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REopt
REopt is a techno-economic optimization platform developed by NREL that recommends optimal sizes and dispatch strategies for distributed energy resources including solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, batteries, and thermal technologies based on site specific load profiles, utility...
NLR
Dec 31, 2025
How Microgrids for Data Centers Increase Resilience, Optimize Costs and Improve Sustainability
This Schneider Electric white paper discusses the benefits of deploying microgrids at data centers. It analyzes how microgrids provide resilience during grid outages, integrate onsite renewables and storage to reduce energy costs, and support sustainability goals through emissions...
Baumann, C. Schneider Electric
Jul 26, 2020
Pumped Storage Hydropower Supply Curves
NREL's pumped storage hydropower (PSH) supply curves integrate data on reservoir pairs, elevation differences, energy storage capacity, and cost estimates to estimate the potential energy and cost of developing new PSH projects. The dataset and interactive map categorize potential...
NLR
Mar 09, 2025
Renewable Energy Supply Curves
NREL's renewable energy supply curve analysis provides a framework for evaluating the quantity and quality of renewable resources such as wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, and biomass relative to their cost. Supply curves plot the cumulative capacity or energy available at or b...
NLR
Mar 25, 2025
Solar Supply Curves
Like the wind supply curves, NREL's solar supply curve dataset integrates high resolution solar resource data, land-use constraints, and cost assumptions to estimate the potential capacity and levelized cost of solar photovoltaic development across the United States. The interacti...
NLR
Jan 06, 2025
Wind Supply Curves
NREL's wind supply curve tool compiles high resolution wind resource data and transmission information to produce supply curves that show the relationship between wind resource quality, capacity, and cost. The interactive map and downloadable dataset help analysts and developers i...
NLR
Mar 25, 2025
Modelling of Non-linear CHP Efficiency Curves in Distributed Energy Systems
Distributed energy resources gain an increased importance in commercial and industrial building design. Combined heat and power (CHP) units are considered as one of the key technologies for cost and emission reduction in buildings. In order to make optimal decisions on investment ...
Milan, C. et al Aalborg University
May 31, 2015
2024 Electricity ATB Technologies and Data Overview
The 2024 Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) compiles current and projected cost and performance characteristics for a wide range of electricity generation technologies, including solar, wind, fossil, nuclear, and storage systems. This overview summarizes key assumptions ...
NLR
Aug 22, 2024
Residential Consumer Guide to Solar Energy
Published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), this guide helps consumers navigate the process of adopting residential solar power. It explains how solar photovoltaic systems work, outlines factors to consider when selecting equipment and installers, and describes fi...
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Jun 30, 2025
Standard Scenario Viewer and Data Downloader
The Standard Scenarios provide a set of forward looking projections for the U.S. electric power sector to 2050, reflecting varying assumptions about technology costs, fuel prices, policies, and demand growth. NREL updates these scenarios annually; the 2024 edition includes 61 scen...
NLR
Jan 28, 2026
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