Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist
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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. The checklist supports users in selecting reliable data for resource assessments, modeling, and policy analysis, ensuring that decisions are based on sound information.
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AB - 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. The checklist supports users in selecting reliable data for resource assessments, modeling, and policy analysis, ensuring that decisions are based on sound information.
AU - NREL, U.S. Agency for International Development
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Wind energy
KW - Financing
KW - Business models
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
KW - Case studies
KW - Performance
LA - English
DA - 2026/01/01
PY - 2026
PB - NLR
T1 - Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129
ER -
NREL, U.S. Agency for International Development. Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist. NLR, 1 January, 2026, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129.
NREL, U. (2026). Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129
NREL, U.S. Agency for International Development. Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist. NLR, January, 1, 2026. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_129,
title = {Renewable Energy Data Assessment Checklist},
author = {NREL, U.S. Agency for International Development},
abstractNote = {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. The checklist supports users in selecting reliable data for resource assessments, modeling, and policy analysis, ensuring that decisions are based on sound information.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/129},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06}
}
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Data from Jan 1, 2026
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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U.S. Agency for International Development NREL
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