PECD-MAF2019: European Renewable Energy Potential, 1982-2016

Hourly data from 1982 to 2016 for photovoltaic and onshore/offshore wind power generation potential across European MAF regions. The dataset, derived from ENTSO-E's Mid-term Adequacy Forecast, is provided in both consolidated and year-split CSV/Feather formats for easier access. It supports analysis of weather-dependent renewable energy resources over a 35-year historical period.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term grid adequacy based on historical hourly generation profiles for PV and wind.
• Analyzing inter-annual variability of renewable energy resources across European regions.
• Benchmarking energy system simulation inputs against the ENTSO-E MAF 2019 reference data.
• Studying the correlation between meteorological years and potential power output for specific technologies.

Strengths

• Covers a long and specific 35-year time range from 1982 to 2016.
• Provides data in multiple, user-friendly formats (CSV, Feather) converted from large, original Excel files.
• Includes data split by individual years for easier temporal subsetting and management.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as exact row count, column names, and specific file sizes are unknown.
• The original source data is from 2019, so the dataset does not include recent years.
• Spatial granularity is limited to the MAF regions as defined by ENTSO-E.

Provenance

Source

ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity) Mid-term Adequacy Forecast (MAF) 2019.

Collection Method

Converted and repackaged from original Excel files into CSV and Feather formats.

Time Range

1982 to 2016

Geography

European MAF (Mid-term Adequacy Forecast) regions.