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    • Availability Estimates of Low-Cost, Dispatch-Constrained Electricity (LDE)

    Metadata Updated: January 20, 2025

    This dataset accompanies the report "Potential Availability of and Supply Curves for Low-Cost, Dispatch-Constrained Electricity", which provides initial estimates of the quantity and availability of the potential low-cost, dispatch-constrained electricity (LDE) resource in the United States under scenarios with high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetrations. The analysis also estimates supply curves that can be used in subsequent analysis of the opportunity to use the LDE. The estimated LDE resource could be used for various applications that value low-cost electricity and can operate at reduced capacity factors, including electrolytic hydrogen production and carbon capture. The analysis accompanying this dataset was performed in 2018-2019 to support an analysis of "The Technical and Economic Potential of the H2@Scale Concept within the United States" (https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/77610.pdf). This dataset includes the quantity of estimated LDE resource for each hour of the year in 2050, aggregated to both the national level and the ReEDS balancing area level. As described in the accompanying report, the ReEDS model was used to project the evolution of the power sector over time. Links to the mapping of ReEDS balancing areas to states and ReEDS balancing area shape files are provided. This dataset also includes the report figure data.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2025
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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    Data First Published 2023-02-20T22:56:13Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-01-17T20:59:25Z
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    Homepage URL https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/211
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Projectnumber FY19 AOP 5.3.0.7
    Projecttitle H2@Scale Technoeconomic Analysis
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