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Fuel Cell Power Model Case Study Profile Data

For the Fuel Cell Power (FCPower) Model, follow these steps to include building energy load profiles and solar/wind resource profiles for a U.S. city’s climate zone.

NREL developed these case study data for the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Office.

Step 1. Identify Climate Zone and Download Profiles

Use the map below to identify the climate zone for a city.

Map of the United States showing eight colored regions based on climate. In general, the far west coast is marine (labeled 'C'), the west from the coast to the Rocky Mountains is dry (labeled 'B'), and the east from the Rocky Mountains to the east coast is moist (labeled 'A'). Climate Zone 1 includes the southern tip of Florida, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Climate Zone 2 includes southern parts of Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of Florida. Climate Zone 3 includes parts of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Climate Zone 4 includes coastal Washington and Oregon and parts of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. Climate Zone 5 includes parts of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New England. Climate Zone 6 includes parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England. Climate Zone 7 includes parts of Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, and southern Alaska. Climate Zone 8 includes the northern part of Alaska.

By climate zone, download a zip file containing the building energy load profiles and solar/wind resource profile for a city. Each data set has building energy load profiles for a large and small hotel, large and small office, and supermarket. Save each building energy load profile for a given city in the same folder on your computer where you save the solar/wind resource profile for that city. Repeat this step for as many city and building combinations as you would like to model.

If you have difficulty accessing these files, contact the Webmaster.

Step 2. Import Profiles

When you import a profile into the FCPower Model, select the desired building energy load profile in the file dialog box. The corresponding solar/wind profile will be imported automatically.

For more information, see the FCPower Model user guide.

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