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 interactive map and downloadable shapefiles show how increasing costs open additional resource classes, enabling analysts to determine economically attractive solar deployments under different assumptions. The tool supports planning studies, policy analysis, and resource comparisons by quantifying where solar power can be developed and at what cost.
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TY - DATA
AB - 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 interactive map and downloadable shapefiles show how increasing costs open additional resource classes, enabling analysts to determine economically attractive solar deployments under different assumptions. The tool supports planning studies, policy analysis, and resource comparisons by quantifying where solar power can be developed and at what cost.
AU - NLR
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Battery energy storage
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 - Policy and regulation
KW - Policy
KW - Regulation
LA - English
DA - 2025/01/07
PY - 2025
PB - NLR
T1 - Solar Supply Curves
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367
ER -
NLR. Solar Supply Curves. NLR, 7 January, 2025, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367.
NLR. (2025). Solar Supply Curves. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367
NLR. Solar Supply Curves. NLR, January, 7, 2025. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_367,
title = {Solar Supply Curves},
author = {NLR},
abstractNote = {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 interactive map and downloadable shapefiles show how increasing costs open additional resource classes, enabling analysts to determine economically attractive solar deployments under different assumptions. The tool supports planning studies, policy analysis, and resource comparisons by quantifying where solar power can be developed and at what cost.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/367},
note = {Accessed: 2026-08-06}
}
Details
Data from Jan 7, 2025
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
Organization
NLR
Contact
Marie Rivers
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