Essential Solar and Energy Storage Software Resources
Curated lists of APIs, SDKs, paltforms, tools, datasets and academic refrences relevant to solar energy and energy storage software. Categories include: Design & engineering, Finance, Monitoring & Billing, Project Management, Automated Paperwork, etc.
The ultimate goal of this open source project is for software engineers in the industry and academia to share resources for the benefit of all.
APIs and SDKs: System Design & Enegineering
Platforms and Tools: Design & Enegineering
- PV Watts
- Solarius PV
- PV System Size Estimator
- Utility Rates in USA
- Solar Radiation Estimator
- System Production Estimator
- Homer Energy
- PV Syst
- NREL System Advisor Model
- RETScreen
- Energy Toolbase
- PV Powerhouse: design and generation of mount system components
- PV Groundbreaker: estimate peak power for PV ground mount systems
- Helios 3D: PV plant design and engineering
APIs and SDKs: Finance
Platforms and Tools: Finance
APIs and SDKs: Monitoring and Billing
Platforms and Tools: Monitoring and Billing
APIs and SDKs: Automating Paperwork
- Retrieve Customer Eletricity Usage Data: Utility API
- Green Button: Retrieve Customer Eletricity Usage Data
Platforms and Tools: Automating Paperwork
- Solar Permitting Requirements Database for US: solarpermit.org
- Retrieve Customer Eletricity Usage Data: Utility API
Datasets: Weather Data
- NREL Solar Radiation
- US Solar Permitting Requirements Database
- Solar Prospector: solar radiation data
- MapSearch: solar radiation data
- GIS solar radiation data
- SWERA solar radiation data
Datasets: Performance Data
- [NREL PV System Production Data] (https://sam.nrel.gov/case-studies)
Datasets: Energy Pricing Data
- OpenPV: solar installations data in US
- US Electric Utility Companies
- US Average Electricity Prices
- US Utility Rates Database
Datasets: PV Modules and Inverters
Datasets: Generic
- US Energy Information Administration Data API
- Financial Incentives in US
- OpenEI: Solar Companies and Power Plants
- International Renewable Energy Agency Database
- United Nations Datasets
Courses, trainings and MOOCs
Staying up to date (Newsletters, Magazines, Blogs, etc)
Technical Books
- Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes - by John A. Duffie (Author), William A. Beckman (Author)
- The Physics of Solar Cells - by Jenny Nelson (Author)
- Third Generation Photovoltaics: Advanced Solar Energy Conversion - by Martin Green (Author)
- Physics of Semiconductor Devices - by Simon M. Sze (Author), Kwok K. Ng (Author)
Scientific Journals
- Solar Energy
- Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells
- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
- Progress in Photovoltaics
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy