Repository

Data in this section is included in the PyPSA-Eur repository in the data folder. While most external data is stored outside of the repository, this data is inside the repository either for simplicity or historic reasons. New data should generally not be added to the data, but externally retrieved in a versioned manner.

data/entsoegridkit

• Source: ENTSO-E

• Link: https://www.entsoe.eu/data/map/, extracted with PyPSA/GridKit

• License: unknown

• Description: Data of high-voltage transmission grid in Europe from ENTSO-E.

data/existing_infrastructure

• Source: European Commission DG ENER; Mapping and analyses of the current and future (2020 - 2030) heating/cooling fuel deployment

• Link: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/publications/mapping-and-analyses-current-and-future-2020-2030-heatingcooling-fuel-deployment-fossilrenewables-1_en

• License: CC-BY 4.0 (reference)

• Description: Contains country-level data on existing heating infrastructure, i.e. gas, oil, coal, biomass boilers, resistive heaters, air- and ground-sourced heat pumps.

data/retro/comparative_level_investment.csv

• Source: Eurostat

• Link: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Comparative_price_levels_for_investment

• License: custom

• Description: Contains data on comparative price levels for investment in Europe.

data/retro/data_building_stock.csv

• Source: Simon Pezzutto, Stefano Zambotti, Silvia Croce, Pietro Zambelli, Giulia Garegnani, Chiara Scaramuzzino, Ramón Pascual Pascuas, Alyona Zubaryeva, Franziska Haas, Dagmar Exner (EURAC), Andreas Müller (e-think), Michael Hartner (TUW), Tobias Fleiter, Anna-Lena Klingler, Matthias Kühnbach, Pia Manz, Simon Marwitz, Matthias Rehfeldt, Jan Steinbach, Eftim Popovski (Fraunhofer ISI) Reviewed by Lukas Kranzl, Sara Fritz (TUW) Hotmaps Project, D2.3 WP2 Report - Open Data Set for the EU28, 2018 www.hotmaps-project.eu

• Link: hotmaps/building-stock

• License: CC-BY 4.0

• Description: Contains data on European building stock.

data/retro/electricity_taxes_eu.csv

• Source: Eurostat

• Link: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/NRG_PC_204/default/table?lang=en

• License: custom

• Description: Electricity prices for household consumers.

data/retro/floor_area_missing.csv and data/retro/u_values_poland.csv

• Source: EU Building Stock Observatory

• Link: https://data.europa.eu/euodp/de/data/dataset/building-stock-observatory

• License: custom

• Description: The EU Building Stock Observatory monitors the energy performance of buildings across Europe. It assesses improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings and the impact of this on the actual energy consumption of the buildings sector overall.

data/retro/retro_cost_germany.csv

• Source: Institut Wohnen und Umwelt (IWU)

• Link: https://www.iwu.de/forschung/handlungslogiken/kosten-energierelevanter-bau-und-anlagenteile-bei-modernisierung/

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains thermal envelop costs for retrofitting buildings in Germany.

data/retro/window_assumptions.csv

• Source: ifeu, Fraunhofer IEE and Consentec (2018): Building sector Efficiency: A crucial Component of the Energy Transition. A study commissioned by Agora Energiewende.

• Link: https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/publications/building-sector-efficiency-a-crucial-component-of-the-energy-transition/

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains data on physical parameters of double- and triple-glazed windows.

data/transmission_projects/nep

• Source: German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur, BNetzA)

• Link: https://data.netzausbau.de/2037-2023/NEP/NEP_2037_2045_Bestaetigung.pdf

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains transmission projects in Europe from German network development plan (Netzentwicklungsplan).

data/transmission_projects/tyndp2020

• Source: ENTSO-E

• Link: https://tyndp2020-project-platform.azurewebsites.net/projectsheets

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains transmission projects in Europe from ENTSO-E Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP).

data/ammonia_plants.csv

• Source: manually collected, mostly from ICIS

• Link: https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2023/01/18/10846094/insight-poor-demand-high-costs-stifle-europe-industry-despite-falling-gas-prices/

• License: CC-BY 4.0 (for compiled dataset)

• Description: Locations and production capacities of ammonia plants in Europe.

data/cement_plants-noneu.csv

• Source: manually collected, mostly from USGS

• Link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/international-minerals-statistics-and-information

• License: CC0 (reference)

• Description: Contains energy balances for Europe.

data/ch_cantons.csv

• Source: Wikipedia

• Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_codes_for_Switzerland

• License: CC-BY-SA 4.0

• Description: Contains NUTS codes for regions in Switzerland.

data/ch_industrial_production_per_subsector.csv

• Source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

• Link: https://pubdb.bfe.admin.ch/de/publication/download/11817

• License: custom

• Description: Contains energy consumption in industry and the service sector in Switzerland.

data/district_heat_share.csv

• Source: Euroheat & Power

• Link: https://www.euroheat.org/knowledge-hub/country-profiles

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains district heating shares for European countries.

data/egs_costs.json

• Source: Arman Aghahosseini, Christian Breyer, From hot rock to useful energy: A global estimate of enhanced geothermal systems potential, Applied Energy, Volume 279, 2020, 115769.

• Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115769

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains rastered potentials and capital costs for enhanced geothermal electricity generation in Europe.

data/eia_hydro_annual_capacity.csv

• Source: Energy Information Agency (EIA)

• Link: https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/electricity/electricity-generation

• License: CC0 (reference)

• Description: Contains country-level hydro-electric capacity for Europe by year.

data/eia_hydro_annual_generation.csv

• Source: Energy Information Agency (EIA)

• Link: https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/electricity/electricity-generation

• License: CC0 (reference)

• Description: Contains country-level hydro-electric generato for Europe by year.

data/heat_load_profile_BDEW.csv

• Source: oemof/demandlib

• Link: oemof/demandlib

• License: unknown

• Description: Contains standard heat load profiles based on data from BDEW (German Association of Energy and Water Industries).

data/hydro_capacities.csv

Warning

The provenance of the data is unclear. We will improve this in the future.

data/links_p_nom.csv

• Source: Wikipedia

• Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects

• License: CC-BY-SA 4.0

• Description: Contains list of HVDC transmission line projects.

data/nuclear_p_max_pu.csv

• Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

• Link: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/ThreeYrsEnergyAvailabilityFactor.aspx

• License: custom

• Description: Country-level nuclear power plant availability factors.

data/refineries-noneu.csv

• Source: manually collected, mostly from Energy Information Agency (EIA)

• Link: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/refinerycapacity/table3.pdf

• License: CC0 (reference)

• Description: Contains locations and capacities of oil refineries in Europe.

data/switzerland-new_format-all_years.csv

• Source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

• Link: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/de/home/versorgung/statistik-und-geodaten/energiestatistiken/energieverbrauch-nach-verwendungszweck.html/

• License: custom

• Description: Contains energy consumption by sector / application for Switzerland.

data/unit_commitment.csv

• Source: DIW, Agora Energiewende, Schill et al. (2017), Martin (2022)

• Link: lisazeyen/hourly_vs_annually

• License: CC-BY 4.0

• Description: Contains energy balances for Europe.

data/biomass_transport_costs_supply_chain{1,2}.csv

• Source: European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Link: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC98626

• License: CC-BY 4.0 (reference)

• Description: Contains transport costs for different types of biomass.