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Photovoltaic Data Acquisition (PVDAQ) Public Datasets
The NREL PVDAQ is a large-scale time-series database containing system metadata and performance data from a variety of experimental PV sites and commercial public PV sites. The datasets are used to perform on-going performance and degradation analysis. Some of the sets can exhibit common elements that effect PV performance (e.g. soiling). The dataset consists of a series of files devoted to each of the systems and an associated set of metadata information that explains details about the system hardware and the site geo-location. Some system datasets also include environmental sensors that cover irradiance, temperatures, wind speeds, and precipitation at the site.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
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"019:20"
]
|
| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Robert White",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:robert.white@nrel.gov"
}
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| dataQuality |
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| description | The NREL PVDAQ is a large-scale time-series database containing system metadata and performance data from a variety of experimental PV sites and commercial public PV sites. The datasets are used to perform on-going performance and degradation analysis. Some of the sets can exhibit common elements that effect PV performance (e.g. soiling). The dataset consists of a series of files devoted to each of the systems and an associated set of metadata information that explains details about the system hardware and the site geo-location. Some system datasets also include environmental sensors that cover irradiance, temperatures, wind speeds, and precipitation at the site. |
| distribution |
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"title": "PVDAQ Public Data Lake",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/s3_viewer?bucket=oedi-data-lake&prefix=pvdaq",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Top level entry point to PVDAQ public metadata and data."
},
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"title": "2023 DOE Solar Data Prize",
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"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/s3_viewer?bucket=oedi-data-lake&prefix=pvdaq%2F2023-solar-data-prize%2F",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Contains directories of data and metadata files for the winners in the DOE Solar Data Prize for 2023. The metadata files have detailed information about the system and data channels."
},
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"title": "PVDAQ Public Data Lake - CSV",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/s3_viewer?bucket=oedi-data-lake&prefix=pvdaq%2Fcsv%2F",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Contains directories for data files (.csv) and metadata for each systems (.json). Explanation of header information can be found in the Documentation git hub."
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"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/s3_viewer?bucket=oedi-data-lake&prefix=pvdaq%2Fparquet%2F",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Contains directories of data and metadata files all in parquet format. Explanation of header information can be found in the Documentation git hub."
},
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"title": "Data Documentation",
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"accessURL": "https://github.com/openEDI/documentation/blob/main/pvdaq.md",
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"description": "github documentation describing stored datasets and metadata associated with the files and PV sites. Includes details on the extracted data associations, data format standards, data paths and external resources and tools. "
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"mediaType": "text/csv",
"description": "This is a csv document containing basic site information. Additional details on each system are available."
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"accessURL": "https://openei.org/wiki/PVDAQ",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "OpenEI wiki page for PVDAQ. This page includes supplemental information as well as the PVDAQ Data Map, which may be used to search for sites."
},
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"title": "OEDI Data Registry on AWS",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://registry.opendata.aws/oedi-data-lake/",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "AWS public dataset program registry page for data released under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). The registry page contains information about dataset documentation, access, and contact, for each of the OEDI Data Lake datasets."
}
]
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| DOI | 10.25984/1846021 |
| identifier | https://data.openei.org/submissions/4568 |
| issued | 2021-12-21T07:00:00Z |
| keyword |
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"DuraMAT",
"PV",
"PV Fleets",
"PV performance",
"PVDAQ",
"climate",
"data",
"degradation",
"energy",
"field data",
"performance",
"power",
"solar",
"system metadata",
"time-series"
]
|
| landingPage | https://data.openei.org/submissions/4568 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2025-07-31T14:18:50Z |
| programCode |
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"019:000",
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"019:009",
"019:023"
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|
| projectNumber |
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|
| projectTitle | DOE PV Fleet Performance Data Intitiative |
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| title | Photovoltaic Data Acquisition (PVDAQ) Public Datasets |
