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 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

2

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

3

South America Diffuse SR Solar Model from INPE and LABSOLAR

Regional

DIF

Data

2009-Aug-05

Details

4

South America PAR SR Solar Model from INPE and LABSOLAR

Regional

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-05

Details

5

Solar: monthly and annual average diffuse radiation GIS data at 40km resolution for Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean Islands from NREL

Regional

DIF

Data

2004-Jan

Details

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

Bangladesh

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

10

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

11

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

12

Solar: annual and seasonal average diffuse radiation GIS data (contours) for Brazil from INPE and LABSOLAR

Brazil

DIF

Map/Data

2005-Aug-11

Details

13

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

Brazil

DIF

Data

2009-Aug

Details

14

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

Brazil

DIF

Data

2009-Aug-08

Details

15

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

Brazil

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-08

Details

16

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

Brazil

All Solar

Data

2009-Aug-08

Details

17

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

China

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

Ethiopia

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

23

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

24

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

Ghana

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

Kenya

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

29

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

30

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

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct

Details

31

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

Nepal

All Solar

Data

2004-Oct-31

Details

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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