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

Published by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Department of Energy | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-06-27T21:24:56Z
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

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identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8433
issued 2025-06-14T06:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
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  "Power Profiles",
  "Siting Lab",
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  "Solar PV",
  "Solar Power",
  "Utility PV",
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license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2025-06-27T21:24:56Z
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projectTitle Solar Siting and Land-use in Decarbonized Energy Systems
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title United State Utility-Scale Solar PV Representative Profiles 1998-2023

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