This page contains a collection of publicly available data sets, models, and software that might be useful for researchers and professionals who study energy systems and informatics. We will continue to add more resources to this page. If you have or know about energy-related resources that are not listed below, please contact the SLEMA Information Desk.
Disclaimer — while the information contained in this page has been presented with all due care, we do not warrant that the information is free from errors or omission.
Models, Toolkits, and Simulation Software
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OpenDSS is an electric power distribution system simulator developed by NREL
SAM is NREL’s renewable energy and battery storage models
Pysolar is a collection of Python libraries for simulating the irradiation of any point on earth
Solar-TK is a toolkit for solar performance modelling and forecasting
Renewables.ninja is an online tool for simulating hourly power output from wind and solar PV farms located anywhere in the world
PVWatts is NREL’s calculator for estimating the energy production and cost of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) energy systems throughout the world
GridPV toolbox allows for modelling and simulating the integration of distributed generation into the electric power system
GridPV toolbox allows for modelling and simulating the integration of distributed generation into the electric power system
LoadProfileGenerator is a modelling tool for residential energy, gas, hot and cold water consumption
NILMTK is a toolkit for evaluating the accuracy of Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring algorithms
ODToolkit is a toolkit for evaluating the accuracy of occupancy detection and estimation algorithms in buildings