Utility-Scale Energy Technology Capacity Factors
This chart indicates the range of recent capacity factor estimates for utility-scale renewable energy technologies. The dots indicate the average, and the vertical lines represent the range: Average +1 standard deviation and average -1 standard deviation.
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Source: NREL (July 2010)
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Sources:
- Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?, U.S. Greenhouse Gas Abatement Mapping Initiative Report Inputs, McKinsey, (2007).
- EERE Renewable Energy Data Book. (2008). Based on ASES, 20% Wind Report 2007, NREL ReEDS market analysis, 3-Tier assessment, GPRA reports, team analysis. September.
- Electricity Working Group. (2008). Changes to the AEO2009, August.
- Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2009. (2009). Table 8.2. DOE/EIA-0554.
- Tiered Carbon Impacts Analysis EERE, MARKAL Inputs (2008).
- GPRA Analysis 2009.
- "Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis." (2008). Presentation at NARUC, Lazard, June.
- Inputs to the 20% Wind Report. (2007). Black and Veatch market analysis.
- Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants. (2007). Volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity - Final Report DOE/NETL-2007/1281, (Original, May; Revision 1, August)
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), Update on the Cost of Nuclear Power, May 2009.
- Pier Advanced Generation Roadmap - Background Paper, Draft Consultant Report, Prepared For: California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research Program, Prepared By: Navigant Consulting, Inc., CEC-500-2009-086-D, August 2009.
- Renewable Energy Cost Of Generation Update, Pier Interim Project Report, Prepared For: California Energy Commission, Public Interest Energy Research Program, Prepared By: KEMA, Inc., CEC-500-2009-084, August 2009.
