Annual Technology Baseline: The 2021 Electricity Update [Slides]

Technical Report · Wed Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1808857· OSTI ID:1808857

Vimmerstedt, Laura ^[1]; Akar, Sertac  ^[1]; Mirletz, Brian ^[1]; Stright, Dana ^[1]; Augustine, Chad  ^[1]; Beiter, Philipp ^[1]; Cohen, Stuart ^[1]; Cole, Wesley  ^[1]; Duffy, Patrick ^[1]; Feldman, David ^[1]; Kurup, Parthiv ^[1]; Murphy, Caitlin ^[1]; Rhodes, Gregory  ^[1]; Schleifer, Anna ^[1]; Stehly, Tyler ^[1]; Oladosu, Debo ^[2]; Hoffmann, Jeffrey ^[3]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Consistent cost and performance data for various electricity generation technologies can be difficult to find and may change frequently for certain technologies. With the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory annually provides an organized and centralized set of such cost and performance data. The ATB uses the best information from the Department of Energy national laboratories' renewable energy analysts. The ATB has been reviewed by experts and it includes the following electricity generation technologies: land-based wind, offshore wind, utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV), commercial-scale solar PV, PV plus storage, residential-scale solar PV, concentrating solar power, geothermal power, hydropower, utility-scale battery storage, coal, and natural gas. EIA data for nuclear and conventional biopower are included for reference. This webinar presentation introduces the 2021 update to the ATB Electricity data and documentation.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Strategic Programs Office. Strategic Priorities and Impact Analysis
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1808857
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-80095; MainId:42298; UUID:d6500a09-91b2-4115-b489-deffbcf8571f; MainAdminID:25816
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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