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PV Module Standoff and T98 Safety Maps for the United States (IEC 61730, 70 & 80 Celsius)

This dataset provides high-resolution maps of modeled photovoltaic (PV) module standoff distance and associated thermal conditions across the United States for two thermal design scenarios (T98 = 70 degrees C and 80 degrees C), representing distinct module temperature limits used ...
Springer, M. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Apr 13, 2026
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Opportunities for Solar for Industrial Process Heat in the United States

Figure data for report on opportunities for solar technologies to provide industrial process heat in the United States (NREL/TP-6A20-77760).
McMillan, C. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 24, 2020
22 Resources
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Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for La Ola Lanai, Hawaii

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC): Solar Resource & Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP)

Located in Colorado, near Denver International Airport, Solar Technology Acceleration Center (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 ...
Andreas, A. and Wilcox, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 19, 2016
1 Resources
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Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data from SOLRMAP Escalante Tri-State Prewitt, New Mexico

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for Cedar City, Utah

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for Kalaeloa Oahu, Hawaii

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for Los Angeles, California

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Stoffel, T. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Sun Spot Two Data for Swink, Colorado

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Observed Atmospheric and Solar Information System (OASIS) Data for Tucson, Arizona

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for Milford, Utah

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Southwest Solar Research Park (Formerly SolarCAT) Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR) Data for Phoenix, Arizona

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory collaborates with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to supp...
Wilcox, S. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Bifacial PV Test-Bed Irradiance Measurements

Data for 2 front-facing and 4 rear-facing IMT irradiance sensors placed on a scaled-down setup that replicate a PV array in a highly-reflective rooftop. The test-bed consist of 3 rows of 20x2ft aluminum sheets (the “panels”), supported by a Unistrut structure, with 6 irra...
Ayala Pelaez, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 10, 2019
1 Resources
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Utility-Scale Solar, 2021 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", 2021 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...
Bolinger, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Sep 30, 2021
2 Resources
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Manufacturing Thermal Energy Use in 2014

The first data set estimates thermal energy use (i.e., fuels combusted for process heating, boilers, and combined heat and power/cogeneration) by end use, temperature, county, and facility employment size class for all U.S. manufacturing industries in 2014. The estimation methodol...
McMillan, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 27, 2019
6 Resources
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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
Wheeler, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oct 23, 2022
1 Resources
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Multi-Application Digital Elevation Surface Model (MADES) Sample Release

The dataset represents a sample of digital surface models (DSM) tiles representing orthometric surface heights on the Earth. The dataset includes a small sample of DSM tiles (50) as a pre-release. The data is a derivative of USGS Lidar data collected mostly over the last decade. T...
Zisman, S. et al NREL
Jun 28, 2024
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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, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 28, 2020
6 Resources
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NREL Vehicle Testing and Integration Facility (VTIF): Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (RSR); Golden, Colorado (Data)

This measurement station at NREL's Vehicle Testing and Integration Facility (VTIF) monitors global horizontal, direct normal, and diffuse horizontal irradiance to define the amount of solar energy that hits this particular location. The solar measurement instrumentation is also ac...
Lustbader, J. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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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
3 Resources
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Oahu Solar Measurement Grid (1-Year Archive): 1-Second Solar Irradiance; Oahu, Hawaii (Data)

Seventeen measurement stations in the south western region of the island of Oahu collected data at 1-second intervals over the course of a year. The sensors are located in a 1-kilometer grid and the information then can be used to predict what PV outputs might be at 1-second inte...
Sengupta, M. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Xcel Energy Comanche Station: Pueblo, Colorado (Data)

A partnership with industry 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 i...
Stoffel, T. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Feb 19, 2015
2 Resources
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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, T. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 2014
2 Resources
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Solar irradiance data from Nevada Power's Clark Station, Las Vegas, Nevada

A partnership with the University of Nevada 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 diff...
Stoffel, T. and Andreas, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dec 17, 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
0 Stars
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