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    • County-Level Hourly Renewable Capacity Factor Dataset for the ReEDS Model

    Metadata Updated: January 24, 2024

    This dataset contains hourly capacity factors for each renewable resource class and region (in this case, county). Technologies like large-scale utility PV (UPV), onshore wind, offshore wind, and concentrating solar power (CSP) are included. The dataset contains 7 years of hourly weather data (2007-2013) for different sites across the US and is used as one of the inputs to the ReEDS-2.0 model (see the "ReEDS 2.0 GitHub Repository" resource link below), developed by NREL. The weather profiles apply to any capacity that exists or is built in each region and class. This helps calculate the generation that can be provided using these resources.

    Open, reference, and limited are 3 scenarios based on land-use allowance, derived from the Renewable Energy Potential (reV) model developed by NREL, which helps generate supply curves for renewable technologies and assess the maximum potential of renewable resources in a designated area. Each zipped file in this dataset corresponds to a technology and contains the respective land-use scenario files required to run that technology in ReEDS.

    To use this dataset, download and place the extracted files in the locally cloned ReEDS repository inside one of the folders (inputs/variability/multi_year). After completing this copy, upon running the ReEDS model at the county-level spatial resolution for respective analysis purposes, the program will detect the presence of these files and will not fail.

    Access & Use Information

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

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 24, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from OpenEI data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 24, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date January 24, 2024
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    Maintainer
    Doi 10.25984/2282347
    Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/5986
    Data First Published 2023-08-01T06:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2024-01-23T22:54:21Z
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 019:20
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    Homepage URL https://data.openei.org/submissions/5986
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Projectnumber FY23 AOP 2.4.0.1
    Projecttitle ReEDS Spatial Flexibility
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