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get more data from `data.get_turbine_types()`

Open mkaut opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

The function wpl.data.get_turbine_types() returns only 4 columns from the oedb CSV file. It would be nice to have an interface to ask for the rest of the data as well.

One can get a bit more data (nominal power and the curves) by creating and querying a WindTurbine object with given turbine_type (and some dummy hub height), but that leaves a lot of unavailable columns. And weirdly enough, the WindTurbine object does not include manufacturer, which is included in the output of wpl.data.get_turbine_types().

mkaut avatar Sep 26 '24 08:09 mkaut

As a workaround, I usually use wpl.data.store_turbine_data_from_oedb() to get the rest of the turbine data. It contains all the information (plus I think also a few more turbines, although these might not have all the necessary information to create the time series). I hope this helps until the function is expanded.

TUM-Doepfert avatar May 21 '25 10:05 TUM-Doepfert