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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	Checked	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	Checked	CSP, photovoltaics
Community Solar Scenario Tool	Tool	Run a "first cut" analysis of different community or shared solar program options	Site-specific	PV	Checked
ComStock	Data sets, tools	Highly granular modeling of the U.S. commercial building stock	Public use microdata areas, state	Commercial building efficiency	Checked	PUMAs
Energy Profiler Tool	Tool	Summarize overall energy consumption to establish and visualize a preliminary baseline for energy reduction calculations	Site-specific	Energy efficiency	Checked
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	Checked
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	Checked	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	Checked	OpenEI
PRAS: Probalistic Resource Adequacy Suite	Tools	Analysis of the resource adequacy of bulk power systems	Regional, continental	Electric power systems	Checked
HEM: Holistic Electricity Model	Stakeholder-centric electricity systems model	PV, Electric power systems and components	NA		Checked
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	Checked
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	Checked
Project Development Model	Tool	Summarize overall energy consumption to establish and visualize a preliminary baseline for energy reduction calculations	N/A	N/A	Checked
PVWatts Calculator	Model, tool	Energy and cost performance estimates of PV installations	Site-specific	PV	Checked	photovoltaics
ReEDS: Regional Energy Deployment System	Model	Generation and transmission simulations within the bulk power system through 2050	Regional	Fossil fuels, nuclear, renewable energy	Checked
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	Checked	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	Checked	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	Checked	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	Checked	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	Checked
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	Checked	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
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	Checked	AFDC
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	Checked