Annual Technology Baseline Calculators

To inform electric and transportation sector analysis in the United States, each year NREL provides a robust set of modeling input assumptions for energy technologies and a diverse set of potential electricity generation futures or modeling scenarios.

Energy Systems - Energy Data Accessibility and Integration - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 5.0

PowSyBl Open Load Flow

An open source library written in Java, that makes it easy to write complex software for power systems simulations and analysis.

energy-system java klu load-flow loadflow power-flow power-system-simulation power-systems powerflow powsybl

Energy Systems - Energy System Modeling Frameworks - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 18.0

rTwig

A method for correcting unrealistic cylinders in quantitative structure models (QSMs) due to technical limitations of current LiDAR sensor technology in forestry measurements.

forestry lidar modeling qsm r r-package rcpp rpackage

Biosphere - Forest Remote Sensing - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 8.5

draf

Analysis and decision support framework for local multi-energy hubs focusing on demand response.

decarbonization decision-support demand-response energy-system-modeling flexibility-modeling optimization

Energy Systems - Load and Demand Forecasting - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: -Infinity

PlantCV

Plant phenotyping using computer vision.

bioinformatics image-analysis plant-phenotyping plantcv science

Biosphere - Plants and Vegetation - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 22.2

24/7 CFE

This project explores the means, costs and impacts of 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy procurement in Europe.

energy energy-model power-system pypsa snakemake

Energy Systems - Global and Regional Energy System Models - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 4.3

SimBench

The objective of the research project SimBench is the development of a benchmark dataset to support research in grid planning and operation.

Energy Systems - Grid Analysis and Planning - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 15.7

Climate change in the contiguous United States

The Washington Post's analysis of NOAA climate change data for the contiguous United States.

Sustainable Development - Knowledge Platforms - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 4.2

Industry Energy Tool

A calculator developed by NREL for projecting energy efficiency and fuel switching scenarios for the U.S. industrial sector energy use and emissions at the Census Region and county-level.

Consumption - Production and Industry - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 3.7

MESSAGEix-GLOBIOM

Integrated assessment modelling for long-term climate and energy transition scenarios.

Climate Change - Integrated Assessment and Climate Policy - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 13.8

Glacier Velocity Tracker

A low-cost, open-source glacier velocity measurement system intended for use with Precise Point Positioning techniques.

Cryosphere - Glacier and Ice Sheets - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: -Infinity

GenoFLU

Bird influenza data pipeline to automate genotyping assignment.

Biosphere - Avian Monitoring and Analysis - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 4.9

Analysis-Ready, Cloud Optimized ERA5

A global history of the climate highly accessible in the cloud.

cloud-optimized ecmwf era5 open-science zarr

Climate Change - Climate Data Access and Visualization - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 8.7

The Global Environmental Multiscale Model

An integrated forecasting and data assimilation system developed by the Atmospheric Numerical Prediction Research Section, Meteorological Research Division, of Environment and Climate Change Canada.

meteorology numerical-weather-prediction nwp

Climate Change - Earth and Climate Modeling - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 6.4

EIAdata

Provides programmatic access to the Energy Information Administration's API.

Energy Systems - Energy Data Accessibility and Integration - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 14.1

ERAD

Graph based Python library for computing resilience metrics for power distribution systems.

distribution-system hazard-modeling resilience

Energy Systems - Grid Analysis and Planning - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 10.4

PyPSA-China

A open-source model of the Chinese energy system covering electricity and heat that co-optimizes dispatch and investments under user-set constraints, such as limits to environmental impacts, to minimize costs.

energy-system-model optimisation

Energy Systems - Global and Regional Energy System Models - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 5.4

Vehicle with Fuel Cell Powertrain

Fuel cell electric vehicle with battery model and cooling system.

Energy Storage - Hydrogen - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 4.2

pythermalcomfort

Package to calculate several thermal comfort indices (e.g. PMV, PPD, SET, adaptive) and convert physical variables.

Consumption - Buildings and Heating - Last synced: 29 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 20.1

waiwera

A parallel, open-source geothermal flow simulator.

geothermal parallel petsc reservoir-modeling reservoir-simulation

Renewable Energy - Geothermal Energy - Last synced: 30 Aug 2026 - Ranking: 10.0