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Wind and Structural Loads on Heliostats

Wind loading is a main contributor to structural design costs of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors, such as heliostats. These structures must resist the mechanical forces generated by turbulent wind. At the same time, the reflector surfaces must exhibit the necessary rigi...

Egerer, U. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Dec 24, 2025
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U.S. Solar Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2025)

A machine readable collection of documented solar siting ordinances at the state and local (e.g., county, township) level throughout the United States. The data were compiled using the Infrastructure Continuous Ordinance Mapping for Planning and Siting Systems (INFRA-COMPASS) tool...

Castelão, G. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Dec 30, 2025
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U.S. Agrivoltaics Irradiance Database

This is a foundational data set for research and deployment of agrivoltaics, which is the co-location of agriculture and solar power plants on the same land. This irradiance and shading dataset can be utilized to determine the suitability of agrivoltaics configurations for a given...

Ovaitt, S. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Nov 05, 2025
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HRRR Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission (MET) Toolkit

The HRRR MET (Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission) Toolkit is the National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR) new flagship atmospheric dataset, designed to support comprehensive long-term planning and operations across the entire power sector. Serving as the direct successor to th...

Bodini, N. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Mar 09, 2026
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Hawaii Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission (MET) Toolkit

The Hawaii Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission (MET) Toolkit is the National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR) high-fidelity atmospheric dataset purpose-built to support long-term power system planning and operations across the Hawaiian Islands. Serving as the successor to the le...

Bodini, N. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

May 11, 2026
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Alaska Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission (MET) Toolkit

The Alaska MET (Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission) Toolkit is the National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR) new flagship atmospheric dataset, designed to support comprehensive long-term planning and operations across the entire power sector. Serving as the regional counterpart...

Buster, G. and Turner, D. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Jun 30, 2026
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PV Module Standoff and T98 Safety Maps for the United States (IEC 61730, 70 & 80 Celsius)

This dataset provides high-resolution maps of modeled photovoltaic (PV) module standoff distance and associated thermal conditions across the United States for two thermal design scenarios (T98 = 70 degrees C and 80 degrees C), representing distinct module temperature limits used ...

Springer, M. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Apr 13, 2026
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Hourly Electricity Demand Profiles for Each County in the Contiguous United States

This dataset provides estimated hourly electricity demand for each county in the contiguous United States from 2016-2023. The demand profiles represent the sum of two components: (1) Weighted averages of reported hourly demand profiles for North American Electric Reliability Corpo...

Obika, K. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Nov 05, 2025
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Hourly Dynamic Line Ratings for Existing Transmission Across the Contiguous United States (Preliminary)

This dataset provides estimated hourly dynamic line ratings for ~84,000 transmission lines across the contiguous United States from 2007-2013. The calculation methods are described in the presentation linked below, and the associated open-source Python code repository is linked in...

Obika, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 25, 2024
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High Resolution Tidal Hindcast (US Tidal) Dataset

This Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) High Resolution Tidal Hindcast dataset (us-tidal) provides standardized tidal energy data for five strategically selected U.S. coastal locations with significant tidal energy potential. Developed collaboratively by Pacific Northwest Nati...

Yang, Z. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies

Jun 09, 2025
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LLMs for EV Infrastructure Permitting

The Electric Vehicle (EV) charging permitting processes' database is a novel, multi-jurisdictional resource designed to contain the required codes and compliances in a structured database. Within this database are three tables, each structured with 287 columns, designed to capture...

Renganathan, U. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Sep 24, 2025
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