Photovoltaic Data Acquisition (PVDAQ) Public Datasets

Published by NREL | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: July 31, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-07-31T14:18:50Z

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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bureauCode	[ "019:20" ]
dataQuality	true
DOI	10.25984/1846021
identifier	https://data.openei.org/submissions/4568
issued	2021-12-21T07:00:00Z
landingPage	https://data.openei.org/submissions/4568
programCode	[ "019:000", "019:008", "019:009", "019:023" ]
projectNumber	38258
projectTitle	DOE PV Fleet Performance Data Intitiative
spatial	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-180,-83],[180,-83],[180,83],[-180,83],[-180,-83]]]}

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