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Exploring the Big Challenge Ahead: Insights on the Path to a Net-Zero Power Sector by 2035
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NREL Releases Comprehensive Databases of Local Ordinances for Siting Wind, Solar Energy Projects
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Annual Technology Baseline: The 2022 Electricity Update

Distributed Wind Energy Futures Study

Interregional Renewable Energy Zones in National Transmission Analysis

Storage Futures Study: Key Learnings for the Coming Decades

Summer 2022 Quarterly Solar Industry Update

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CREST: Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool

dGenTM: Distributed Generation Market Demand Model

NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database

PRAS: Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Suite

ReEDS: Regional Energy Deployment System Model

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