Base network

Base network#

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data/osm-prebuilt

  • Source: OpenStreetMap; Xiong, B., Fioriti, D., Neumann, F., Riepin I. & Brown, T. (2024). Prebuilt Electricity Network for PyPSA-Eur based on OpenStreetMap Data (0.5) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14144752

  • Link: https://zenodo.org/records/14144752

  • License: ODbL (reference <https://zenodo.org/records/14144752>)

  • Description: Pre-built data of high-voltage transmission grid in Europe from OpenStreetMap.

This dataset contains a topologically connected representation of the European high-voltage grid (220 kV to 750 kV) constructed using OpenStreetMap data. Input data was retrieved using the Overpass turbo API. A heurisitic cleaning process was used to for lines and links where electrical parameters are incomplete, missing, or ambiguous. Close substations within a radius of 500 m are aggregated to single buses, exact locations of underlying substations is preserved. Unique identifiers for lines and links are preserved.

A detailed explanation on the background, methodology, and validation of this dataset can be found in this paper preprint currently under peer-review.

Countries included in the dataset:

Albania (AL), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Kosovo (XK), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Moldova (MD), Montenegro (ME), Netherlands (NL), North Macedonia (MK), Norway (NO), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Serbia (RS), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE), Switzerland (CH), Ukraine (UA), United Kingdom (GB)