Renewable energy data

Renewable energy data covers solar, wind, hydro, storage and other low-carbon assets: where they are, who owns them, how much capacity is operating or planned, and how much electricity they produce. Developers, investors, utilities, equipment makers, traders and policymakers use it to find projects, value portfolios, forecast output and track deployment.

Typical fields

• Asset or project ID, name and location
• Technology, capacity and commissioning date
• Development status, from planning to operation
• Owner, developer and offtaker where known
• Equipment details such as turbine model or inverter type
• Actual or modelled generation and capacity factor
• Grid connection point and queue position

Sources and methods

Planning applications, grid connection queues, regulator registers, subsidy and auction results, company announcements and press releases are the main sources for project pipelines. Output data comes from metered generation where it is published, or from models that combine weather data with asset specifications. Satellite and aerial imagery helps detect rooftop and utility-scale solar that is missing from registers.

Delivery and pricing

Databases are delivered as files, API or GIS layers, often with dashboards for business development teams. Pricing is typically an annual subscription by region and technology, with higher tiers for output time series, forecasts or ownership detail.

Before you buy

• Ask how often project statuses are checked and updated.
• Check whether output figures are metered or modelled.
• Confirm capacity units, such as AC versus DC for solar.
• Review how ownership changes after transactions are tracked.
• Ask about coverage of small and distributed assets.