Download and filter data

Download and filter data#

The download and filtering process of the PyPSA-Earth energy system model consists of a group of snakemake rules which are briefly outlined and explained in detail in the sections below.

Not all data dependencies are shipped with the git repository. Instead we provide separate data bundles which is loaded automatically when running solve_all_networks rule when retrieve_databundle_light flag in the configuration file is on.

  • retrieve_databundle_light enables a simplified approach to download the main databundle of raw data

  • build_shapes automatically downloads administrative country shapes from the GADM dataset and generates GeoJSON files with shapes of the countries, exclusive economic zones and administrative zones at the desired resolution (e.g. region, district, etc.).