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Community Solar Resource Database

NREL has updated a database of publicly available resources related to community solar in the U.S., including journal articles, reports, fact sheets, slides, videos, datasets, webinars, and other formats. This effort aims to compile resources that would benefit all partners intere...

Burton and XuNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 27, 2022
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NREL Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): Baseline Measurement System (BMS), Golden, Colorado

The Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) was established at the Solar Energy Research Institute (now NREL) in 1981 to provide continuous measurements of the solar resources, outdoor calibrations of pyranometers and pyrheliometers, and to characterize commercially available i...

Stoffel and AndreasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 04, 2015
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United States Virgin Islands: St. Thomas (Bovoni) & St. Croix (Longford)

Two measurement stations to collect wind data to support future wind power generation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Roberts and AndreasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 03, 2015
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NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data)

The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class research facility managed by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power...

Jager and AndreasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 17, 2014
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University of Oregon: GPS-based Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV)

A partnership with the University of Oregon and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) data to compliment existing resource assessment data collection by the university.

Andreas and VignolaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 19, 2016
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Interregional Renewable Energy Zones

Interregional Renewable Energy Zones (IREZs) are a component of the National Transmission Planning Study (NTPS), which analyzes strategies for building out transmission infrastructure to support decarbonizing the electricity sector by 2035. In particular, IREZs envision long-dista...

Hurlbut. . et al Strategic Energy Analysis Center

Sep 02, 2022
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Distributed Solar Technoeconomic Agent Characteristics dSTAC

These data files summarize key techno-economic metrics used in the NREL dGen model for modeling adoption of distributed solar by representative residential commercial and industrial entities for each county in the continental United States. As described further below many of the m...

Kwasnik and SigrinNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 07, 2019
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2017 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB): Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies

Each year since 2015, NREL has presented Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) in a spreadsheet that contains detailed cost and performance data (both current and projected) for renewable and conventional technologies. The spreadsheet includes a workbook for each technology. This sprea...

Hand. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 21, 2017
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Puerto Rico Solar-for-All: LMI PV Rooftop Technical Potential and Solar Savings Potential

The Puerto Rico Solar-For-All dataset provides Census Tract level estimates of residential low-to-moderate income (LMI) PV rooftop technical potential as well as solar electric bill savings potential for LMI communities at the municipality level. Each dataset is broken out by inco...

Mooney. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 28, 2020
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Solar Futures Study Databook

The Solar Futures Study explores pathways for solar energy to drive deep decarbonization of the U.S. electric grid and considers how further electrification could decarbonize the broader energy system. This workbook contains data behind most figures in the U.S. Department of ...

MargolisNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 27, 2021
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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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Opportunities for Solar for Industrial Process Heat in the United States

Figure data for report on opportunities for solar technologies to provide industrial process heat in the United States (NREL/TP-6A20-77760).

McMillan. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 24, 2020
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Screening Tool for Equitable Adoption and Deployment of Solar (STEADy Solar)

The Screening Tool for Equitable Adoption and DeploYment of Solar (STEADy Solar) is a database and mapping tool designed to promoting clean energy investments for low-income communities across the United States. The tool indicates locations that may be eligible for the Investment ...

Ferrall-Wolf and McLarenNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 24, 2024
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DEPRECATED State Policies and Programs for Community Solar (2022)

This data set is no longer current – The most current data and all historical data sets can be found at https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/249 The purpose of this dataset is to summarize current community solar policies and low-income stipulations by the state in the United S...

Xu. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 05, 2023
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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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Community Solar Project Database

This database represents a list of community solar projects identified through various sources as of Spring 2018. The list has been reviewed but errors may exist and the list may not be comprehensive. Errors in the souces e.g. press releases may be duplicated in the list. Blank sp...

O'Shaughnessy. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 27, 2018
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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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Q1-2022 U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks With Minimum Sustainable Price Analysis Data File

RamasamyIntegrated Applications Center

Nov 07, 2022
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette

A partnership with the University of Louisiana and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect solar data to support future solar power generation in the United States. The measurement station monitors global, direct, and diffuse irradiance t...

Andreas and RitterNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 13, 2024
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University of Florida

A partnership with the University of Florida and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect solar data to support future solar power generation in the United States. The measurement station monitors global, direct, and diffuse irradiance to ...

Andreas and ScheffeNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 13, 2024
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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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DEPRECATED Sharing the Sun Community Solar Project Data (December 2022)

This data set is no longer current – The most current data and all historical data sets can be found at https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/244 This database represents a list of community solar projects identified through various sources as of Dec 2022. In addition, this dat...

Chan. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 31, 2023
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DEPRECATED State Policies and Programs for Community Solar (2024 Q2 Update)