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Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS)

PVGIS provides information on solar radiation and photovoltaic system performance for any location in the world, except the North and South Poles.

How PVGIS can help you

Are you planning to install PV or want to check the performance of an existing system? PVGIS can help to answer questions such as: 

  • How much electricity could photovoltaics produce where I live?
  • How does production change over the year?

Want to know more? Try the PVGIS interactive application. 

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PVGIS

Current production version 5.3

A new version of PVGIS is on the way

We're just finishing a complete update of the PVGIS software.  It includes a new interactive user interface and API web service. The backend code is now in Python and a public version is available on the Commission’s Gitlab EC CODE).  The underlying  solar dataset is essentially the same as for PVGIS 5.3 but  2013-2024.

Interested? Check out the public beta version and let us know what you think.

 

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PVGIS 6 beta version

Key Features

  • Free and open access to photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation potential for different technologies and system configurations.
  • No registration
  • Extensive supporting documentation - see the links at the bottom of this page.
  • First time user? Check out the Getting started section
  • APIs for fast, automated access needs.
  • Maps of solar resource and PV potential, by country or region, in ready to print files.
  • Available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German (PVGIS5 only).
  • Standardised output (typical meteorological year) for building energy calculations (PVGIS 5 only) 

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