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Manufacturing Thermal Energy Use in 2014

The first data set estimates thermal energy use (i.e., fuels combusted for process heating, boilers, and combined heat and power/cogeneration) by end use, temperature, county, and facility employment size class for all U.S. manufacturing industries in 2014. The estimation methodol...

McMillanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 27, 2019
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United States Utility-Scale PV Supply Curves 2023

This data packet contains supply curves, hourly generation profiles, and a composite siting exclusion TIFF for utility-scale PV across the contiguous United States. The supply curves offer comprehensive metrics such as capacity (MW), generation (MWh), levelized cost of energy (LCO...

GDS, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2023
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Dataset for Evaluating the Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Solar Photovoltaic Production

This dataset was used to support machine learning model development for wildfire impacts on utility-scale solar in the United States. The dataset includes information regarding energy generation, PM2.5, clearness index, temperature, wind speed, precipitation, and site size.

Gilletly, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories

May 15, 2023
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Concurrent Sky Images, Hemispherical Irradiance Profiles, and Weather Data for Albuquerque and Eugene

This data set contains information about the sky and weather conditions in Albuquerque, NM and Eugene, OR. For each site, the data is minutely for the period of two years. The data includes hemispherical images of the sky, measurements of the hemispherical (global) irradiance in a...

Zapotocky, C. and Riley, D. Sandia National Laboratories

May 14, 2025
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Q1-2025 Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmarks

The U.S. Department of Energy’s solar office and its national laboratory partners analyze cost data for U.S. solar photovoltaic systems to develop cost benchmarks to measure progress toward goals and guide research and development programs. The cost data is available in an Excel...

Basore. . et al National Laboratory of the Rockies

Dec 22, 2025
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Sharing the Sun Community Solar Project Data

This database represents a list of community solar projects, complete and pending, identified through various sources. The dataset is updated multiple times per year. The current version is the first file located below. Previous versions of the dataset published before June of 202...

Kannan. . et al National Laboratory of the Rockies

Aug 30, 2024
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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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Maximum demand charge rates for commercial and industrial electricity tariffs in the United States

NREL has assembled a list of U.S. retail electricity tariffs and their associated demand charge rates for the Commercial and Industrial sectors. The data was obtained from the Utility Rate Database. Keep the following information in mind when interpreting the data: (1) These data...

McLaren. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 19, 2017
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United States Utility-Scale PV Supply Curves 2024

Geospatial Data Science, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 01, 2025
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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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PV Inverter Experimental Dataset Version 2 with 100 Percent Power

The increase in power electronic based generation sources require accurate modeling of inverters. Accurate modeling requires experimental data over wider operation range. We used 20 kW off-the-shelf grid following PV inverter in the experiments. We used controllable AC supply and ...

Prabakar. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 10, 2023
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2022 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2022 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...

Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Sep 20, 2022
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Typical Solar Years (TSYs) and Typical Wind Years (TWYs) for the Assessment of PV System and Wind Turbine Performance

This dataset comprises Typical Solar Years (TSYs) and Typical Wind Years (TWYs) for the efficient assessment of PV system and wind turbine performance for over 2,000 locations across the U.S. TSYs and TWYs are single synthetic years generated from the National Aeronautics and Spac...

Zeng, Z. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Jul 14, 2024
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Error-Level-Controlled Synthetic Forecasts for Renewable Generation

Renewable energy resources, including solar and wind energy, play a significant role in sustainable energy systems. However, the inherent uncertainty and intermittency of renewable generation pose challenges to the safe and efficient operation of power systems. Recognizing the imp...

Zhang, X. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jun 01, 2021
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Understanding the Evolution of Customer Motivations and Adoption Barriers in Residential Solar Markets: Survey Data

This research focused on accelerating solar photovoltaic (PV) diffusion by collecting new market data and developing predictive modeling frameworks to test and refine understandings of household level motivations for adopting solar. Three different household-level surveys were...

Sigrin. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 22, 2017
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Q1 2023 U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks With Minimum Sustainable Price Analysis Data File

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) aims to accelerate the advancement and deployment of solar technology in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized economy no later than 2050, starting with a decarbonized power sector by 20...

Ramasamy. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 25, 2023
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PV Rooftop Database

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Photovoltaic (PV) Rooftop Database (PVRDB) is a lidar-derived, geospatially-resolved dataset of suitable roof surfaces and their PV technical potential for 128 metropolitan regions in the United States. The PVRDB data are organized...

Mooney, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jan 01, 2016
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Quantifying and Monetizing Renewable Energy Resiliency

As part of the seed LDRD in 2017 we generated catastrophe models to look at the value of resiliency from an insurance perspective. These data sets reflect the inputs and outputs of that analysis.

Lisell. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 13, 2018
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Solar PV Oil and Gas Pipeline Setbacks: Ordinances (2022) and Extrapolated Trends

This dataset represents solar energy setback requirements from oil and gas pipelines. A setback requirement is a minimum distance from a pipeline that an energy project may be developed. As of April 2022, no ordinances were discovered for any counties. Such ordinances are likely t...

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

Jan 01, 2024
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National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB)

The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of meteorological and solar irradiance data sets for the United States and a growing list of international locations for 1998-2023. The NSRDB is updated annually and provides foundational information t...

Sengupta, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 28, 2018
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Microgrid Load and LCOE Modelling Results

These tools are designed to inform high level thinking around micro-grid load and tariff considerations in sub-Saharan Africa. There are two related tools in this dataset: 1. Microgrid REopt LCOE Results Explorer. The purpose of this tool is to display levelized cost of electri...

Li. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 04, 2018
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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 Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 05, 2025
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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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Q1-2024 Solar Cost Benchmarks

Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and its national laboratory partners analyze cost data for U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to develop cost benchmarks. These benchmarks help measure progress toward goals for reducing solar...