Pan-European wind and solar generation time series

<p dir="ltr">This collection includes simulated hourly wind and solar PV generation time series to be used with Balmorel energy system model covering all of Europe. This collection is divided into 3 data items covering three broad categories of VRE technologies, namely Onshore wind generation, Offshore wind generation and Solar-PV generation. Within each data-item, there are multiple datasets for different technologies and resource-grades. The linked journal paper (1st link) describes the wind simulation methodology (combination of ERA5 and GWA data is used) and provides country-level validation results. It is requested that the paper is cited when the data is used.</p><p dir="ltr">The data includes 3 simulated solar PV technology, existing and 4 specific technologies for offshore wind (2 with bottom fixed turbines and 2 with floating turbines), and existing and 9 specific technologies for onshore wind. The "existing" runs represent the existing (representative of the year 2020 calendar year) installations in the analyzed regions. The specific technology runs represent future installations: the user of the data may choose to apply different technologies for different regions, or, e.g., apply multiple technologies in energy system optimization to find the optimal mix for each region (see the 2nd linked journal paper for an example). All the technologies are simulated for three resources grades for each region, increasing the number of specific technology runs for onshore wind to 27, 12 for offshore wind and 9 for Solar-PV.</p>