Energy Analysis Data and Tools
Explore our free data and tools for assessing, analyzing, optimizing, and modeling renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
Search or sort the table below to find a specific data source, model, or tool. For additional resources, view the full list of NREL data and tools or the NREL Data Catalog.| Data, Tool, or Model | Primary Use | Energy Technology or Source | Primary Geographic Area | Publicly Available | System Cost Analysis | System Performance Analysis |
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| Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) | Cost and performance projections | Battery storage, coal, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Biomass Scenario Model (BSM) - OpenEI | Domestic fuels supply-chain model | Biomass | National | |||
| Cambium | Structured data sets of hourly cost, emission, and operational data | Battery storage, biomass, coal, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, PV, oil-gas-steam, pumped hydro storage, wind | State, national | |||
| Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and Visualization Framework (CELAVI) | Models impacts of clean energy supply chains during circular transitions | Wind, solar | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool (CREST) | Economic, cash-flow model | Biomass, fuel cells, geothermal, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | State, national | |||
| Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) Model | U.S. customer adoption model | Battery storage, distributed energy resources, geothermal, PV, wind | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Demand-Side Grid (dsgrid) Model | Electricity load model | PV, wind | National | |||
| Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projection Tool (EVI-Pro) Lite | Electric vehicle charging demand and load profile projections | Electric vehicles | Site-specific, state | |||
| Energy Data Books | Annual energy-sector data | Fossil fuels, renewable energy | National, global | |||
| Geospatial Data Science Data and Tools | Geographic information system tools and maps | Biomass, geothermal, hydropower, marine, hydrokinetic, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Geothermal Data Repository - OpenEI | Geothermal data sets | Geothermal | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Jobs & Economic Development Impact (JEDI) Models | Power generation economic model | Coal, geothermal, marine, hydrokinetic, natural gas, concentrating solar power | Site-specific, state | |||
| Land-based Balance of System Systems Engineering (LandBOSSE) Model - GitHub | Balance-of-system cost model | Wind | ||||
| Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool - U.S. Department of Energy | Low-income household energy model | Coal, fuel oil, natural gas, wood, solar | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| SolarAPP | Automate and deliver instant permitting for solar | Residential Photovoltaics | National | |||
| Solar TRACE | Transparency into permitting, inspection, and interconnection data | Residential Photovoltaics | National | |||
| Simple Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) Calculator | Cost, operation, maintenance model | Renewable energy | Site-specific | |||
| Open Energy Data Initiative - OpenEI | High-value energy research datasets and analytics tools | Fossil fuels, renewable energy | Site-specific, state, national, international | |||
| Marine Hydrokinetic Data Repository - OpenEI | Marine and hydrokinetic technology database | Wave, tidal, current, and ocean thermal energy | Site-specific, state, national, international | |||
| Materials Flows through Industry (MFI) | Manufacturing supply-chain model | Fossil fuels, renewable energy | ||||
| National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) | Hourly and half-hourly solar radiation measurements database | PV, concentrating solar power | National, international | |||
| PVWatts | Production and cost model | PV | Site-specific | |||
| Regulatory and Permitting Information Desktop (RAPID) Toolkit - OpenEI | Regulations and permitting information | Geothermal, hydropower, PV | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) Model | Electric power sector model | Fossil fuels, nuclear, renewable energy | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Resource Planning Model (RPM) | Capacity expansion model | PV, wind | State, national | |||
| Renewable Energy Potential (reV) Model | Techno-economic assessment model | PV, concentrating solar power, wind | Site-specific, state, national, international | |||
| REopt Lite | Optimization model for economics or resilience | PV, wind, battery storage | Site-specific, state, national, international | |||
| Scalable Integrated Infrastructure Planning (SIIP) Model | Model individual and integrated infrastructure systems | Electric power systems and components | ||||
| Scenario Evaluation, Regionalization and Analysis (SERA) Model | Transportation system model | Fuel cells, hydrogen | State, national | |||
| Standard Contracts and Securitization Resources | Contracts and securitization resources | PV | Site-specific | |||
| Standard Scenarios Outlook and Results Viewer | Annual U.S. power sector scenarios | Battery storage, geothermal, hydropower, nuclear, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | National | |||
| State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) | Modeled energy data driving state and local energy planning | Energy efficiency by sector, renewable energy and fossil fuel technologies, and sustainable transportation data | City, County, State | |||
| Stochastic Energy Deployment System (SEDS) | U.S. energy economy model | Fossil fuels, renewable energy | National | |||
| System Advisor Model (SAM) | Performance and cost model | Battery storage, biomass, geothermal, marine, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | Site-specific, state, national | |||
| Utility Rate Database (URDB) - OpenEI | Rate structure information | Distributed technologies | State, national | |||
| Waste-to-Energy System Simulation Model (WESyS) | U.S. waste-to-energy industry projections | Biomass, bioenergy | State, national | |||
| The Wind Prospector | Wind energy potential model | Wind | National |