Geospatial Data Science Data and Tools

Our geospatial data science tools help users apply NREL's geographic information system expertise to their own renewable energy projects.

The Photobioreactor Bag System is NREL's large scale algal culturing platform. Each bag is 30L and is used to generate algal biomass for a variety of projects. The cultures grow for approximately two weeks, and then will be harvested.

Biomass

Geothermal plant in Steamboat Hills, Washoe County, Nevada.

Geothermal

NREL engineer Danny Terlip fuels a Mercedes Benz B-Class Fuel-Cell vehicle at a state-of-the-art hydrogen dispensing system at the Energy Systems Integration Facility at NREL.

Hydrogen

Northwest Energy Innovations' Azura(TM) wave energy device at the United States Navy's Wave Energy Test Site near Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawai'i.

Marine and Hydrokinetic

PV modules on the Walnut Place, 95 unit senior housing in Boulder, CO.

Solar

Wind turbines and power lines stretch across the State of Iowa. These are part of the Eclipse wind project in Audubon and Guthrie Counties in Iowa, owned by MidAmerica Energy.

Wind

Empowers users to calculate renewable energy capacity, generation, and cost based on geospatial intersection with grid infrastructure and land-use characteristics.