Historical and modelled renewable energy production for India

This archive contains all the datasets produced for the paper:Hunt, K. M. R., & Bloomfield, H. C. (2024). Quantifying renewable energy potential and realized capacity in India: Opportunities and challenges. Meteorological Applications, 31(3), e2196. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.2196 Data Description Figure/Table File Name Dates Valid Installed capacity by type in each state Table 1 installed-by-state-oct2022.csv Oct 2022 All-India installed capacity by type Figure 2 tabulated-installed-by-date.csv 2017–2023 Hourly wind capacity factor Figure 4 wind capacity factor.zip 1979–2022 Hourly solar capacity factor Figure 6 solar capacity factor.zip 1979–2022 Present-day installation locations Figure 11 OSM[hydropower,wind_turbine,solar]_ installations.geojson Mar 2022 Gridded 1°×1° estimate of installed wind/solar capacity Figure 12a/13a CEA_1x1_gridded_installed_[wind,solar]_cap.nc May 2021 Gridded 1°×1° estimate of installed wind capacity Figure 12b TWP_1x1_gridded_installed_wind_cap.nc May 2021 Gridded 1°×1° estimate of installed solar capacity Figure 13b K21_1x1_gridded installed solar cap.nc Sep 2018 Reported daily wind/solar/hydro production Figure 14/S3 POSOCO_reported_[wind,solar,hydro]_MU_ daily.csv 2012–2023 Modelled ‘historical’ production Figure 14/16/S4a/b modelled-historical-[daily,hourly]-renewable output.nc 1979–2022 Recommended locations for new wind/solar installations Figure 17 areas-for-exploration.nc --