habeneyasu/solar-challenge-week0

Solar farm data analysis across Benin, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Includes EDA, cross-country comparison, and interactive dashboard for solar energy potential assessment. Part of 10 Academy training challenge. # Solar Challenge Week 0 ## Solar Farm Data Analysis - West Africa Comprehensive Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) of solar energy datasets from three West African countries: Benin, Sierra Leone, and Togo. This project includes data profiling, cleaning, visualization, and cross-country comparison for solar energy potential assessment. **Part of**: 10 Academy KAIM Training Program - Week 0 Challenge **Project Code**: B8W0 **Author**: Haben Eyasu --- ## 📋 Table of Contents - Project Overview - Project Structure - Git and Environment Setup - Data Profiling, Cleaning, and EDA - Cross-Country Comparison - Repository Best Practices - Getting Started - Data Description - Notebooks - Usage - Project Deliverables - CI/CD - Contributing - License --- ## Project Overview This project performs end-to-end Exploratory Data Analysis on solar irradiance datasets from three West African countries to: - Profile, clean, and explore each country's solar dataset - Prepare data for cross-country comparison and region-ranking - Identify patterns, anomalies, and relationships in solar irradiance data - Generate actionable insights for solar energy planning ### Datasets Analyzed 1. **Benin - Malanville**: `benin-malanville.csv` 2. **Sierra Leone - Bumbuna**: `sierraleone-bumbuna.csv` 3. **Togo - Dapaong**: `togo-dapaong_qc.csv` --- ## Project Structure ``` solar-challenge-week1/ ├── README.md # Project documentation (this file) ├── requirements.txt # Python dependencies ├── .gitignore # Git ignore rules ├── LICENSE # Project license │ ├── data/ # Data directory (gitignored) │ ├── benin-malanville.csv # Original Benin dataset │ ├── benin_clean.csv # Cleaned Benin dataset │ ├── sierraleone-bumbuna.csv # Original Sierra Leone dataset │ ├── sierraleone_clean.csv # Cleaned Sierra Leone dataset │ ├── togo-dapaong_qc.csv # Original Togo dataset │ └── togo_clean.csv …