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Solar Energy: Bans or Moratoriums (2022)

This dataset identifies counties and municipalities that had a solar energy ban or moratorium as of April 2022. A TIF data file and a PNG map of the data are provided, showing areas where solar energy bans or moratoriums exist across the contiguous United States. For further deta...

Geospatial Data Science, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jan 01, 2024
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Community Solar Policy Screening Workbook for Multifamily Affordable Housing Building Portfolios

This workbook provides a framework to help Multifamily Affordable Housing (MFAH) housing providers evaluate state-level policy landscapes as they relate to MFAH community solar development. By exploring which programs and policies aid in the technical and economic feasibility of M...

Burton and OrcuttNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 27, 2022
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Renewable Electricity Futures Study Volume One

Renewable Electricity Futures Study Volume One. This is part of a series of four volumes describing exploring a high-penetration renewable electricity future for the United States of America. This data set is provides data for the entire volume one document and includes all data f...

Hand. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 19, 2016
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Solar Permitting, Inspection, and Interconnection Cycletimes and Requirements

Sixteen small-to-large residential PV installers submitted project-level data for analysis, which included timestamps for major components of the permitting, inspection, and interconnection process as well as contract and installation dates. NREL calculated median timelines for th...

Cook. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 31, 2021
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Photovoltaic Module Current-Voltage and Electroluminescence Image Data (PV-IV-EL)

This dataset consists of 613 sets of corresponding current-voltage trace (IV) flash test data and electroluminescence (EL) image data for commercial PV modules from the Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory at Sandia National Laboratories. PV modules are from fielded systems ...

Byford, B. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Dec 15, 2015
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Dataset for Evaluation of Extreme Weather Impacts on Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Plant Performance in the United States

This dataset is a fusion of three data types (operations and maintenance tickets, weather data, and production data) that was used to support machine learning analysis and evaluation of drivers for low performance at photovoltaic (PV) sites during compound, extreme weather events....

Gunda, T. and Jackson, N. Sandia National Laboratories

Apr 01, 2021
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Alaska's RE Grant Recommendation Program (2008): Location and General Information

In 2008, the Alaska legislature established the Renewable Energy (RE) Grant Recommendation Program. The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) solicited for competitive applications between September and November 2008 from qualified applicants for the purpose of recommending grants for RE ...

Hallett, K. and (AEDI), A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 30, 2009
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PVWatts Calculator

Interactive web application that allows homeowners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations at specific locations. The calculator estimates the electricity production and energy value of a grid-connected roof or gro...

Support, P. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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Distributed PV Permitting Survey Responses

In 2019, NREL, in partnership with the Solar Energy Industries Association, developed a survey for PV installers on their experiences with delays and cancelations in the adoption process, including the impacts of permitting and interconnection. This dataset includes the anonymized...

Cook and CruceNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 31, 2021
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India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources

GIS data for India's direct normal irradiance (DNI) and global horizontal irradiance. Provides 10-kilometer (km) solar resource maps and data for India. The 10-km hourly solar resource data were developed using weather satellite (METEOSAT) measurements incorporated into a site-...

Lopez, A. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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Life Cycle Emissions Factors for Electricity Generation Technologies

This dataset consists of a table containing the distribution of literature estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the following electricity generation and storage technologies: biopower, coal, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydrogen storage, hydropower, lithium-ion batt...

Nicholson and HeathNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 23, 2021
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Observations and Lessons Learned in Residential Roofing Integrated Photovoltaics

The data file includes field observations of residential roofing integrated photovoltaics installation that happened between July 2021 and June 2022 in California. There are 21 observations 2 in the re-roofing category and 19 in the new construction category. The file include...

Cook and JenaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2023
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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2018

NREL has been modeling U.S. photovoltaic PV system costs since 2009. The U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System CostBenchmark Q1 2018 report benchmarks costs of U.S. solar PV for residential commercial and utility-scale systems built in the first quarter of 2018 Q1 2018. THE methodology i...

Fu. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2019
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Solar Photovoltaic Curtailment Estimates 2018

This databook provides certain data behind figures and tables found in the NREL report "Solar PV Curtailment in Changing Grid and Technological Contexts." These data reflect estimates based on the best available data for solar photovoltaic curtailment.

O'Shaughnessy. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 21, 2019
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Bifacial PV Test-Bed Irradiance Measurements

Data for 2 front-facing and 4 rear-facing IMT irradiance sensors placed on a scaled-down setup that replicate a PV array in a highly-reflective rooftop. The test-bed consist of 3 rows of 20x2ft aluminum sheets (the “panels”), supported by a Unistrut structure, with 6 irra...

Ayala Pelaez. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 10, 2019
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NREL GIS Data: Filtered Direct Normal Solar Resource for the Southwest United States (2 Percent Slope and Less)

Filtered (2% slope and less) direct normal solar resource data for the Southwest United States This data provides filtered solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. Exclusions: Contiguous Area 1km squared;...