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Finding Energy Data

This guide defines energy data as the use of physical or chemical resources to power humanity's needs. 

Please apply the search strategies outlined in Introduction to Finding Data with the following keywords to help orchestrate a search to find datasets related to energy.

Keywords: electricity, heat, natural gas, oil, coal, nuclear, water, solar, fuel, bioenergy 

Energy Datasets

An international organization providing datasets on energy statistics, technology, policies, and efficiency. Countries involved in this agency can be found here

Provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the NEEDS database hosts information on electric energy, including the storage, use, and waste of electricity produced by coal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and fuel among others. 

Hosts datasets on renewable energy, including solar, water, and wind as well as information on energy-efficient technology. NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory. 

A conglomerate of datasets from the U.S. Department of Energy's programs, offices, laboratories, and repositories. 

Statistical agency for the U.S. Department of Energy the EIA collects data on electricity, natural gas, petroleum, crude oil imports, coal, densified biomass, nuclear plant generator outages, co2 emissions as well as energy market outlooks, state energy data, U.S. total energy data, and international energy data.

Datasets related to the use of nuclear energy in the United States including energy use, waste, inspections, and legal data.