Interregional Renewable Energy Zones
- Strategic Energy Analysis Center; National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Strategic Energy Analysis Center
Interregional Renewable Energy Zones (IREZs) are a component of the National Transmission Planning Study (NTPS), which analyzes strategies for building out transmission infrastructure to support decarbonizing the electricity sector by 2035. In particular, IREZs envision long-distance transmission corridors for moving large amounts of low-cost renewable energy. An IREZ is a transmission collection point that is easily accessible to a very high volume of low-cost developable wind and solar energy potential. This dataset includes 155 IREZs identified across the continental United States where each IREZ is characterized by its primary and secondary resource.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Data (NREL-DATA), Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1885569
- Report Number(s):
- DE-AC36-08GO28308
- Availability:
- datacatalog@nrel.gov
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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