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)

Metadata Updated: October 3, 2023

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, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developments in 2022, this report explores trends in deployment, technology, capital and operating costs, capacity factors, the levelized cost of solar energy (LCOE), power purchase agreement (PPA) prices, wholesale market value, and interconnection queue data.

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

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Plant-level Annual UPV Energy and Capacity...EXCEL
Annual (2012-2022) energy and capacity value (both expressed in $2022/MWh) by...

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The project page includes a technical brief, a power point presentation,...

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Plant-level Hourly Generation estimates.zipZIP
Hourly plant-level generation estimates (2012-2022) based on plant-specific...

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User guide for Utility-Scale Solar Generation...PDF
A user guide to the Plant-level Hourly Generation Estimates

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2023 Utility-Scale Solar Data Update.xlsmEXCEL
Workbook that summarizes the main findings of the project publication.

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Metadata Created Date	September 22, 2023
Metadata Updated Date	October 3, 2023

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Metadata Created Date	September 22, 2023
Metadata Updated Date	October 3, 2023
Publisher	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Maintainer	Joachim Seel
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Data First Published	2023-09-05T06:00:00Z
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