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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 and RossNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 15, 2021
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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 and HeathNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 23, 2021
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AquaPV: Foundational Analysis and Industry Guidance on Floating PV Results

This dataset contains results of the technical potential analysis of floating photovoltaics (FPV) on federally owned or permitted reservoirs in the United States. Estimates of the area of reservoirs that is technically feasible for FPV development are provided for reservoirs that...

Rosenlieb, E. et al National Renewable Energy Lab

Nov 08, 2024
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Renewable Energy Finance Tracking Initiative 2009-2010

This dataset highlights key financing terms for U.S. renewable energy projects that closed financing between Q3 2009 and Q3 2010. Information tracked includes debt interest rates, equity returns, financial structure applied, PPA duration, and other information. This dataset comes...

Kreycik, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 25, 2014
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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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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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PR100: Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy

The Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) comprehensively analyzes possible pathways for Puerto Rico to achieve its renewable energy goals while incorporating stakeholder perspectives and advancing energy resilience for all Puerto Rican...

Sky, H. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jul 01, 2022
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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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Wind and Structural Loads on Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors at Nevada Solar One

Wind loading is a main contributor to structural design costs of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors, such as heliostats and parabolic troughs. These structures must resist the mechanical forces generated by turbulent wind. At the same time, the reflector surfaces must exhi...

Egerer, U. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Oct 01, 2021
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U.S. Wind and Solar PV Supply Curves with Future Land-use Change

This dataset provides future supply curves representing the total resource potential for land-based wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in the conterminous United States after accounting for the impact of land-use and land-cover change (LULC). We use LULC projections from ...

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

Jan 10, 2024
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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 and GrunwaldNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 04, 2019
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System Advisor Model (SAM)

The System Advisor Model (SAM) is a performance and financial model designed to facilitate decision making for people involved in the renewable energy industry. SAM makes performance predictions and cost of energy estimates for grid-connected power projects based on installation a...

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

Nov 25, 2014
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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.nrel.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. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 08, 2024
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Rooftop Solar Challenge (RSC) Database

The Solar Metrics Online Portal collects data from teams participating in the Rooftop Solar Challenge (RSC II). The data is collected from each jurisdiction on a team over three time periods (past, present, and future). The data collected is used to calculate a team's market matur...

Huneycutt, J. and Laboratory, N. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

Nov 25, 2014
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2019 Distribution System Upgrade Unit Cost Database Current Version

IMPORTANT NOTE This is the current version of NREL's Distribution System Unit cost Database and should be considered the most up-to-date. Compared to the previous version https//data.nrel.gov/submissions/77 this database has additional data points and has been modified for improve...

HorowitzNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 02, 2019
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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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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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TURKEY’S ENERGY FUTURE A LEAP SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS

A LEAP based analysis of the current energy system of Turkey, as well as four future scenarios, including evaluation and comparison of the effects of different policies on energy security, prices and emissions

Boudier, V. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 09, 2017
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Sample IEEE123 Bus system for OEDI SI

Time series load and PV data from an IEEE123 bus system. An example electrical system, named the OEDI SI feeder, is used to test the workflow in a co-simulation. The system used is the IEEE123 test system, which is a well studied test system (see link below to IEEE PES Test Feeder...

Elgindy, T. and Balasubramaniam, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 01, 2022
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Solar Photovoltaic Curtailment Estimates 2018

This databook provides certain data behind figures and tables found in the NREL report "Solar PV Curtailment in Changing Grid and Technological Contexts." These data reflect estimates based on the best available data for solar photovoltaic curtailment.

O'Shaughnessy. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 21, 2019
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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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Solar Radiation Monitoring of Bluefield State College: Bluefield, West Virginia (Data)

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Solar Radiation Monitoring Network operated from July 1985 through December 1996. Funded by DOE, the six-station network provided 5-minute averaged measurements of direct normal, global, and diffuse horizontal solar irradianc...

Stoffel and AndreasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 17, 2014
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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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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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Solar Radiation Monitoring Station (SoRMS): Humboldt State University, Arcata, California (Data)

A partnership with HSU 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 horizontal, direct normal, and diffuse horizontal irradi...

Wilcox and AndreasNational Renewable Energy Laboratory