Journal article · Preprint article
Open Power System Data: Frictionless data for electricity system modelling
Sustainability, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark1
Tennet TSB B.V.2
Humboldt University of Berlin3
Energy Systems Analysis, Sustainability, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark5
University of Basel6
Neon Neue Energieökonomik GmbH7
University of Flensburg8
Technical University of Berlin9
Hertie School of Governance10
German Institute for Economic Research11
...and 1 moreThe quality of electricity system modelling heavily depends on the input data used. Although a lot of data is publicly available, it is often dispersed, tedious to process and partly contains errors. We argue that a central provision of input data for modelling has the character of a public good: it reduces overall societal costs for quantitative energy research as redundant work is avoided, and it improves transparency and reproducibility in electricity system modelling.
This paper describes the Open Power System Data platform that aims at realising the efficiency and quality gains of centralised data provision by collecting, checking, processing, aggregating, documenting and publishing data required by most modellers. We conclude that the platform can provide substantial benefits to energy system analysis by raising efficiency of data pre-processing, providing a method for making data pre-processing for energy system modelling traceable, flexible and reproducible and improving the quality of original data published by data providers.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2019 |
Pages: | 401-409 |
ISSN: | 18729118 and 03062619 |
Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.097 |
ORCIDs: | Wiese, Frauke , 0000-0002-5563-3310 , 0000-0001-8722-2113 and 0000-0002-6981-7487 |
Data package Data platform Data transparency Electricity system modelling Frictionless data Open data