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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
3 Resources
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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
5 Resources
1 Stars
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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
5 Resources
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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
5 Resources
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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
5 Resources
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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
4 Resources
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U.S. Solar Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances

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
2 Resources
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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. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
4 Resources
0 Stars
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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
4 Resources
1 Stars
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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
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Building Component Library

The Building Component Library (BCL) is the U.S. Department of Energy’s comprehensive online searchable library of energy modeling building blocks and descriptive metadata. Novice users and seasoned practitioners can use the freely available and uniquely identifiable components ...
Long, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
1 Resources
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Solar Resources by Class and Country

These estimates are derived from the best available solar resource data available to NREL. Resources are organized by class and country. Resolution varies spatially from 1 km to 1 degree (approximately 100 km) depending on the data source. High spatial resolution datasets (1 km...
Heimiller, D. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
4 Resources
1 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Continental United States Direct Normal Solar Resource 10km Resolution (1998 2005)

This data provides monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. This data was developed using the State University of New York/Albany satellite radiation model. Thi...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Continental United States Global Horizontal Solar Resource 10km Resolution (1998 2005)

This data provides monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. This data was developed using the State University of New York/Albany satellite radiation model. This...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Continental United States Photovoltaic (Tilt = Latitude) 10km Resolution (1998 2005)

This data provides monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. This data was developed using the State University of New York/Albany satellite radiation model. This...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Hawaii Direct Normal Solar Resource 10km Resolution (1998 2005)

This data provides monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. This data was developed using the State University of New York/Albany satellite radiation model. This...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Hawaii Photovoltaic (Tilt = Latitude) 10km Resolution (1998 2005)

This data provides monthly average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. This data was developed using the State University of New York/Albany satellite radiation model. Thi...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Continental United States High Resolution Concentrating Solar Power

_Abstract:_ Monthly and annual average solar resource potential for the lower 48 states of the United States of America. _Purpose:_ Provide information on the solar resource potential for the for the lower 48 states of the United States of America. _Supplemental Informatio...
Langle, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
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NREL GIS Data: Hawaii Low Resolution Concentrating Solar Power Resource

_Abstract:_ Monthly and annual average solar resource potential for Hawaii. _Purpose:_ Provide information on the solar resource potential for Hawaii. The insolation values represent the average solar energy available to a flat plate collector, such as a photovoltaic panel, o...
Langle, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
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NREL GIS Data: Hawaii Low Resolution Photovoltaic Solar Resource

_Abstract:_ Monthly and annual average solar resource potential for Hawaii. _Purpose:_ Provide information on the solar resource potential for Hawaii. The insolation values represent the average solar energy available to a flat plate collector, such as a photovoltaic panel, o...
Langle, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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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
4 Resources
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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
5 Resources
1 Stars
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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
5 Resources
0 Stars
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NREL GIS Data: Filtered Direct Normal Solar Resource for the Southwest United States (1 Percent Slope and Less)

Filtered (1% slope and less) direct normal solar resource data for the Southwest United States This data provides filtered solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. Exclusions: Contiguous Area 1km squared;...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
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NREL GIS Data: Filtered Direct Normal Solar Resource for the Southwest United States (2 Percent Slope and Less)

Filtered (2% slope and less) direct normal solar resource data for the Southwest United States This data provides filtered solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude, or about 10 km in size. Exclusions: Contiguous Area 1km squared;...
Wood, J. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
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