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' energy analysts. The ATB has been reviewed by experts and it includes the following electricity generation and storage technologies: land-based wind, offshore wind, distributed wind, utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV), commercial-scale solar PV, residential-scale solar PV, concentrating solar power, geothermal power, hydropower, utility-scale battery storage, commercial battery storage, residential battery storage, pumped storage hydropower, nuclear, coal, and natural gas. EIA data for conventional biopower are included for reference. This webinar presentation introduces the 2024 update to the ATB Electricity data and documentation.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages87
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameWebinar presented 23 July 2024

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-7A40-89960

Keywords

  • battery storage
  • capacity factor
  • CAPEX
  • capital expenditures
  • carbon capture and storage
  • CCS
  • concentrating solar power
  • cost and performance data
  • CSP
  • energy data
  • energy storage
  • financial assumptions
  • fossil
  • fossil energy
  • fossil energy and carbon management
  • geothermal
  • hydropower
  • LCOE
  • levelized cost of energy
  • nuclear
  • overnight capital cost
  • photovoltaic
  • projections
  • pumped storage hydropower
  • small modular reactor
  • solar
  • United States
  • wind

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