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2016 Annual Technology Baseline

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Current and future cost and performance data for electricity generating technologies, including both renewable and conventional technologies.

Cost and performance data for electricity generating technologies

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NREL annually documents a realistic and timely set of input assumptions (e.g., technology cost, fuel costs), and a diverse set of potential futures (Standard Scenarios) to support and inform electric sector analysis in the United States.

NREL annually documents a realistic and timely set of input assumptions (e.g., technology cost, fuel costs), and a diverse set of potential futures (Standard Scenarios)... more

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This presentation augments the data in the ATB spreadsheet with a description and discussion of each of the technologies.

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TY  - DATA
AB  - Current and future cost and performance data for electricity generating technologies, including both renewable and conventional technologies.
AU  - Hand, Maureen
A2  - Kurup, Parthiv
A3  - Feldman, David
A4  - Sigrin, Benjamin
A5  - Lantz, Eric
A6  - Stehly, Tyler
A7  - Augustine, Chad
A8  - Truchi, Craig
DB  - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP  - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO  - 
KW  - wind
KW  - PV
KW  - photovoltaic
KW  - concentrating solar power
KW  - LCOE
KW  - geothermal
KW  - hydropower
KW  - CAPEX
KW  - overnight capital cost
KW  - cost and performance
KW  - projection
KW  - RE
KW  - US
KW  - renewable energy
LA  - English
DA  - 2016/09/12
PY  - 2016
PB  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1  - 2016 Annual Technology Baseline
UR  - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8157
ER  -

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Hand, Maureen, et al. 2016 Annual Technology Baseline. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 12 September, 2016, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/52.

Hand, M., Kurup, P., Feldman, D., Sigrin, B., Lantz, E., Stehly, T., Augustine, C., & Truchi, C. (2016). 2016 Annual Technology Baseline. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/52

Hand, Maureen, Parthiv Kurup, David Feldman, Benjamin Sigrin, Eric Lantz, Tyler Stehly, Chad Augustine, and Craig Truchi. 2016 Annual Technology Baseline. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September, 12, 2016.  Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/52

@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8157,
title = {2016 Annual Technology Baseline},
author = {Hand, Maureen and Kurup, Parthiv and Feldman, David and Sigrin, Benjamin and Lantz, Eric and Stehly, Tyler and Augustine, Chad and Truchi, Craig},
abstractNote = {Current and future cost and performance data for electricity generating technologies, including both renewable and conventional technologies.},
url = {https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/52},
year = {2016},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/52},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-18}
}

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Data from Sep 12, 2016

Last updated May 22, 2026

Submitted Sep 12, 2016