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?s technology development programs determine estimates for use in program planning.
The Transparent Cost Database collects program cost and performance estimates for EERE technologies in a public forum where they can be viewed and compared to other published estimates. The database includes literature on technology cost, performance estimates and levelized costs (both current and future projections) for:
* electricity generation
* biofuels
* vehicles
All data are downloadable for full transparency.
Levelized cost calculation parameters for all three areas can be adjusted and the dynamic results can be downloaded in CSV or as a formatted spreadsheet.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Technology Cost Database for Renewables (TCDB) has been decommissioned and replaced with the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB).
DOE-019-8574922225
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TY - DATA
AB - 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?s technology development programs determine estimates for use in program planning.
The Transparent Cost Database collects program cost and performance estimates for EERE technologies in a public forum where they can be viewed and compared to other published estimates. The database includes literature on technology cost, performance estimates and levelized costs (both current and future projections) for:
* electricity generation
* biofuels
* vehicles
All data are downloadable for full transparency.
Levelized cost calculation parameters for all three areas can be adjusted and the dynamic results can be downloaded in CSV or as a formatted spreadsheet.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Technology Cost Database for Renewables (TCDB) has been decommissioned and replaced with the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB).
DOE-019-8574922225
AU - Staff, TCDB
A2 - Laboratory, National Renewable Energy
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - biofuels
KW - biopower
KW - coal
KW - electricity generation
KW - energy
KW - energy costs
KW - energy efficiency
KW - fuel cell
KW - fuels
KW - geothermal
KW - hydro energy
KW - lcod
KW - lcoe
KW - lcof
KW - nuclear
KW - renewable energy
KW - solar energy
KW - vehicles
KW - wind energy
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/433
ER -
Staff, TCDB, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/433.
Staff, T., & Laboratory, N. (2014). Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.openei.org/submissions/433
Staff, TCDB and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/433
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_433,
title = {Transparent Cost Database: Generation, BioFuels, Vehicle Levelized Costs},
author = {Staff, TCDB and Laboratory, National Renewable Energy},
abstractNote = {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?s technology development programs determine estimates for use in program planning.
The Transparent Cost Database collects program cost and performance estimates for EERE technologies in a public forum where they can be viewed and compared to other published estimates. The database includes literature on technology cost, performance estimates and levelized costs (both current and future projections) for:
* electricity generation
* biofuels
* vehicles
All data are downloadable for full transparency.
Levelized cost calculation parameters for all three areas can be adjusted and the dynamic results can be downloaded in CSV or as a formatted spreadsheet.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Technology Cost Database for Renewables (TCDB) has been decommissioned and replaced with the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB).
DOE-019-8574922225},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/433},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.openei.org/submissions/433},
note = {Accessed: 2025-04-30}
}
Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Apr 16, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
TCDB Staff
