The Global and National Energy Systems Techno-Economic (GNESTE) Database: Economic and performance data for wind power in current and future electricity systems

Here, we present a database which collates historical, current, and future cost and performance data and assumptions for wind power generation from the open literature. Wind energy supplies 7% of global electricity, and production has grown three-fold in the decade to 2022. The data are global in scope but with regional and national specificity, covers the years 2015 through to 2050, and span 1506 datapoints from 28 sources. The database enables modellers to select and justify model input data and provides a benchmark for comparing assumptions and projections to other sources across the literature to validate model inputs and outputs. It is designed to be easily updated with new sources of data, ensuring its utility, comprehensiveness, and broad applicability over time. Technoeconomic data on utility-scale wind energy was collected from websites, reports, academic articles and databases of national and international organisations.