2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
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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 updated version of the workbook provides data for the 2020 ATB. In 2019 and 2020, NREL has also provided selected data in Tableau workbooks and structured summary csv files. A website documents this data at https://atb.nlr.gov.
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AB - 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 updated version of the workbook provides data for the 2020 ATB. In 2019 and 2020, NREL has also provided selected data in Tableau workbooks and structured summary csv files. A website documents this data at https://atb.nlr.gov.
AU - Akar, Sertaç
A2 - Beiter, Philipp
A3 - Cole, Wesley
A4 - Feldman, David
A5 - Kurup, Parthiv
A6 - Lantz, Eric
A7 - Margolis, Robert
A8 - Oladosu, Debo
A9 - Stehly, Tyler
A10 - Rhodes, Gregory
A11 - Turchi, Craig
A12 - Vimmerstedt, Laura
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - wind
KW - PV photovoltaic solar energy
KW - concentrating solar power
KW - geothermal
KW - hydropower
KW - battery energy storage
KW - CAPEX
KW - capital expenditures
KW - overnight capital cost
KW - cost and performance
KW - capacity factor
KW - operations and maintenance
KW - projection
KW - renewable energy
KW - United States
KW - levelized cost of energy
KW - LCOE
LA - English
DA - 2020/07/28
PY - 2020
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - 2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8207
ER -
Akar, Sertaç, et al. 2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 28 July, 2020, NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145.
Akar, S., Beiter, P., Cole, W., Feldman, D., Kurup, P., Lantz, E., Margolis, R., Oladosu, D., Stehly, T., Rhodes, G., Turchi, C., & Vimmerstedt, L. (2020). 2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies. [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145
Akar, Sertaç, Philipp Beiter, Wesley Cole, David Feldman, Parthiv Kurup, Eric Lantz, Robert Margolis, Debo Oladosu, Tyler Stehly, Gregory Rhodes, Craig Turchi, and Laura Vimmerstedt. 2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July, 28, 2020. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8207,
title = {2020 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies},
author = {Akar, Sertaç and Beiter, Philipp and Cole, Wesley and Feldman, David and Kurup, Parthiv and Lantz, Eric and Margolis, Robert and Oladosu, Debo and Stehly, Tyler and Rhodes, Gregory and Turchi, Craig and Vimmerstedt, Laura},
abstractNote = {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 updated version of the workbook provides data for the 2020 ATB. In 2019 and 2020, NREL has also provided selected data in Tableau workbooks and structured summary csv files. A website documents this data at https://atb.nlr.gov.},
url = {https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145},
year = {2020},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-17}
}
Details
Data from Jul 28, 2020
Last updated May 22, 2026
Submitted Jul 28, 2020
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Laura Vimmerstedt
Authors
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https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/145Research Areas
Keywords
wind, PV photovoltaic solar energy, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydropower, battery energy storage, CAPEX, capital expenditures, overnight capital cost, cost and performance, capacity factor, operations and maintenance, projection, renewable energy, United States, levelized cost of energy, LCOEDOE Project Details
Project Name Technology Integration, Power Sector Annual Technology Baseline (ATB)
Project Number FY20 AOP 2.4.0.1
