SWERA

Using SWERA Data

The underlying renewable energy information SWERA database is available to a user as GIS data. These data are distributed in de facto industry-standard ESRI shape file and image formats. Most open source and commercial GIS, internet mapping and image processing software can read these formats. See the overviews (metadata) of individual data products for further information. A list of GIS and web mapping software is maintained at Wikipedia.

The available data includes two sources of information:

    1. The underlying data from which the maps are comprised, which may also include information on seasonal and diurnal resource characteristics. These data can be incorporated directly into standard GIS software, and into many analytical tools that require resource data to simulate technology performance; and
    2. Relevant geospatial data for each country, which can include terrain and land use information, road and railway networks, locations of population centers, energy facilities, ports, and location of transmission lines.

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Title

Area

Category

Type

Date

 

1

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal irradiance GIS data at one-degree resolution of the World from NASA/SSE

Regional

DNI

Data

2009-Mar

 Details

2

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), latitude tilt, and diffuse data and GIS data at 40km resolution for Africa from NREL

Regional

All Solar

Data

2006-Jul

 Details

3

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), latitude tilt, and diffuse data and GIS data at 40km resolution for South America from NREL

Regional

All Solar

Data

2006-Jul

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4

South America PAR SR Solar Model from INPE and LABSOLAR

Regional

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-05

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5

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), latitude tilt, and diffuse data and GIS data at 40km resolution for Central America and the Carribean from NREL

Regional

All Solar

Data

2006-Jul

 Details

6

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean Islands from NREL

Regional

DNI

Data

2004-Jan

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7

Solar: annual average direct normal (DNI) map at 40km resolution for Central America from NREL

Regional

DNI

Map/Data

2003-Dec-11

 Details

8

Solar: monthly direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Central America from SUNY

Regional

DNI

Map/Data

2004-Oct-07

 Details

9

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Central America from NREL

Regional

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

10

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), latitude tilt, and diffuse data and GIS data at 40km resolution for East Asia from NREL

Regional

All Solar

Data

2006-Jul

 Details

11

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for select Bangladesh sites from DLR

Bangladesh

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

12

Solar: monthly direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Bangladesh from DLR

Bangladesh

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

13

Solar: monthly direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Bangladesh from NREL

Bangladesh

DNI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

 Details

14

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for select Bangladesh stations from NREL

Bangladesh

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

15

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Brazil from NREL

Brazil

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

16

Solar: annual and seasonal average direct normal (DNI) GIS data (contours) for Brazil from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

DNI

Map/Data

2005-Aug-11

 Details

17

Brazil Direct Normal Solar Radiation Model (40km) from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

DNI

Data

2009-Aug

 Details

18

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Brazil from NREL

Brazil

DNI

Map/Data

2006-Jul

 Details

19

Brazil PAR Solar Radiation Model (40km) from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-08

 Details

20

Brazil Direct Normal Solar Radiation Model (10km) from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

DNI

Data

2009-Aug-08

 Details

21

Brazil PAR Solar Radiation Model (10km) from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-08

 Details

22

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for select China sites from DLR

China

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

23

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for China from DLR

China

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

24

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for China from NREL

China

DNI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

 Details

25

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in China from NREL

China

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

26

Solar: monthly average direct normal (DNI) map at 40km resolution for Cuba from NREL

Cuba

DNI

Map/Data

2003-Dec-10

 Details

27

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for select Cuba sites from SUNY

Cuba

All Solar

Data

2004-Jun

 Details

28

Solar: annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Cuba from SUNY

Cuba

DNI

Map/Data

2004-Oct-07

 Details

29

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Cuba from NREL

Cuba

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

30

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for select El Salvador sites from SUNY

El Salvador

All Solar

Data

2004-Jun

 Details

31

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for selected stations in Ethiopia from DLR

Ethiopia

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

32

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Ethiopia from DLR

Ethiopia

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

33

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Ethiopia from NREL

Ethiopia

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

34

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Ethiopia from NREL

Ethiopia

DNI

Map/Data

2006-Jul

 Details

35

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Ghana from DLR

Ghana

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

36

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for selected stations in Ghana from DLR

Ghana

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

37

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Ghana from NREL

Ghana

DNI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

 Details

38

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Ghana from NREL

Ghana

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

39

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Guatemala from SUNY

Guatemala

All Solar

Data

2004-Jun

 Details

40

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Honduras from SUNY

Honduras

All Solar

Data

2004-Jun

 Details

41

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Kenya from DLR

Kenya

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

42

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for selected stations in Kenya from DLR

Kenya

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

43

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Kenya from NREL

Kenya

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

44

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Kenya from NREL

Kenya

DNI

Map/Data

2006-Jul

 Details

45

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for selected stations in Nepal from DLR

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

46

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Nepal from DLR

Nepal

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

47

Documentation of high resolution solar resource assessment (10km) for Nepal provided by DLR

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct-31

 Details

48

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Nepal from NREL

Nepal

DNI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

 Details

49

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Nepal from NREL

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details

50

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Nicaragua from SUNY

Nicaragua

All Solar

Data

2004-Jun

 Details

51

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 40km for Sri Lanka from NREL

Sri Lanka

DNI

Map/Data

2004-Jul

 Details

52

Solar: monthly and annual average direct normal (DNI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Sri Lanka from DLR

Sri Lanka

DNI

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

53

Solar: hourly global horizontal (GHI) and direct normal (DNI) data for select Sri Lanka sites from DLR

Sri Lanka

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

 Details

54

Solar: hourly solar (direct normal (DNI), global horizontal (GHI), and diffuse) data for selected stations in Sri Lanka from NREL

Sri Lanka

All Solar

Data

2005-May-03

 Details