Dataset for the solar incident radiation and electricity production BIPV/BAPV system on the northern/southern façade in dense urban areas

The prosperous implementation of Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) as well as building attached Photovoltaic (BAPV) need an accurate and detailed assessment of the potential of solar irradiation and electricity production of various commercialised technologies in different orientations on the outer skins of the building. This article presents a dataset for the solar incident radiation and electricity production of PV systems in the north and south orientations in a dense urban area (in the northern hemisphere). The solar incident radiation and the electricity production of two back-to-back PV panels with ten centimetres gap for one year are monitored and logged as primary data sources. Using Microsoft Excel, both panels' efficiency is also presented as a secondary source of data. The implemented PV panels are composed of polycrystalline silicon cells with an efficiency of 16.9 %. The presented database could be used to analyse the performance of polycrystalline silicon PV panels and their operational efficiency in a dense urban area and for different orientations. Moreover, the data is a suitable source to compare this technology's performance with other emerging technologies such as perovskite and organic solar cell as a building envelope material in cities.