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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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Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC): Solar Resource & Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP)

Located in Colorado, near Denver International Airport, SolarTAC is a private, member-based, 74-acre outdoor facility where the solar industry tests, validates, and demonstrates advanced solar technologies. SolarTAC was launched in 2008 by a public-private consortium, including M...

Andreas and WilcoxNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 19, 2016
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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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PV Rooftop Database for Puerto Rico (PVRDB-PR)

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PV Rooftop Database for Puerto Rico (PVRDB-PR) is a lidar-derived, geospatially-resolved dataset of suitable roof surfaces and their PV technical potential for virtually all buildings in Puerto Rico. The dataset can be downloaded a...

Mooney, M. and Waechter, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Dec 16, 2020
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SMART-DS Synthetic Electrical Network Data OpenDSS Models for SFO, GSO, and AUS

The SMART-DS datasets (Synthetic Models for Advanced, Realistic Testing: Distribution systems and Scenarios) are realistic large-scale U.S. electrical distribution models for testing advanced grid algorithms and technology analysis. This document provides a user guide for the data...

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

Dec 18, 2020
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U.S. PV-Suitable Rooftop Resources

This dataset contains zipcode resolution estimates of suitable area on small (1,000-5,000 m^2), medium (5,000-10,000 m^2) and large (>10,000 m^2) buildings' rooftops for PV deployment.

Phillips and MeliusNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 10, 2016
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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 and FeldmanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 08, 2021
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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report

Feldman. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 26, 2021
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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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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

WheelerNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 23, 2022
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Solar-to-Grid Public Data File for Utility-scale (UPV) and Distributed Photovoltaics (DPV) Generation, Capacity Credit, and Value

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) estimates hourly project-level generation data for utility-scale solar projects and hourly county-level generation data for residential and non-residential distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems in the seven organized wholesale m...

Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Sep 30, 2020
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Rooftop Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States

This data submission contains a workbook with data, and three sets of shapefiles that correspond to that data. Contact: Meghan Mooney, Meghan.Mooney@nrel.gov The workbook contains data that underlies the 2016 technical report Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potentia...

Gagnon. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 05, 2019
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Solar-to-Grid Public Data File for Utility-scale (UPV) and Distributed Photovoltaics (DPV) Generation, Capacity Credit, and Value for 2012-2020

Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Oct 01, 2021
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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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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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Tracking the Sun

Berkeley Lab's Tracking the Sun report series is dedicated to summarizing installed prices and other trends among grid-connected, distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. The present report, the 11th edition in the series, focuses on systems installed thro...

Barbose, G. and Darghouth, N. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Oct 01, 2019
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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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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. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 10, 2021
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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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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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Renewable Electricity Procurement Options Data

The Procurement Analysis Tool (PAT) was developed at NREL to help organizations explore renewable energy options that align with their goals. Users input facility data and answer goal-oriented questions. PAT analyzes this information to identify potential wind, solar, or storage r...

Day, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 12, 2019
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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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2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies

Starting in 2015 NREL has presented the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) in an Excel workbook that contains detailed cost and performance data, both current and projected, for renewable and conventional technologies. The workbook includes a spreadsheet for each technology. This up...

Akar. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory