CSP Data: A Data Discovery Web Application of Commercial CSP Plants

Javier Bonilla; Richard Thonig; Jose Antonio Carballo; Johan Lilliestam; Diego César Alarcón-Padilla; Eduardo Zarza

doi:10.52825/solarpaces.v2i.811

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Javier Bonilla Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-2867
Richard Thonig Research Institute For Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3736-257X
Jose Antonio Carballo Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-5672
Johan Lilliestam Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6913-5956
Diego César Alarcón-Padilla Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-8511
Eduardo Zarza Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-3866

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https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v2i.811

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Commercial Power Plants, Database, Data Discovery

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CSP Data is a free web application for data discovery of all commercial Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants. CSP data is fed with CSP.guru data, an open source dataset of all Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants. This paper introduces and explains the tools and information provided by CSP Data to potential users so they can use it efficiently together with the ongoing work being performed to release new features. It also presents the CSP.guru dataset, how the original idea was developed, its key features and how this dataset is used by industry and academia.

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