DIRECTORY
Open projects, data and experiments pushing energy, compute and space up the curve. Curated by Observatory; every link checked.
CATEGORY
TYPE
- PyPSAREPO
Energy systems modelling
Open Python toolbox for simulating and optimising modern power and energy systems.
★ 2.2k · updated 2026-10-08
- PyPSA-EurREPO
Energy systems modelling
Open, sector-coupled optimisation model of the European energy system built on PyPSA.
★ 620 · updated 2026-10-08
Energy data
Our World in Data's open dataset of energy production, consumption and mix by country.
★ 434 · updated 2026-10-01
Energy data
Open-source data parsers behind Electricity Maps' live map of grid carbon intensity and power flows.
★ 4k · updated 2026-10-08
- PUDLREPO
Energy data
Public Utility Data Liberation: analysis-ready US energy system data.
★ 610 · updated 2026-10-08
- gridstatusREPO
Energy data
Python library for pulling live and historical data from grid operators.
★ 447 · updated 2026-10-08
Energy data
Monthly electricity generation by source for most of the world; the input to this site's monthly K estimate.
- Energy-ChartsDATA
Energy data
Fraunhofer ISE's interactive charts of electricity production, prices and capacity.
Energy data
Tracks power plants and fossil infrastructure project by project worldwide.
- pvlib pythonREPO
Solar
Documented functions for simulating the performance of photovoltaic systems.
★ 1.7k · updated 2026-10-08
Solar
Techno-economic model for solar, wind, storage and other renewable projects.
★ 490 · updated 2026-10-07
Solar
Open Climate Fix's open site-level solar generation forecast.
★ 158 · updated 2026-09-06
Solar
Long-running chart of confirmed record solar cell efficiencies by technology.
- IEA PVPSORG
Solar
IEA technology programme publishing global photovoltaic deployment snapshots.
- DESCREPO
Fusion
Stellarator equilibrium and optimisation suite.
★ 168 · updated 2026-10-08
- SIMSOPTREPO
Fusion
Simons Stellarator Optimizer framework for stellarator design.
★ 168 · updated 2026-10-07
- ParamakREPO
Fusion
Builds parametric 3D fusion reactor CAD and neutronics models.
★ 108 · updated 2026-10-07
- PROCESSREPO
Fusion
UKAEA systems code that sizes a self-consistent fusion power plant.
★ 72 · updated 2026-10-08
- PlasmaPyREPO
Fusion
Open-source Python package for plasma research and education.
★ 716 · updated 2026-10-06
- ITEREXPERIMENT
Fusion
International tokamak under construction in France to demonstrate burning plasma.
- Wendelstein 7-XEXPERIMENT
Fusion
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics' large optimised stellarator.
- National Ignition FacilityEXPERIMENT
Fusion
LLNL laser facility that achieved fusion target gain greater than one.
- OpenMCREPO
Fission
Monte Carlo particle transport code for reactor physics and fusion neutronics.
★ 1.1k · updated 2026-10-07
- MOOSEREPO
Fission
Idaho National Laboratory's multiphysics framework used across reactor simulation.
★ 2.4k · updated 2026-10-08
- ARMIREPO
Fission
Open-source nuclear reactor analysis automation framework.
★ 273 · updated 2026-10-07
Fission
US DOE centre providing test beds for demonstrating advanced reactors.
- OpenRocketREPO
Space
Rocket aerodynamics and trajectory simulation.
★ 3.2k · updated 2026-10-07
- F PrimeREPO
Space
NASA JPL's flight software and embedded systems framework.
★ 11.8k · updated 2026-10-07
- GMATREPO
Space
NASA's open-source tool for space mission design, optimisation and navigation.
★ 124 · updated 2026-09-25
- StarshipEXPERIMENT
Space
Fully reusable super-heavy launch system under flight test.
Space
Research programme on collecting solar power in orbit and beaming it to Earth.
- thrmlREPO
Compute & energy
JAX library for thermodynamic hypergraphical models and probabilistic sampling.
★ 1.2k · updated 2026-10-05
- ZeusREPO
Compute & energy
Measures and optimises the energy consumption of AI workloads.
★ 378 · updated 2026-10-05
- CodeCarbonREPO
Compute & energy
Tracks the energy use and emissions of computing jobs.
★ 1.9k · updated 2026-10-07
- Green500RESEARCH
Compute & energy
Twice-yearly ranking of the most energy-efficient supercomputers.
Compute & energy
Database of AI models with training compute, hardware and power estimates.
Compute & energy
Nature (2012) experiment measuring the minimum heat released when one bit is erased.
- Breakthrough ListenRESEARCH
Technosignatures
Large search for radio and optical signals from technological civilisations.
- turboSETIREPO
Technosignatures
Python Doppler-drift search code used on Breakthrough Listen data.
★ 66 · updated 2022-05-25
- Project Hephaistos IIRESEARCH
Technosignatures
Searches Gaia, 2MASS and WISE for infrared excess consistent with partial Dyson spheres.
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