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 developments in 2023, this report explores trends in deployment, technology, capital and operating costs, capacity factors, the levelized cost of solar energy (LCOE), power purchase agreement (PPA) prices, wholesale market value, net value, and interconnection queue data.
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AB - 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 developments in 2023, this report explores trends in deployment, technology, capital and operating costs, capacity factors, the levelized cost of solar energy (LCOE), power purchase agreement (PPA) prices, wholesale market value, net value, and interconnection queue data.
AU - Seel, Joachim
A2 - Mulvaney Kemp, Julie
A3 - Cheyette, Anna
A4 - Millstein, Dev
A5 - Gorman, Will
A6 - Jeong, Seongeun
A7 - Robson, Dana
A8 - Setiawan, Rachman
A9 - Bolinger, Mark
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.25984/2460457
KW - energy
KW - power
KW - solar
KW - Berkeley Lab
KW - capital costs
KW - capacity factors
KW - LCOE
KW - power Purchase agreements
KW - wholesale market value
KW - utility-scale solar
KW - PV
KW - Battery
KW - operating costs
KW - interconnection queue
KW - Market Analysis
KW - hourly generation
KW - plant-level data
KW - market value
KW - PPA
KW - power purchase agreement
KW - capacity
KW - generation
KW - hourly
KW - market
KW - analysis
KW - CSP
KW - photovoltaic
KW - ground-mounted
KW - data
KW - plant-level
KW - solar power
KW - utility-scale
KW - solar energy
LA - English
DA - 2024/09/27
PY - 2024
PB - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
T1 - 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)
UR - https://doi.org/10.25984/2460457
ER -
Seel, Joachim, et al. 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). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 27 September, 2024, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/2460457.
Seel, J., Mulvaney Kemp, J., Cheyette, A., Millstein, D., Gorman, W., Jeong, S., Robson, D., Setiawan, R., & Bolinger, M. (2024). 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). [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. https://doi.org/10.25984/2460457
Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Dev Millstein, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, Dana Robson, Rachman Setiawan, and Mark Bolinger. 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). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, September, 27, 2024. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/2460457
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title = {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)},
author = {Seel, Joachim and Mulvaney Kemp, Julie and Cheyette, Anna and Millstein, Dev and Gorman, Will and Jeong, Seongeun and Robson, Dana and Setiawan, Rachman and Bolinger, Mark},
abstractNote = {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 developments in 2023, this report explores trends in deployment, technology, capital and operating costs, capacity factors, the levelized cost of solar energy (LCOE), power purchase agreement (PPA) prices, wholesale market value, net value, and interconnection queue data.},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/6200},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, https://doi.org/10.25984/2460457},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-08},
doi = {10.25984/2460457}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.25984/2460457
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Data from Sep 27, 2024
Last updated Oct 14, 2024
Submitted Sep 27, 2024
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Contact
Joachim Seel
510.486.5087
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Keywords
energy, power, solar, Berkeley Lab, capital costs, capacity factors, LCOE, power Purchase agreements, wholesale market value, utility-scale solar, PV, Battery, operating costs, interconnection queue, Market Analysis, hourly generation, plant-level data, market value, PPA, power purchase agreement, capacity, generation, hourly, market, analysis, CSP, photovoltaic, ground-mounted, data, plant-level, solar power, utility-scale, solar energyDOE Project Details
Project Name Analysis of Solar Markets
Project Number 38444