Annual Technology Baseline: The 2021 Electricity Update

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

doi:10.2172/1808857

Annual Technology Baseline: The 2021 Electricity Update

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1808857
State	Published - 2021

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NREL/PR-6A20-80095

Keywords

capacity factor
CAPEX
capital expenditures
concentrating solar power
cost and performance
data
energy data
energy storage
fossil
geothermal
hydropower
LCOE
levelized cost of energy
operation and maintenance costs
overnight capital cost
photovoltaic
projections
PV
solar
United States
wind

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