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U.S. Solar Photovoltaic BESS System Cost Benchmark Q1 2020 Report (Data File)
NREL has been modeling U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) system costs since 2009. This year, our report benchmarks costs of U.S. PV for residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems, with and without storage, built in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020). The methodology includes b...
Feldman, D. et al NLR
Jan 20, 2025
2019 Annual Technology Baseline ATB Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
Similar to the 2020 dataset, this resource offers cost and performance metrics for electricity generation technologies as documented in NREL's 2019 Annual Technology Baseline. It includes capital costs, operating costs, capacity factors, and technology lifetimes across categories ...
Vimmerstedt, L. et al NLR
Dec 17, 2024
Private, State, and Federal Funding and Financing Options to Enable Resilient, Affordable, and Clean Microgrids
This joint report by NARUC and the National Association of State Energy Officials compiles funding and financing mechanisms available to support microgrid projects. It describes federal grants and loan programs, state incentives, and private-sector financing models such as third-p...
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, N.
Dec 31, 2020
HYDRA
HYDRA (Hydropower Resource Assessment Tool) developed by NREL analyzes stream gauge data, topography, and land use to identify locations where new run-of-river or conduit hydropower projects might be feasible. The tool evaluates technical potential by estimating head, flow, and th...
NLR
Mar 30, 2026
Cambium
Cambium is an NREL data set and tool that offers hour-by-hour projections of marginal emissions and electricity costs across U.S. regions under multiple future scenarios. The tool combines technology cost assumptions, policy contexts, and generation mix trajectories to produce dat...
NLR
Apr 27, 2025
The Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator
Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Berkeley Lab, and Resource Innovations, the ICE Calculator estimates the economic costs associated with power outages for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Users input outage duration, frequency, and customer characteris...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, R.
Dec 31, 2025
FEMP Screening Map
The FEMP Screening Map dataset provides geospatial layers that help federal agencies evaluate the suitability of sites for renewable energy projects. The dataset includes information on solar resource availability, wind speeds, land use, proximity to transmission lines, and enviro...
NLR
Jul 28, 2022
Valuing Resilience for Microgrids: Challenges, Innovative Approaches, and State Needs
A comprehensive report by NARUC and partners examines how microgrids can enhance resilience and the challenges of valuing that resilience. It clarifies that a microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that can operate connected to or islanded fr...
Rickerson, W. et al National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Jan 31, 2022
Microgrid Roadmap 1.0
Developed by the Colorado Energy Office and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, this roadmap offers guidance on planning, financing, and deploying microgrids in the state. It identifies priority use cases, outlines regulatory and technical considerations, and recommends stra...
Colorado Energy Office, C.
Dec 31, 2024
Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist
Developed by NREL, USAID, and partners, this spreadsheet checklist helps analysts and planners evaluate renewable energy data sets for quality, completeness, and suitability for planning purposes. It covers metadata, temporal and spatial coverage, data accuracy, and documentation....
NREL, U. NLR
Dec 31, 2025
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