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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. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
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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 wind, offshore wind, and concentrating solar power (CSP) are included. The dataset contains 7 years of hourly ...
Cole, W. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Aug 01, 2023
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Solar PV Road Setbacks: Ordinances (2022) and Extrapolated Trends

This dataset represents solar energy setback requirements from roads based on county ordinances as of April 2022. A setback requirement is a minimum distance from a road that an energy project may be developed, and these varied widely across the counties in which they existed. Two...
Geospatial Data Science, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jan 01, 2024
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Solar PV Structure Setbacks: Ordinances (2022) and Extrapolated Trends

This dataset represents solar energy setback requirements from structures based on county ordinances as of April 2022. A setback requirement is a minimum distance from a structure that an energy project may be developed, and these varied widely across the counties in which they ex...
Geospatial Data Science, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jan 01, 2024
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Solar PV Water Setbacks: Ordinances (2022) and Extrapolated Trends

This dataset represents solar energy setback requirements from bodies of water based on county ordinances as of April 2022. A setback requirement is a minimum distance from water that an energy project may be developed, and these varied widely across the counties in which they exi...
Geospatial Data Science, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jan 01, 2024
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Wind and Structural Loads on Heliostats

Wind loading is a main contributor to structural design costs of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors, such as heliostats. These structures must resist the mechanical forces generated by turbulent wind. At the same time, the reflector surfaces must exhibit the necessary rigi...
Egerer, U. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Dec 24, 2025
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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

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
Oct 01, 2021
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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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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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India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources

GIS data for India's direct normal irradiance (DNI) and global horizontal irradiance. Provides 10-kilometer (km) solar resource maps and data for India. The 10-km hourly solar resource data were developed using weather satellite (METEOSAT) measurements incorporated into a site-...
Lopez, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 11, 2016
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U.S. Solar Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022)

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 based on a locality-by-locality review zoning ordinances after completing an initial review of scholarly l...
Lopez, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2022
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India Direct Normal & Global Horizontal Irradiance Solar Resources

GIS data for India's direct normal irradiance (DNI) and global horizontal irradiance (GHI). This dataset provides 10-kilometer (km) solar resource maps and data for India. The 10-km hourly solar resource data were developed using weather satellite (METEOSAT) measurements incorpora...
Lopez, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
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Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Database

A database of quantum mechanical calculations on organic photovoltaic candidate molecules. Related Publications: Peter C. St. John, Caleb Phillips, Travis W. Kemper, A. Nolan Wilson, Michael F. Crowley, Mark R. Nimlos, Ross E. Larsen. (2018) Message-passing neural networ...
St. John, P. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 10, 2024
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2022 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2022 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 20, 2022
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2023 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 05, 2023
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2024 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2024 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developm...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 27, 2024
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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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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.nlr.gov/submissions/77) this database has additional data points and has been modified for impr...
Horowitz, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 02, 2019
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2025 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory compiled and synthesized empirical data on the U.S. utility-scale solar sector. Utility-scale solar is defined here to include ground-mounted systems larger than 5MW-AC. Smaller projects are covered in Berkeley Lab's separate U.S. Distributed ...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 25, 2025
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Modeled Utility-Scale Solar+Storage Operations 2020-2024

In this project, we model optimized hourly dispatch under energy, capacity, and ancillary-service market opportunities using a linear optimizer with perfect price and generation foresight and are sharing the hourly solar and storage generation profiles for our sample here using th...
Seel, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
May 12, 2026
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Bias Corrected Near-Surface Wind Data for Solar Field Siting

This dataset catalogs a long-term high-resolution data set characterizing the near-surface hourly wind speed variations at two solar sites in the Southwest U.S. This dataset demonstrates the potential for integrating improved near-surface wind data into CST and PV planning tools f...
Emes, M. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Jun 12, 2026
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SolarPACES Model Intercomparison and Case Studies Concerning Hybrid CSP-TES-PV-Battery Systems

This data is the result of an international collaboration funded by SolarPACES within the Task I group. The funded project was entitled "Model Intercomparison and Case Studies Concerning Hybrid CSP-TES/PV-Battery Systems" and was carried out from February 2023 to September 2024. I...
Hamilton, W. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Dec 02, 2024
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Land of Opportunity: Geothermal, Land-based Wind, and Solar PV Potential on Federal Lands

This data packet contains supply curves and a composite siting exclusion TIFF for geothermal, land-based wind, and solar PV across the contiguous United States with specific consideration on federal lands. The supply curves offer comprehensive metrics such as capacity (MW) for eac...
Geospatial, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 01, 2025
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Data for "Arsenic Activation and Compensation in Single Crystal CdTe Bilayers"

Figure files and raw data associated with manuscript entitled "Arsenic activation and compensation in single crystal CdTe bilayers"
Mathew, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 23, 2024
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United States Renewable Energy Technical Potential

Renewable energy technical potential as defined in this report represents the achievable energy generation of a particular technology given system performance, topographic limitations, environmental, and land-use constraints. The data presented here provide renewable energy potent...
Lopez, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
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