability, the power plant lists are of different accurancy and partly provide different power plant parameter. Due to that, the lists are provided as seperate csv-files per country and as separate sheets in the excel file. Suspect data or entries with high probability of duplication are marked in the column 'comment'. Theses validation markers are explained in the file validation_marker.csv. Additionally, the Data Package includes daily time series of cumulated installed capacity per energy source type for Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. All data processing is conducted in Python and pandas and has been documented in the Jupyter Notebooks linked below.
Last changes Updated all countries with new data available (DE, FR, PL, CH, DK, UK), added data for CZ and SE.
Geographical scope Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Geographical resolution Power plants, municipalities
Documentation Documentation and script (view on GitHub)
Download Data package (zip)
opsd-renewable_power_plants-2020-08-25.zip (352 MB)

Individual data files (csv, xlsx)
renewable_power_plants_DE.csv (329 MB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_DK.csv (11 MB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_FR.csv (13 MB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_PL.csv (461 kB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_UK.csv (659 kB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_CH.csv (2 MB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_SE.csv (915 kB) Filter
renewable_power_plants_CZ.csv (5 MB) Filter
res_plants_separated_DE_outvalidated_plants.csv (35 MB) Filter
res_plants_separated_FR_outvalidated_plants.csv (28 kB) Filter
validation_marker.csv (1 kB)
renewable_power_plants_EU.csv (254 MB) Filter
renewable_power_plants.xlsx (252 MB)
renewable_capacity_timeseries.csv (11 MB) Filter

Database (SQLite)
renewable_power_plants.sqlite (746 MB)
Meta data README.md
datapackage.json
Input data View original input data
Sources Postleitzahlen Deutschland | GeoNames | Eurostat (NUTS tables) | Bundesnetzagentur | bnetza_pv_historic | bnetza_pv | Amprion | TransnetBW | 50Hertz | Tennet | Energystyrelsen | Energinet | Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire | Open Data Réseaux Energies | Urzad Regulacji Energetyki | Bundesamt für Energie | UK Government Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | Vindbrukskollen | Energetický regulační úřad | Opendatasoft | Eurostat
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Open Power System Data. 2020. Data Package Renewable power plants. Version 2020-05-20. https://doi.org/10.25832/renewable_power_plants/2020-05-20. (Primary data from various sources, for a complete list see URL)
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Field documentation

renewable power plants DE.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. DE1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. DE11).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. DE111).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Name of German Gemeinde (municipality)
municipality_code string German Gemeindenummer (municipalitiy number)
postcode string German zip-code
address string Street name or name of land parcel
federal_state string Name of German administrative level 'Bundesland'
commissioning_date date Date of commissioning of specific unit
decommissioning_date date Date of decommissioning of specific unit
voltage_level string Voltage level of grid connection
eeg_id string Power plant EEG (German feed-in tariff law) remuneration number
dso string Name of distribution system operator of the region the plant is located in
dso_id string Company number of German distribution grid operator
tso string Name of transmission system operator of the area the plant is located

renewable power plants DK.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source.
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. DK0).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. DK01).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. DK013).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Name of Danish Kommune
municipality_code string Danish 3-digit Kommune-Nr
postcode string Danish zip-code
address string Street name or name of land parcel
commissioning_date date date of the plant's commissioning
hub_height number Wind turbine hub heigth in m
rotor_diameter number Wind turbine rotor diameter in m
model string Wind turbine model type
gsrn_id integer Danish wind turbine identifier number (GSRN)
dso string Name of distribution system operator of the region the plant is located in
manufacturer string Company that has built the wind turbine

renewable power plants FR.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. FR1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. FR10).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. FR101).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Name of French Commune
municipality_code integer French 5-digit INSEE code for Communes
region string Name of the French region
region_code integer Code of the French region
municipality_group string Name of the group of municipalities the plant is located in.
municipality_group_code integer Code of the group of municipalities the plant is located in.
departement string The name of the French departement
departement_code integer The number of the French departement
commissioning_date date The date of the plant's commissioning
connection_date date The data when the plant was connected to the French grid
disconnection_date date The date that the plant was disconnected from the French grid
number_of_installations integer Number of installations of the energy source subtype in the municipality. Due to confidentiality reasons, the values smaller than 3 are published as ''<3'' (as in the source).
site_name string The power plant's name.
IRIS_code string IRIS code
EIC_code string Energy Identification Code - the plant's unique identifier in the French grid
as_of_year integer Year for which the data source compiled the original dataset.

renewable power plants PL.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. PL1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. PL11).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. PL113).
region string The name of the Polish voivodeship.
district string The name of the Polish powiat.
URE_id integer The URE id of the plant.
as_of_year integer Year for which the data source compiled the original dataset.

renewable power plants UK.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Type of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string The source of database entries
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. UKD).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. UKD1).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. UKC12).
lon string Longitude coordinates
lat string Latitude coordinates
municipality string Municipality
postcode string Postcode
address string Address
region string Region
country string The UK's constituent country in which the facility is located.
commissioning_date date Date of commissioning of specific unit
solar_mounting_type string For solar PV developments, whether the PV panels are ground or roof mounted
chp string Is the project capable of combined heat and power output
capacity_individual_turbine number For windfarms, the individual capacity of each wind turbine in megawatts (MW)
number_of_turbines integer For windfarms, the number of wind turbines located on the site
site_name string Name of site
uk_beis_id integer ID for the plant as assigned by UK BEIS.
operator string Name of operator
comment string Shortcodes for comments related to this entry, explanation can be looked up in validation_marker.csv

renewable power plants CH.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Type of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. CH0).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. CH03).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. CH031).
lon number Longitude coordinate
lat number Latitude coordinate
municipality string Municipality
municipality_code integer Municipality code
postcode string Swiss zip code
address string Street name
canton string Name of the cantones/ member states of the Swiss confederation
commissioning_date date Commissioning date
contract_period_end date End of subsidy contract
company string Name of the company
tariff number Tariff in CHF for 2016
project_name string Name of the project
production number Yearly production in MWh

renewable power plants SE.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW.
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Type of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. SE0).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. SE02).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. SE021).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Municipality
county string County
commissioning_date date Commissioning date
site_name string Name of site
se_vindbrukskollen_id string The id in the vindbrukskollen data
manufacturer string Manufacturer

renewable power plants CZ.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW.
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Type of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. CZ0).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. CZ08).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. CZ08-).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Municipality
postcode string Postcode
region string Region
locality string Town or village
owner string Owner
site_name string Name of site

res plants separated DE outvalidated plants.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. DE1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. DE11).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. DE111).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Name of German Gemeinde (municipality)
municipality_code string German Gemeindenummer (municipalitiy number)
postcode string German zip-code
address string Street name or name of land parcel
federal_state string Name of German administrative level 'Bundesland'
commissioning_date date Date of commissioning of specific unit
decommissioning_date date Date of decommissioning of specific unit
voltage_level string Voltage level of grid connection
eeg_id string Power plant EEG (German feed-in tariff law) remuneration number
dso string Name of distribution system operator of the region the plant is located in
dso_id string Company number of German distribution grid operator
tso string Name of transmission system operator of the area the plant is located
comment string Shortcodes for comments related to this entry, explanation can be looked up in validation_marker.csv

res plants separated FR outvalidated plants.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Subtype of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energy source (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. FR1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. FR10).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. FR101).
lon number Longitude coordinates
lat number Latitude coordinates
municipality string Name of French Commune
municipality_code integer French 5-digit INSEE code for Communes
region string Name of the French region
region_code integer Code of the French region
municipality_group string Name of the group of municipalities the plant is located in.
municipality_group_code integer Code of the group of municipalities the plant is located in.
departement string The name of the French departement
departement_code integer The number of the French departement
commissioning_date date The date of the plant's commissioning
connection_date date The data when the plant was connected to the French grid
disconnection_date date The date that the plant was disconnected from the French grid
number_of_installations integer Number of installations of the energy source subtype in the municipality. Due to confidentiality reasons, the values smaller than 3 are published as ''<3'' (as in the source).
site_name string The power plant's name.
IRIS_code string IRIS code
EIC_code string Energy Identification Code - the plant's unique identifier in the French grid
as_of_year integer Year for which the data source compiled the original dataset.
comment string Shortcodes for comments related to this entry, explanation can be looked up in validation_marker.csv

validation marker.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
Validation marker string Name of validation marker utilized in column comment in the renewable_power_plant_germany.csv
Long explanation string Explanation of the validation marker
Short explanation string Short comment on the meaning of the marker
Country string The country for which the marker is defined.

renewable power plants EU.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description
electrical_capacity number Installed electrical capacity in MW
energy_source_level_1 string Type of energy source (e.g. Renewable energy)
energy_source_level_2 string Type of energy source (e.g. Wind, Solar)
energy_source_level_3 string Type of energy source (e.g. Biomass and biogas)
technology string Technology to harvest energt (e.g. Onshore, Photovoltaics)
data_source string Source of database entry
nuts_1_region string The code of the NUTS 1 region the facility is in (e.g. NL1).
nuts_2_region string The code of the NUTS 2 region the facility is in (e.g. NL11).
nuts_3_region string The code of the NUTS 3 region the facility is in (e.g. NL112).
lon number Geographical longitude
lat number Geographical latitude
municipality string The name of the municipality in which the facility is located.
country string The country in which the facility is located
commissioning_date date Date of commissioning of specific unit
as_of_year integer Year for which the data source compiled the corresponding dataset
geographical_resolution string Precision of geographical information (exact power plant location, municipality, district)

renewable capacity timeseries.csv

Field Name Type (Format) Description Source
day date The day of the timeseries entry
CH_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for Switzerland in MW
CH_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for Switzerland in MW
CH_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Switzerland in MW
DE_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for Germany in MW
DE_geothermal_capacity number Cumulative geothermal electrical capacity for Germany in MW
DE_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for Germany in MW
DE_wind_capacity number
DE_wind_offshore_capacity number Cumulative offshore wind electrical capacity for Germany in MW
DE_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Germany in MW
DK_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for Denmark in MW
DK_wind_capacity number Cumulative total wind electrical capacity for Denmark in MW
DK_wind_offshore_capacity number Cumulative offshore wind electrical capacity for Denmark in MW
DK_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Denmark in MW
FR_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for France in MW
FR_geothermal_capacity number Cumulative geothermal electrical capacity for France in MW
FR_hydro_capacity number Cumulative hydroenergy electrical capacity for France in MW
FR_marine_capacity number Cumulative marine electrical capacity for France in MW
FR_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for France in MW
FR_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative wind onshore electrical capacity for France in MW
GB-GBN_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_hydro_capacity number Cumulative hydro electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_marine_capacity number Cumulative marine electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_wind_capacity number Cumulative total wind electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_wind_offshore_capacity number Cumulative offshore wind electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-GBN_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) in MW
GB-NIR_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for Northern Ireland in MW
GB-NIR_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for Northern Ireland in MW
GB-NIR_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_bioenergy_capacity number Cumulative bioenergy electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_hydro_capacity number Cumulative hydro electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_marine_capacity number Cumulative marine electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_solar_capacity number Cumulative solar electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_wind_capacity number Cumulative total wind electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_wind_offshore_capacity number Cumulative offshore wind electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
GB-UKM_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in MW
SE_wind_capacity number Cumulative total wind electrical capacity for Sweden in MW
SE_wind_offshore_capacity number Cumulative offshore wind electrical capacity for Sweden in MW
SE_wind_onshore_capacity number Cumulative onshore wind electrical capacity for Sweden in MW
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