United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023

Description

This data packet contains hourly generation profiles (representative profiles) for utility-scale PV across the contiguous United States. Hourly representative generation profiles are available for each reV supply curve site (~60,000 sites) which represents about 11.5 KM x 11.5 KM square envelope area. It contains capacity factor power profiles (AC) that can be linked directly to the capacity available in the supply curve. This data packet contains information for the reference scenario. For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Gabriel R. Zuckerman, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Marie Rivers, Owen Roberts, Travis Williams, Donna Heimiller, Sophie-Min Thomson, Trieu Mai, and Wesley Cole. Renewable Energy Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2024. NREL/TP-6A20-91900

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 2000 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2000%20%282%29.h5
0 1998 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_1998%20%283%29.h5
0 2020 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2020%20%282%29.h5
0 2004 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2004%20%282%29.h5
0 1999 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_1999%20%282%29.h5
0 2016 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2016%20%282%29.h5
0 2018 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2018%20%282%29.h5
0 2007 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2007%20%282%29.h5
0 2010 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2010%20%282%29.h5
0 2001 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2001%20%282%29.h5
0 2013 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2013%20%282%29.h5
0 2002 denotes the year of weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2002%20%282%29.h5
0 2009 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2009%20%282%29.h5
0 2006 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2006%20%282%29.h5
0 2003 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2003%20%282%29.h5
0 2011denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2011%20%282%29.h5
0 2022 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2022%20%282%29.h5
0 2012 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2012%20%282%29.h5
0 2015 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2015%20%282%29.h5
0 2014 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2014%20%282%29.h5
0 2021 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2021%20%282%29.h5
0 2005 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2005%20%282%29.h5
0 2017 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2017%20%282%29.h5
8 This dataset contains capacity factor power profiles that can be linked directly to the capacity available in the supply curve. See Notebook for joining details. 2012 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles https://data.openei.org/files/8433/solar_reference_access_2035_moderate_supply_curve.csv
0 2019 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2019%20%282%29.h5
0 2008 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2008%20%282%29.h5
0 2023 denotes the year of the weather data/power profiles. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/reference_ac_rep-profiles_2023%20%282%29.h5
37 This Jupyter Notebook demonstrates how to work with and join the capacity information in the Supply Curve CSVs with the temporal profiles in the HDFs. https://data.openei.org/files/8433/How%20to%20Link%20Supply%20Curves%20with%20Temporal%20Profiles.ipynb
33 Renewable Energy Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition publication for more information on project specifics. https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/91900.pdf

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  • rev-rep-profiles
  • utility-pv
  • representative-profiles
  • siting-lab
  • solar-pv
  • hourly-generation
  • sitinglab
  • solar-power
  • power-profiles

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