Data and Tools
Explore data, models, and tools that help state, local, and tribal governments make informed decisions about energy policy, planning, and projects.
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| Name | Type(s) | Description | Geographic Area(s) | Technology | Publicly Available | Hidden Metadata |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATB: Annual Technology Baseline | Data | Cost and performance projections for energy technologies and transportation | Site-specific, state, national | Battery storage, coal, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, PV, concentrating solar power, wind | CSP, photovoltaics | |
| Cambium | Data sets | Hourly emission, cost, and operational data for modeled futures of the U.S. electric sector | State, national | Battery storage, biomass, coal, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, PV, oil-gas-steam, pumped hydro storage, wind | CSP, photovoltaics | |
| ComStock | Data sets, tools | Highly granular modeling of the U.S. commercial building stock | Public use microdata areas, state | Commercial building efficiency | PUMAs | |
| Engage Energy Modeling Tool | Energy system production cost and capacity expansion modeling | Local, state, national, international | National | Supply and storage technologies with various demand, transmission, and conversion inputs | ||
| Equitable Energy Investment Prioritization Data Set | Data set | Compiles metrics related to energy justice, environmental justice, and renewable energy deployment potential | County | Geothermal, hydropower PV, wind | photovoltaics | |
| JEDI: Jobs & Economic Development Impact Models | Models, tools | Estimate economic impacts and job creation potential of power generation and fuel production | Site-specific, state | Coal, concentrating solar power , geothermal, marine, hydrokinetic, natural gas | CSP | |
| Open Energy Information | Data, tools | Energy information and data via geographic discovery, visualizations and apps, and topic-oriented gateways | Site-specific, state, national, international | Fossil fuels, renewable energy | OpenEI | |
| PRAS: Probalistic Resource Adequacy Suite | Tools | Analysis of the resource adequacy of bulk power systems | Regional, continental | Electric power systems | ||
| HEM: Holistic Electricity Model | Stakeholder-centric electricity systems model | PV, Electric power systems and components | NA | |||
| PR-DRIFT: Puerto Rico Demand Response Impact and Forecast Tool | Tool | Estimate potential impacts to the load profile of demand response, energy efficiency, variable renewable energy, and storage adoption in Puerto Rico | Site-specific | Energy efficiency, renewable energy | ||
| PREESAT: Puerto Rico Energy Efficiency Scenario Analysis Tool | Tool | Estimate long-term total electricity consumption impact in Puerto Rico's residential, commercial, and industrial sectors | Site-specific | Energy efficiency | ||
| PVWatts Calculator | Model, tool | Energy and cost performance estimates of PV installations | Site-specific | PV | photovoltaics | |
| ReEDS: Regional Energy Deployment System | Model | Generation and transmission simulations within the bulk power system through 2050 | Regional | Fossil fuels, nuclear, renewable energy | ||
| REopt: Renewable Energy Integration and Optimization Tool | Tool | Evaluation of renewable energy technology economic viability and optimal size; estimate of system sustainability during grid outage | Site-specific, state, national, international | Battery storage, chilled water storage, combined heat and power, geothermal heat pump, PV, wind | photovoltaics, CHP, GHP> | |
| ResStock Analysis Tool | Tool | Modeling and simulation of U.S. housing stock to identify efficient home improvements | Public use microdata areas, state | Residential building efficiency | PUMAs | |
| reV: The Renewable Energy Potential Model | Model, tool | Calculation of renewable energy capacity, generation, and cost based on geospatial intersection with grid infrastructure and land-use characteristics | Site-specific, state, national, and international | Concentrating solar power, PV, wind | CSP, photovoltaics | |
| RPM: Resource Planning Model | Model | Capacity expansion modeling and production cost simulations to determine the solution with the lowest cost | State, national | PV, wind | photovoltaics | |
| SAM: System Advisor Model | Model | Financial models and simulations of the performance of renewable energy systems | Site-specific, state, national | Battery storage, biomass, concentrating solar power, geothermal, marine, PV, wind | CSP, photovoltaics | |
| SLOPE: State and Local Planning for Energy | Data, tool | Scenario planner for comparisons of future energy, costs, and emissions; data viewer for city, county, state renewables, efficiency, and transportation | County, state | Fossil fuels, renewable energy, sustainable transportation | ||
| Standard Scenarios Viewer and Data Downloader | Data, model | U.S. power sector scenarios considering a variety of factors | National | Battery storage, concentrating solar power, geothermal, hydropower, nuclear, PV, wind | CSP, photovoltaics | |
| TEMPO: Transportation Energy & Mobility Pathway Options | Model | Modeling of future pathways related to the transportation system at hourly temporal resolutions; estimate affordability and infrastructure use impacts; assess energy use and emissions implications | County, state | Transportation | ||
| Tribal Energy Atlas | Tool | Map of renewable energy resource potential and installed energy on tribal lands; data on infrastructure, environment, energy efficiency, and electricity and natural gas prices | County, federal lands, state, tribal lands | Biomass, biomethane, geothermal, hydropower, PV, and wind | photovoltaics | |
| U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center | Data, tools | Information, data, and tools to help fleets and other transportation decision makers find ways to reduce petroleum consumption | Site-specific, state | Sustainable transportation | AFDC | |
| U.S. Department of Energy Low-Income Energy Affordability Tool | Data, tool | Data, maps, and graphs for understanding housing and energy characteristics for low- and moderate-income households | Site-specific, state, national | Coal, fuel oil, natural gas, wood, PV | LEAD, LMI, photovoltaics | |
| U.S. Department of Energy WINDExchange | Data, tool | Maps of wind resources and installed wind capacity, and location-specific information; educational resources to support community wind energy projects | Site-specific, state | Wind |