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Featured Publications

2024 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook, NREL Technical report (2024)

Barriers and Opportunities to Realize the System Value of Interregional Transmission, NREL Technical Report (2024)

Beginner's Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Resource Plans, NREL Technical Report (2024)

Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Fourth Edition, NREL Technical Report (2024)

eGridGPT: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Control Room, NREL Technical Report (2024)

Evolving Competitive Markets in SAPP: Leveraging Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets to Drive Renewable Generation Capacity in the Southern African Power Pool, NREL Technical report (2024)

Generative Artificial Intelligence for Power Grid Operations, NREL Technical Report (2024)

How the U.S. Power Grid Kept the Lights on in Summer 2024, NREL Technical Report (2024)

UNIFI Specifications for Grid-Forming Inverter-Based Resources: Version 2, NREL Technical Report (2024)