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Energy Modeling & Data Resources

Free Energy Analysis Tools

NREL Models and Tools
http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/analysis_tools.html
RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis
http://www.retscreen.net/ang/news.php
HOMER - Analysis of micro-power system options
http://www.nrel.gov/homer/
PV Watts - A Performance Calculator for Grid-Connected PV Systems
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/
EERE/FEMP – listing of energy efficiency and renewable energy software tools
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/access_tools.cfm
NASA - Surface meteorology and Solar Energy (release 5.1)
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse/
COMMEND – A listing of tools and databases for sustainable energy analysis
http://forums.seib.org/leap/default.asp?action=71

Energy Data Sources

U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov/engine/content.do
EIA - Energy Information Administration’s complete listing of electric power publications available on the Internet
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/pubs.html
EIA - Listing of Publicly Available and Confidential Data
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/forms/datamatrix.html
EIA – Electricity Generator, Power Plant and Fuels databases
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/data.html
FERC – electric utility documents & filings
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eforms-elec.asp
ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
http://www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/energy.shtml
National Renewable Energy LAboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/
Power Technologies Energy Data Book contains a wide selection of data on power technologies from a variety of sources
http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/power_databook/
LBNL – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division
http://eetd.lbl.gov/
Idaho National Laboraory
http://www.inl.gov/
National Energy Technology Laboratory
http://www.netl.doe.gov/
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
http://www.pnl.gov/main/sectors/energy.html
REPiS – Renewable Electric Plant Information System
http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/repis/
DOE Office of Fossil Energy
http://www.fe.doe.gov/
DOE Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution
http://www.electricity.doe.gov/
EERE – DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
EERE State Information– State-specific information on renewable energy and energy efficiency
http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/
EPA – Clean Air Markets hourly power plant emissions data
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/emissions/raw/index.html
EPA – eGRID power plant emissions database
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/egrid/download.htm
DSIRE - Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
http://www.dsireusa.org/