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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Search Results
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Title

Area

Category

Type

Date

 

1

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

Regional

GHI

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

Details

4

South America Global Horizontal SR Solar Model from INPE and LABSOLAR

Regional

GHI

Data

2009-Aug-05

Details

5

South America PAR SR Solar Model from INPE and LABSOLAR

Regional

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-05

Details

6

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

Regional

GHI

Data

2004-Jan

Details

7

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

8

Solar: monthly global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Central America from SUNY

Regional

GHI

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 global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Bangladesh from DLR

Bangladesh

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

13

Solar: monthly global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Bangladesh from NREL

Bangladesh

GHI

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 global horizontal (GHI) GIS data (contours) for Brazil from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

GHI

Map/Data

2005-Aug-11

Details

17

Brazil Global Horizontal Solar Radiation Model (40km) from INPE

Brazil

GHI

Data

2005-Aug-08

Details

18

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Brazil from NREL

Brazil

GHI

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 Global Horizontal Solar Radiation Model (10km) from INPE

Brazil

GHI

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 global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for West China from DLR

China

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

24

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

25

Solar: monthly average global horizontal (GHI) map at 40km resolution for Cuba from NREL

Cuba

GHI

Map/Data

2003-Dec-11

Details

26

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

27

Solar: annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Cuba from SUNY

Cuba

GHI

Map/Data

2004-Oct-07

Details

28

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

29

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

30

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

Ethiopia

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

31

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Ethiopia from DLR

Ethiopia

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

32

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

33

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Ethiopia from NREL

Ethiopia

GHI

Map/Data

2006-Jul

Details

34

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Ghana from DLR

Ghana

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

35

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

Ghana

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

36

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Ghana from NREL

Ghana

GHI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

Details

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Kenya from DLR

Kenya

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

41

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

Kenya

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

42

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

43

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Kenya from NREL

Kenya

GHI

Map/Data

2006-Jul

Details

44

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

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

45

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Nepal from DLR

Nepal

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

46

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

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct-31

Details

47

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Nepal from NREL

Nepal

GHI

Map/Data

2005-Apr-12

Details

48

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

49

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

50

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 40km resolution for Sri Lanka from NREL

Sri Lanka

GHI

Map/Data

2004-Jul

Details

51

Solar: monthly and annual average global horizontal (GHI) GIS data at 10km resolution for Sri Lanka from DLR

Sri Lanka

GHI

Data

2004-Oct

Details

52

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

53

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