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United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023

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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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TY - DATA 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 -
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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: 2025-07-06} }

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Data from Jun 14, 2025

Last updated Jun 27, 2025

Submitted Jun 16, 2025

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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NREL Geospatial Data Science

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NREL Geospatial Data Science

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Project Name Solar Siting and Land-use in Decarbonized Energy Systems

Project Number 38421

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