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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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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, S. and Heath, G. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 23, 2021
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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 dataset is provides data for the entire volume one document and includes all data for the charts and graphs included in the document.

Hand, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 19, 2016
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DEPRECATED. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database

REVISED 1/2/2019. SEE UPDATE LINK BELOW. This database contains unit cost information for different components that may be used to integrate distributed photovotaic D-PV systems onto distribution systems. Some of these upgrades and costs may also apply to integration of other dist...

Horowitz, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 20, 2017
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Solar Permitting, Inspection, and Interconnection Cycletimes and Requirements

Twenty three small-to-large residential, commercial, and industrial 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 c...

Cook, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 31, 2021
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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, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 10, 2023
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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmarks: Q1 2021

NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). The methodology includes b...

Ramasamy, V. and Feldman, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 08, 2021
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Public Reference Data for Megawatt-Scale Hydrogen Electrolysis NLR Historical Solar PV

The U.S. Department of Energy and National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) demonstrate hydrogen electrolysis from variable sources, hydrogen compression and storage, and hydrogen fuel cell power production using megawatt-scale equipment at NLR’s Flatirons Campus as part of the A...

Abel, R. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies

Jun 15, 2026
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DEPRECATED Sharing the Sun Community Solar Project Data (December 2023)

This data set is no longer current – The most current data and all historical data sets can be found at https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/244 This database represents a list of community solar projects identified through various sources as of Dec 2023. In addition, this data...

Xu, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 08, 2024
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PV Window Building Study

Data associated with the paper “Photovoltaic Windows to Offset the Intensive Energy and Carbon Footprints of Highly Glazed Buildings” by Vincent M. Wheeler, Janghyun Kim, Tom Daligault, Bryan Rosales, Chaiwat Engtrakul, Robert C. Tenent, and Lance M. Wheeler

Wheeler, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 23, 2022
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Equitable Energy Investment Prioritization Data Set

This data set compiles metrics related to energy justice, environmental justice, and renewable energy (RE) deployment potential. The metrics, including energy burden, sociodemographic characteristics, environmental hazard exposure, and the technical generation potential and leveli...

Day, M. and Ross, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 15, 2021
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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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DEPRECATED Sharing the Sun Community Solar Project Data (June 2022)

Chan, G. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 30, 2022
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U.S. Voluntary Green Power Market Data 2018

This data book provides certain data behind figures and tables found in the NREL presentation Status and Trends in the U.S. Voluntary Green Power Market 2018 Data. These data reflect estimates based on the best available data.

Heeter, J. and O'Shaughnessy, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 03, 2019
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Municipal Franchise Agreements and Energy Objectives

This data set includes franchise agreement-related information from 3,538 municipalities nationwide including data on franchise length, fees, agreement language, and energy objectives.

Cook, J. and Grunwald, B. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 04, 2019
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2024 County-Level Hourly Renewable Capacity Factor Dataset for the ReEDS Model

This dataset contains hourly capacity factors for each renewable resource class and region (in this case, county). Technologies like large-scale utility PV (UPV), onshore (land-based) wind, offshore wind, and concentrating solar power (CSP) are included. Hourly profiles are provid...

Sergi, B. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Mar 25, 2025
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NREL U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2017 Report

Excel data file for the U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2017 Report

Fu, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 23, 2017
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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, A. and Ritter, K. National 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, A. and Scheffe, J. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 13, 2024
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NREL U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2016 Report

Excel data file for the U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark Q1 2016 Report

Fu, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 16, 2016
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dGen (Distributed Generation Market Demand) Model Data: Version 1.0.0 Agents

Open sourced agent files needed to run version 1.0.0 of the dGen model. Contains all national, ISO, and state level residential and commercial agents.

Stanley, T. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 10, 2021
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Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs

For emerging energy technologies, a variety of cost and performance numbers are cited in presentations and reports for present-day characteristics and potential improvements. Amid a variety of sources and methods for these data, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy...

Staff, T. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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Weatherization Assistance Program and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for Solar Survey Responses and Plan

This data contains the results of surveys given to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)/Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) administrators in 2022, 2023, and 2024, as well as spreadsheets coding states' annual LIHEAP and WAP plans from 2021, 2022, and 2023 for me...