Thursday, September 1, 2016

USA: DOE Agency Publishes Electrical Generation Cost and Performance Data

NREL Releases Updated Baseline of Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies (News Release)

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2016 Annual Technology Baseline.

Now in its second year, the Annual Technology Baseline includes detailed current cost and performance data, along with a range of projections for electricity generation technologies including wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, coal, natural gas, and nuclear.

All Annual Technology Baseline products are available on NREL's web site and a webinar will be held September 13, at 11 a.m. MDT (1 p.m. EDT), to describe the analytical products in detail, show examples of these products and their uses, and provide an opportunity to ask questions. Register for the webinar here.