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Federal
Utility-Scale Solar, 2025 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)
Department of Energy —
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory compiled and synthesized empirical data on the U.S. utility-scale solar sector. Utility-scale solar is defined here to include... -
Federal
SMART-DS Synthetic Electrical Network Data OpenDSS Models for SFO, GSO, and AUS
Department of Energy —
The SMART-DS datasets (Synthetic Models for Advanced, Realistic Testing: Distribution systems and Scenarios) are realistic large-scale U.S. electrical distribution... -
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2024 County-Level Hourly Renewable Capacity Factor Dataset for the ReEDS Model
Department of Energy —
This dataset contains hourly capacity factors for each renewable resource class and region (in this case, county). Technologies like large-scale utility PV (UPV),... -
Federal
Wind and Structural Loads on Heliostats
Department of Energy —
Wind loading is a main contributor to structural design costs of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors, such as heliostats. These structures must resist the... -
Federal
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)
Department of Energy —
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,... -
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Error-Level-Controlled Synthetic Forecasts for Renewable Generation
Department of Energy —
Renewable energy resources, including solar and wind energy, play a significant role in sustainable energy systems. However, the inherent uncertainty and... -
Federal
Solar Radiation Monitoring Station (SoRMS): Humboldt State University, Arcata, California (Data)
Department of Energy —
A partnership with HSU and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect solar data to support future solar power generation in... -
Federal
Utility-Scale Solar, 2022 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)
Department of Energy —
Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2022 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery,... -
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WaterTAP-REFLO Simulations of Solar Energy Integrated Desalination Systems for KBHDP and Permian Basin Case Studies
Department of Energy —
This submission includes model simulations for several solar-integrated desalination water treatment systems. The simulations revolve around two different case... -
Federal
Linearized Distribution Optimal Power Flow for OEDI SI
Department of Energy —
This research is to meant to demonstrate the OEDI SI use case for distributed optimal power flow (DOPF). The goal was to formulate the optimal power flow problem in... -
Federal
Sun Spot One (SS1): San Luis Valley, Colorado (Data)
Department of Energy —
A partnership with industry and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to collect solar data to support future solar power generation... -
Federal
Utility-Scale Solar, 2021 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)
Department of Energy —
Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2021 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery,... -
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Wind and Structural Loads on Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors at Nevada Solar One
Department of Energy —
Wind loading is a main contributor to structural design costs of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors, such as heliostats and parabolic troughs. These... -
Federal
Utility-Scale Solar, 2023 Edition: Analysis of Empirical Plant-level Data from U.S. Ground-mounted PV, PV+battery, and CSP Plants (exceeding 5 MWAC)
Department of Energy —
Berkeley Labs "Utility-Scale Solar", 2023 Edition presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery,...