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Dataset for report: Non-Technical Barriers to Geothermal Development in California and Nevada

In California and Nevada, geothermal projects are subject to non-technical barriers, which may create development delays leading to higher project costs and risks and decreased competitiveness with other electricity generation technologies. These non-technical barriers may include...

Levine, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 10, 2022
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Irradiation Data from NREL'S MDIC Stations

The Measurement and Instrumentation Data Center (MIDC) provides Irradiance and Meteorological Data from these stations: NREL Solar Radiation Research Lab, BSRN Prototype Station, Atmospheric Optical Calibration System, TSR-1, RSR Version 2, RSR Version 1, National Wind Technology...

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

Nov 25, 2014
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Tidal Energy Site Characterization East Forelands Alaska

During the summer field season in 2012, Benthic GeoScience Inc. (Benthic) mobilized under contract with Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) in order to conduct precise geospatial measurements of the seafloor accomplishing a preliminary Site Characterization Study for the ORPC Eas...

Worthington, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 01, 2013
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Energy Appliance Data Central Air Conditioners 2010

View 2010 energy efficiency data from AeroSys Inc, Coaire, Cold Point, First Operations, LG Electronics, Nordyne, and Quietside manufacturers. Data includes cooling capacity, cooling performance, heating capacity, and heating performance. Spreadsheet was created by combining th...

Twong, . and Www.ftc.gov, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 29, 2014
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Long-term Average Surface Temperatures in England (1772 2009)

This dataset, made available by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), shows the difference between the yearly central England temperature for years 1772 through 2009 and the 1961 1990 baseline (1961 1990 Central England average after smoothing). It also shows the ...

Hallett, K. and (DECC), U. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 11, 2010
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Illinois High Resolution Wind Resource

Annual average wind resource potential of Illinois at a 50 meter height. This data set was produced and validated by NREL using their WRAM model. This shapefile was generated from a raster dataset with a 1000 m resolution, in a Transverse Mercator projection with the following ...

Langle, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Resource

This project estimates the naturally available and technically recoverable U.S. wave energy resources, using a 51-month Wavewatch III hindcast database developed especially for this study by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Centers for Envi...

EPRI, . National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 04, 2011
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SCUBA water usage and contextual data

The SCUBA data warehouse serves as a central repository for granular water use information from local water utilities in California, as well as for related contextual datasets. See bit.ly/scuba_metadata_download for detail.

Staff, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 25, 2016
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Proved Natural Gas Reserves: 2010

CIA: World Factbook assessment of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recov...

Weers, J. and (CIA), C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 31, 2009
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Proved Oil Reserves: 2010

CIA: World Factbook assessment of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a ...

Weers, J. and (CIA), C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 31, 2009
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Geothermal Case Studies on OpenEI

This submission contains links to Geothermal Areas on OpenEI that were completed as part of an effort to gather clean, unbiased information on which to build geothermal drilling prospects. The specific areas that were part of this focused effort, or *case studies*, are linked ind...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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Alaska Coal Geology: GIS Data

Estimated Alaska coal resources are largely in Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks distributed in three major provinces. Northern Alaska-Slope, Central Alaska-Nenana, and Southern Alaska-Cook Inlet. Cretaceous resources, predominantly bituminous coal and lignite, are in the Northern Ala...

Hallett, K. and USGS, . National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 18, 2005
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USGS National Oil and Gas Assessment: GIS Data

The USGS Central Region Energy Team assessed the oil and gas resources of the United States. Cell maps for each oil and gas production area were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in a play...

Hallett, K. and USGS, . National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 25, 1996
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Nevada High Resolution Wind Resource

Annual average wind resource potential for the state of Nevada, United States at a 50 meter height. The wind power resource estimates were produced by TrueWind Solutions using their MesoMap system and historical weather data under contract to Wind Powering America/NREL. This m...

Langle, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Nevada, Western Utah, Colorado, and the Gulf Coast Region of Texas Final Report

The objectives of this project were to (1) perform a literature review of sedimentary geothermal resources, (2) identify data sources and develop data-collection methodologies that characterize selected resources, (3) screen sedimentary basins and formations for sedimentary geothe...

Johnston, H. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 01, 2020
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Low Temperature Geothermal Resource Assessment for Desalination in United States

This data is a compilation of well observations from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Association of American State Geologists (AASG), location of identified low temperature geothermal systems from United States Geological Survey (USGS), and low temperature geothermal w...

Akar, S. and Turchi, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2016
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Coordinating Permit Offices and the Development of Utility-Scale Geothermal Energy

This study examines various forms of coordinating permit offices at the state and federal level in the western United States, discusses inefficiencies and mitigation techniques for permitting natural resource projects, analyzes whether various approaches are easily adaptable to ut...

Young, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2013
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NTB (Non-technical Barriers) Interviews with Geothermal Stakeholders for Geothermal Development in the Salton Sea.

Non-technical barriers to deploying geothermal electricity projects in the United States can create significant delays and other challenges, leading to higher project risk and costs, lost opportunities to access policy incentives, and ultimately decreased competitiveness against o...

Levine, A. and Smith, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 01, 2021
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Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Eastern Nevada and Millard County, Utah Well Databases

In order to gather data to assess sedimentary geothermal feasibility in Nevada and Utah, state oil and gas and geothermal databases were serached for well files and well logs. Well data from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology oil and gas and geothermal databases was mined for ...

Taverna, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 30, 2019
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POROTOMO Subtask 6.2 Deploy and Operate DAS DTS

Metadata for the surface Distributed Acoustic (DAS) array deployed the the POROTOMO's Natural Laboratory in Brady Hot Spring, Nevada during the March 2016 testing.

Fratta, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2016
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City and County Commercial Building Inventories

The Commercial Building Inventories provide modeled data on commercial building type, vintage, and area for each U.S. city and county. Please note this data is modeled and more precise data may be available through county assessors or other sources. Commercial building stock data ...

Day, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 01, 2020
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Early Market Opportunity MHK Energy Site Identification Wave and Tidal Resources

This data was compiled for the 'Early Market Opportunity Hot Spot Identification' project. The data and scripts included were used in the 'MHK Energy Site Identification and Ranking Methodology' Reports (see resources below). The Python scripts will generate a set of results--base...

Kilcher, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 01, 2016
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2017 Western Passage Tidal Energy Resource Characterization Measurements

These data are from tidal resource characterization measurements collected between April and July 2017 in Western Passage near Eastport, Maine, USA. The dataset contains the following four sub-datasets, each of which is described in more detail in the README.pdf. 1. A bottom-mou...

Kilcher, L. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 31, 2017
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Admiralty Inlet Hub-Height Turbulence Measurements from June 2012

This data is from measurements at Admiralty Head, in Admiralty Inlet. The measurements were made using an IMU equipped ADV mounted on a mooring, the 'Tidal Turbulence Mooring' or 'TTM'. The inertial measurements from the IMU allows for removal of mooring motion in post processing....