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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, J. and Cruce, J. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 31, 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, B. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 22, 2017
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Operational Water Consumption and Withdrawal Factors for Electricity Generating Technologies

This dataset provides estimates of operational water withdrawal and water consumption factors for electricity generating technologies in the United States. Estimates of water factors were collected from published primary literature and were not modified except for unit conversions...

Macknick, J. et al 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...

Cook, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 06, 2024
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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, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 28, 2020
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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 Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)

Nov 05, 2025
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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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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report

Feldman, D. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 26, 2021
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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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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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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, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2019
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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, J. and Jena, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2023
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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, V. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 25, 2023
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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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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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Hathaway Solar Patriot House

The Hathaway Solar Patriot House was a Building America field research case study from 2001 to 2004. A report on this project is available in this record or from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/37731.pdf

Norton, P. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 10, 2016
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Energy and Economic Assessment of a Stirling Engine Powered by Solar Energy in Bolivia

The Bolivian governments concerns that are related to reducing the consumption of diesel fuel, which is imported, subsidized, and provided to isolated electric plants in rural communities, have led to the implementation of hybrid power systems. The data in this submissions was cre...

Jimenez, P. San Simon University

Dec 10, 2021
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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, I. and McLaren, J. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

May 24, 2024
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Hathaway Solar Patriot house

This Dataset contains field research raw data, analysis spreadsheet, photos, and final report from the Hathaway Solar Patriot House Building America Case Study project.

Norton, P. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 09, 2016
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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, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 19, 2017
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National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP+) Resource List

NLR compiles and makes quarterly updates to this dataset of publications related to expanding access to solar through its support for the National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP+). The purpose of the list is to help NCSP+ partners and others to find relevant resources on commun...

Burton, R. National Laboratory of the Rockies

Oct 27, 2022
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Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model

The Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model simulates customer adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) for residential, commercial, and industrial entities in the United States or other countries through 2050. The dGen model can be used for identifying the sector...

Stanley, T. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Oct 16, 2020
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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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