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 below a given cost, integrating resource quality, technological assumptions, and spatial constraints. This resource presents aggregated supply curves for multiple technologies, enabling analysts to compare resource competitiveness and identify cost effective portfolios. Supply curves support integrated resource planning, policy analysis, and long-term scenario modeling.
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AB - 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 below a given cost, integrating resource quality, technological assumptions, and spatial constraints. This resource presents aggregated supply curves for multiple technologies, enabling analysts to compare resource competitiveness and identify cost effective portfolios. Supply curves support integrated resource planning, policy analysis, and long-term scenario modeling.
AU - NLR
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Wind energy
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Geothermal
KW - Hydropower
KW - Marine energy
KW - Marine hydrokinetic
KW - Ocean energy
KW - Financing
KW - Business models
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
KW - Policy and regulation
KW - Policy
KW - Regulation
LA - English
DA - 2025/03/26
PY - 2025
PB - NLR
T1 - Renewable Energy Supply Curves
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364
ER -
NLR. Renewable Energy Supply Curves. NLR, 26 March, 2025, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364.
NLR. (2025). Renewable Energy Supply Curves. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364
NLR. Renewable Energy Supply Curves. NLR, March, 26, 2025. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_364,
title = {Renewable Energy Supply Curves},
author = {NLR},
abstractNote = {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 below a given cost, integrating resource quality, technological assumptions, and spatial constraints. This resource presents aggregated supply curves for multiple technologies, enabling analysts to compare resource competitiveness and identify cost effective portfolios. Supply curves support integrated resource planning, policy analysis, and long-term scenario modeling.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/364},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-18}
}
Details
Data from Mar 26, 2025
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
Organization
NLR
Contact
Galen Maclaurin
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