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# Introduction to BrightHub

Welcome to the BrightHub User Documentation - here you can find all the information you need to understand and use [BrightHub](https://brighthub.io/) - the innovative online platform designed for organising all your wind and solar resource data in one place.

Find out more about BrightHub in this overview video:

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BrightHub Overview&#x20;
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You can also find out more about how BrightHub is custom-built to conform with the [IEA Wind Task 43 Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) Data Model](https://github.com/IEA-Task-43/digital_wra_data_standard) for optimal traceability and automation by reading [About BrightHub](/brighthub-user-docs/introduction-to-brighthub/about-brighthub.md).

### Create an Account

Set up a free account to begin exploring BrightHub:\
[Create a BrightHub Account](https://brighthub.io/auth/create-account)

### Get Started with the [Quick Start Guide to BrightHub](/brighthub-user-docs/quick-start-guide.md)

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards" data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/vVj28Kim0vtsp0ZOIU2F"><strong>Create a BrightHub Account</strong></a></td><td>Learn how to create a free BrightHub account with up to five BrightHub stations.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/vVj28Kim0vtsp0ZOIU2F">/pages/vVj28Kim0vtsp0ZOIU2F</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/UJh0rAUoDxxEHpQPo8sg"><strong>Navigate Map Page</strong></a></td><td>Explore BrightHub stations including open source datasets on the BrightHub map page.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/o3CCWWEG5DGVmkqHPPtW"><strong>Download Timeseries Data and Metadata</strong></a></td><td>Learn how to download assembled timeseries and metadata from BrightHub using open source datasets.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/o3CCWWEG5DGVmkqHPPtW">/pages/o3CCWWEG5DGVmkqHPPtW</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/OYMHM7vCcY5jcJw8FVBL"><strong>Download Reanalysis Data</strong></a></td><td>Learn how to download MERRA-2 and ERA-5 global reanalysis datasets from BrightHub.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/OYMHM7vCcY5jcJw8FVBL">/pages/OYMHM7vCcY5jcJw8FVBL</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/hE1IubHqpQMvMXDYUFuM"><strong>Create an Organisation</strong></a></td><td>Learn how to create a BrightHub organisation for collaboration and sharing of measurement stations.</td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/hE1IubHqpQMvMXDYUFuM">/pages/hE1IubHqpQMvMXDYUFuM</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/yugenFYkaGbrL848KvQj"><strong>Activate Subscription</strong></a></td><td>Activate a paid subscription to create an unlimited number of stations with data monitoring.</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Discover BrightHub Features

This documentation contains a series of guides to walk you through various tasks you may wish to carry out with BrightHub.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/nKVdTpgcU79XiSZNpVrk"><strong>Create a BrightHub station</strong></a></td><td>Creating your own measurement station on BrightHub</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/n1xdhkeADSxR85cvVXOK"><strong>Data Monitoring Guide</strong></a></td><td>Management of data on BrightHub, including: data retrieval, daily data monitoring, cleaning of data and reporting capabilities</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/wtE8yf6OKzFNUBz01dwh"><strong>Station Sharing Guide</strong></a></td><td>Details of sharing data with a third party on BrightHub</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/2Az0iSigXmiDEAjGzM91"><strong>Compatability with Windographer</strong></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/Ldx0Qj3tqDgbVqJuhsFn"><strong>Guide to data insights with Python</strong></a></td><td>Ese of BrightHub with the open source BrightWind library and BrightHub APIs</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Dive into the details in the [Reference User Manual](/brighthub-user-docs/reference-user-manual.md)

The reference user manual contains more detailed descriptions of each section of the BrightHub UI, serving as an additional reference to the guides.


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