United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023
This data packet contains hourly generation profiles (representative profiles) for utility-scale PV across the contiguous United States. Hourly representative generation profiles are available for each reV supply curve site (~60,000 sites) which represents about 11.5 KM x 11.5 KM square envelope area. It contains capacity factor power profiles (AC) that can be linked directly to the capacity available in the supply curve. This data packet contains information for the reference scenario.
For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Gabriel R. Zuckerman, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Marie Rivers, Owen Roberts, Travis Williams, Donna Heimiller, Sophie-Min Thomson, Trieu Mai, and Wesley Cole. Renewable Energy Technical Potential
and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2024. NREL/TP-6A20-91900
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AB - This data packet contains hourly generation profiles (representative profiles) for utility-scale PV across the contiguous United States. Hourly representative generation profiles are available for each reV supply curve site (~60,000 sites) which represents about 11.5 KM x 11.5 KM square envelope area. It contains capacity factor power profiles (AC) that can be linked directly to the capacity available in the supply curve. This data packet contains information for the reference scenario.
For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Gabriel R. Zuckerman, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Marie Rivers, Owen Roberts, Travis Williams, Donna Heimiller, Sophie-Min Thomson, Trieu Mai, and Wesley Cole. Renewable Energy Technical Potential
and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2024. NREL/TP-6A20-91900
AU - Geospatial Data Science, NREL
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - representative profiles
KW - reV rep-profiles
KW - Utility PV
KW - Power Profiles
KW - Solar Power
KW - Solar PV
KW - Siting Lab
KW - Hourly generation
KW - SitingLab
LA - English
DA - 2025/06/14
PY - 2025
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
T1 - United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433
ER -
Geospatial Data Science, NREL. United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 14 June, 2025, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433.
Geospatial Data Science, N. (2025). United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433
Geospatial Data Science, NREL. United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), June, 14, 2025. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8433,
title = {United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023},
author = {Geospatial Data Science, NREL},
abstractNote = {This data packet contains hourly generation profiles (representative profiles) for utility-scale PV across the contiguous United States. Hourly representative generation profiles are available for each reV supply curve site (~60,000 sites) which represents about 11.5 KM x 11.5 KM square envelope area. It contains capacity factor power profiles (AC) that can be linked directly to the capacity available in the supply curve. This data packet contains information for the reference scenario.
For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Gabriel R. Zuckerman, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Marie Rivers, Owen Roberts, Travis Williams, Donna Heimiller, Sophie-Min Thomson, Trieu Mai, and Wesley Cole. Renewable Energy Technical Potential
and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2024. NREL/TP-6A20-91900},
url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433},
note = {Accessed: 2025-07-30}
}
Details
Data from Jun 14, 2025
Last updated Jun 27, 2025
Submitted Jun 16, 2025
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Contact
NREL Geospatial Data Science
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Research Areas
Keywords
representative profiles, reV rep-profiles, Utility PV, Power Profiles, Solar Power, Solar PV, Siting Lab, Hourly generation, SitingLabDOE Project Details
Project Name Solar Siting and Land-use in Decarbonized Energy Systems
Project Number 38421
