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title: "Energy: open | Nexus Observatory"
description: "Open data, open source and methods for energy and utilities: Line and right-of-way condition, Fire weather along corridors…"
url: https://observatory.global/industries/energy/open/
publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc.
updated: 2026-11-02
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Energy: the grid edge observed: its open projects and data.

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**Open** 

# Open for energy.

Open projects, open methods and open templates this community builds on, with the licence of every source carried through.

[Plan with us](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/contact/)

[Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/use-cases/)

Reference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn

**01** Open projects

## What this community builds on.

Open hardware, software and data projects, named as references. Each keeps its own licence and its own governance.

- pvlib
- NREL SAM
- OpenOA
- OpenEMS

**02** Open methods and templates

## Every calculation, with a worked example.

Observatory templates for this industry, each a starting design you can read, run and adapt on the open protocol.

[Template Bankable solar and wind resource stationA met mast or lidar with secondary-standard pyranometers and a traceable calibration chain, for a measurement campaign lenders accept.](https://observatory.global/use-cases/bankable-solar-wind/)

[Template Remote microgrid observatorySolar, storage and power-quality telemetry with a weather station and a small cell, for a community that is reducing diesel.](https://observatory.global/use-cases/remote-microgrid/)

[Template Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weatherPrivate LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions.](https://observatory.global/use-cases/utility-grid-edge/)

[Template Wildfire camera and fire-weather nodePan-tilt and thermal cameras with edge inference on a ridgeline tower, co-located with a fire-weather station.](https://observatory.global/use-cases/wildfire-camera/)

**03** Open data

## Networks on the grid, with their licences.

The open observing networks on the grid, each shown with its source and licence, and the protocol that lets new ones join.

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### Open networks

Instruments from open networks, on real relief.[Earth and maps →](https://observatory.global/earth/)

**02** 

### Sources and licences

Every dataset with its source and the terms it is used under.[Data credits →](https://observatory.global/credits/)

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### The protocol

The open specification any instrument or network can implement.[Read the protocol →](https://observatory.global/protocol/)

## Bring us the site.

Survey, design, deployment and operation for energy. The form names who receives your details.

[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/)

[Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/)

[Home](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/)

[Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/use-cases/)

[Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/solutions/)

[Systems and technologies](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/systems/)

[Frontier](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/frontier/)

[Open](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/open/)

[Community](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/community/)

[Countries](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/countries/)

[Resources](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/resources/)

[Contact](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/contact/)

[Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Energy and utilities** . The grid edge, observed.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/contact/)

Energy

- [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/use-cases/)
- [Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/solutions/)
- [Systems and technologies](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/systems/)
- [Frontier](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/frontier/)
- [Open](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/open/)
- [Community](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/community/)
- [Countries](https://observatory.global/industries/energy/countries/)

Platforms

- [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/)
- [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/)
- [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/)
- [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/)
- [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/)
- [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/)
- [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/#lines)

Infrastructure and industry

- [Telecom](https://observatory.global/industries/telecom/)
- [Transport](https://observatory.global/industries/transport/)
- [Infrastructure](https://observatory.global/industries/infrastructure/)
- [Mining](https://observatory.global/industries/mining/)
- [Industry](https://observatory.global/industries/industry/)

Open

- [Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/)
- [Technologies](https://observatory.global/technologies/)
- [Industries](https://observatory.global/industries/)
- [Countries](https://observatory.global/countries/)

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