Solar System Modeling at NREL

Conference · Mon Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:1477226

DiOrio, Nicholas A ^[1]; Blair, Nathan J ^[1]; Freeman, Janine M ^[1]; Habte, Aron M ^[1]; Elgqvist, Emma M ^[1]; Deceglie, Michael G ^[1]; Jordan, Dirk ^[1]; DiOrio, Nicholas A ^[1]; Blair, Nathan J ^[1]; Freeman, Janine M ^[1]; Habte, Aron M ^[1]; Elgqvist, Emma M ^[1]; Deceglie, Michael G ^[1]; Jordan, Dirk ^[1]; Nag, Ambarish ^[1]; Deline, Christopher A ^[1]; , Adam Shinn ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. kWh Analytics

This workshop walked through a description and demonstration of solar modeling data and tools available from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The topics included: The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) - updates and ways to access this sub-hourly gridded resource data; PVWatts - recent updates to include the NSRDB - opening up much of North and South America for analysis; System Advisor Model (SAM) - SAM is now open source, includes PV + batteries, bifacial panels, and much more; REOpt Lite - an online tool for quick PV and battery sizing for commercial buildings; PV Component LCOE Calculator - Allows for module costing based on components; A detailed demonstration of the SAM model for modeling a PV system with a battery and some of the questions that can be answered.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1477226
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-72547
• Conference Information: Presented at Solar Power International 2018, 24-27 September 2018, Anaheim, California
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
batteries
components
cost
National Solar Radiation Database
NSRDB
REopt
SAM
solar
System Advisor Model
tools