Hourly Wind and Solar Generation Profiles at 1/8th Degree Resolution
Authors/Creators
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Description
Hourly Wind and Solar Generation Profiles at 1/8th Degree Resolution
This dataset uses regional atmospheric climate model output to simulate wind and solar power generation across the entire contiguous US. This data is particularly useful for obtaining power production profiles at new locations or locations where only short records exist, or to study climate change impacts. We assume that a generic power plant exists at each grid cell and model the power output for solar at the surface and wind at 80, 100 and 125 meter hub heights. The data consists of a historical period 1980-2022 and several future scenarios that extend from 2020-2099.
- Code: https://github.com/GODEEEP/tgw-gen/
- Underlying climate data and description of the future scenarios: https://tgw-data.msdlive.org/
- The NREL reV model was used to produce these profiles: https://github.com/NREL/reV
Data
The dataset consists of a series of netcdf files, one per year, grouped together based on resource type, climate scenario, and year range. The data is available as capacity factors which can be scaled to any desired plant size.
Please see the data directory below to find the appropriate record for your purposes.
- solar
- wind
- historical
- rcp45cooler
- 80 meter
- 100 meter
- 125 meter
- rcp45hotter
- 80 meter
- 100 meter
- 125 meter
- rcp85cooler
- 80 meter
- 100 meter
- 125 meter
- rcp85hotter
- 80 meter
- 100 meter
- 125 meter
This research was supported by the Grid Operations, Decarbonization, Environmental and Energy Equity Platform (GODEEEP) Investment, under the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
PNNL is a multi-program national laboratory operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Battelle Memorial Institute under Contract No. DE-AC05-76RL01830.
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