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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
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
Community Solar Scenario Tool
The Community Solar Scenario Tool (CSST) developed by NREL allows users to model different community solar program designs and assess their impacts on subscribers and utility finances. It calculates bill savings, project revenues, and costs under various subscription structures, i...
NLR
Aug 23, 2025
Scaling Up Community Solar in Alaska
The report provides a roadmap for future developments of community solar.
Bhagat, S. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks
Oct 31, 2024
Clean Energy for Resilient Communities: Expanding Solar Generation in Baltimore's Low-Income Neighborhoods
Commissioned by the Abell Foundation and authored by the Clean Energy Group, this report explores how solar energy can improve resilience in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore. It evaluates opportunities for installing solar PV and storage on community buildings, examines finan...
Sanders, R. and Milford, L. Clean Energy Group (Prepared for the Abell Foundation)
Jan 31, 2014
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic System and Energy Storage Cost Benchmark: Q1 2020
NREL's cost benchmark report documents installed costs for solar PV and PV-plus-storage systems as of the first quarter of 2020. It uses a bottom-up methodology that captures variation in system design, regional labor rates and soft costs. The report shows that the cost of residen...
Feldman, D. et al NLR
Dec 31, 2020
Solar Photovoltaics in Severe Weather: Cost Considerations for Storm Hardening PV Systems for Resilience
Solar photovoltaic (PV) power has many advantages as a resilient power source, including the ability to provide power after a natural disaster. While solar arrays often survive severe weather events, systems are occasionally compromised and left unable to provide power. For PV sy...
Elsworth, J. and Van Geet, O. NLR
May 31, 2020
Performance Evaluation and Costs of a Combined Ground Source Heat Pump and Solar Photovoltaic Storage System in an Extreme Cold Climate
This report outlines the effectiveness and economics of a ground source heat pump system installed together with solar photovoltaic panels and a battery storage system in a local community building situated in a cold climate. The community building is a tribal building located in ...
Truffer-Moudra, D. et al NLR
May 31, 2023
Solar Thermoelectricity via Advanced Latent Heat Storage: A Cost-Effective Small-Scale CSP Application
We are developing a novel concentrating solar electricity-generating technology that is both modular and dispatchable. Solar Thermoelectricity via Advanced Latent heat Storage (STEALS) uses concentrated solar flux to generate high-temperature thermal energy, which directly convert...
Glatzmaier, G. et al NLR
Jun 26, 2017
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
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