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On-Site Wind Energy Project Feasibility Checklist
Provided by FEMP, this checklist helps organizations evaluate whether an on-site wind energy project is viable. It covers technical considerations such as wind resource assessment, site suitability, interconnection, and equipment selection, as well as economic, environmental, and ...
Program, M. U.S. Department of Energy
Mar 21, 2023
Marine and Hydrokinetic Resource Maps and Data
This resource page consolidates maps and datasets for marine and hydrokinetic energy resources. Users can access regional and national assessments of wave energy, tidal stream energy, ocean currents, and in-stream river power. The datasets include spatially gridded resource intens...
NLR
Dec 16, 2024
Global Wind Atlas
Developed by the Technical University of Denmark and the World Bank, the Global Wind Atlas offers freely accessible maps of wind resource potential worldwide. Using mesoscale modeling and microscale downscaling, the atlas provides data layers showing mean wind speeds, wind power d...
Badger, J. et al World Bank Group
Dec 31, 2024
Renewable Energy Integration in Remote Alaska Communities
NREL technical report examining renewable energy integration pathways in remote Alaska, with attention to microgrids serving community and health facilities. Topics include resource assessments, hybrid diesel, renewable configurations, storage, controls, and operational strategies...
Meadows, R. et al NLR
Jan 01, 2025
Resilience and Economics of Microgrids with PV, Battery Storage, and Networked Diesel Generators
Current designs and assessments of microgrids have ignored component reliability, leading to significant errors in predicting a microgrid's performance while islanded. Existing life cycle cost studies on hybrid microgrids—which combine photovoltaics (PV), battery storage and net...
Marqusee, J. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2020
JEDI: Jobs and Economic Development Impact Models
NREL's JEDI models provide transparent, user-friendly tools for estimating the jobs and economic impacts associated with energy projects, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and fossil fuels. Users input project-specific data such as capital costs, local spending, and job ...
NLR
Apr 20, 2024
Optimal Operation for Resilient and Economic Modes in an Islanded Alaskan Grid
Legacy energy management systems for distribution system or microgrids are typically driven by economics. During extreme events, resiliency can be defined as ability of the system to keep supplying critical loads. Resilient operation during extreme events (e.g. avalanche in Alaska...
Pandey, S. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2019
PRAS: Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Suite
PRAS is a modeling suite developed by NREL that performs probabilistic resource adequacy assessments for power systems. It incorporates weather variability, generator outages, and demand uncertainty to estimate metrics such as loss of load expectation (LOLE). Users can explore how...
NLR
Apr 20, 2025
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
Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator
This online calculator from NREL allows users to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for a wide range of technologies, including solar, wind, storage, and conventional generation. Users input parameters such as capital cost, operating and maintenance cost, capacity factor...
NLR
Mar 30, 2026
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